UNM raises tuition for higher courses

ALBUQUERQUE — The University of New Mexico has approved a plan to raise tuition for its upper-level courses and graduate students.

The Albuquerque Journal reported that rather than an across-the-board percentage tuition hike, the school’s Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a plan that increases tuition by $18 per credit hour on upperlevel courses.

Administrators say the plan means more than half of the university’s undergraduate population will not receive tuition raises.

Graduate students’ tuition will rise by 4 percent and also $18 per credit hour on some courses.

The extra tuition money should cover about half of the $8.9 million budget shortfall the school has projected for the fiscal year that starts July 1. The regents are expected to approve the full 2018 budget next month.