No tuition increase in OU’s proposed budget
NORMAN — Tuition at the University of Oklahoma won't go up this fall under a proposed $2.12 billion budget to be voted on Tuesday by the OU Board of Regents.
The administration has requested no tuition increases in its fiscal year 2019 budget, which is slightly larger than the university's $2.06 billion budget for the current fiscal year.
The FY19 budget includes $1.02 billion for the Norman campus and $1.10 billion for the Health Sciences Center campus in Oklahoma City.
Regents will vote on the budget and tuition rates in a meeting Tuesday morning on the Oklahoma City campus.
One year ago, OU raised tuition and mandatory fees 5 percent for resident students. That put the cost at $183.50 per credit hour for in-state undergraduate students.
Students also pay additional course and college fees specific to the courses they take.
If the board approves the no-increase recommendation it would be the first time since 2013 OU hasn't raised tuition and mandatory fees for in-state students.
The only increase recommended this year applies to students at the Health Sciences Center. The new interprofessional education and practice fee is $180 per fall and spring semester and $90 for summer.
The OU Board of Regents also governs Cameron University and Rogers State University. Budgets and tuition rates for those schools also are on Tuesday's agenda.
Both universities are requesting an increase in tuition and mandatory fees for 2018-19.
RSU has proposed an increase of 4.8 percent for resident students and 2.2 percent for nonresidents. The additional cost for undergraduates would be $330 per year.
Cameron is seeking an increase of 4.4 percent for resident students and 2.3 percent for nonresidents. The additional cost per year would be $270 for in-state undergraduate students and $314 for out-of-state.
Tuition rates require final approval by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
New dean, construction
Regents also will consider the appointment of professor, historian and author David Wrobel as dean of the OU College of Arts and Sciences.
Wrobel, who joined the OU faculty in 2011, has been serving as interim dean since July 1.
College of Arts and Sciences is the university's largest and most diverse college with an annual budget of $100 million, 31 academic and research units offering 60 degrees, nearly 600 faculty and almost 10,000 students.
The OU board will consider approving revised schematic design plans for the new $22 million softball facility to be built at the corner of Jenkins Avenue and Imhoff Road.
Regents also will be asked to authorize the expenditure of $7 million budgeted for construction costs for the new $8.8 million tower at the Health Sciences Center.