Tuition for out-of-state and international freshmen will increase by 2.5% in Urbana-Champaign, 1.8% in Chicago and 1.5% in Springfield.

Tuition at U of I was previously frozen from 2015-2019 and in 2021. The tuition hike for 2020 was later covered for students by U of I funding because of the pandemic.

Tuition for incoming freshman in fall 2022 will sit at $12,474 in Urbana-Champaign, $10,970 in Chicago and $9,645 in Springfield. Tuition rates will remain unchanged for incoming students from Illinois for the next four years as required by the Illinois’ Truth-in-Tuition law enacted in 2004.

Specific tuition rates were not released for out-of-state and international students but according to U of I’s website, non-Illinois-resident students pay anywhere from $34,316 to $39,410 in tuition and fees. The Truth-in-Tuition law does not apply to out-of-state students.

The board of trustees also approved undisclosed but “modest” increases in fees and room and board.

“The world-class education available at our three universities is the reason so many students choose the University of Illinois,” U of I System President Tim Killeen said in a statement. “These modest increases will ensure that we can maintain the levels of excellence that have led to record enrollment growth, and that the people of Illinois count on.”

U of I says it has more than doubled the amount of financial aid offered to students over the last decade. The college now provides about $258 million to students annually and about 30% of U of I’s students pay no tuition at all.

Enrollment at U of I has grown by 16.3% since fall 2017, reaching a record 94,750 students last fall, U of I says. Nearly 60,000 of those students are in-state undergraduates and the number of Illinois residents enrolled in state universities has grown by more than 5,000 since 2014.

U of I also announced today that Donald J. Edwards was unanimously re-elected to a fourth one-year term as chairman of the board. A U of I alum, Edwards is the CEO of Chicago private-equity firm Flexpoint Ford.

The board also approved the creation of the College of Health, Science, and Technology at the University of Illinois Springfield, which is designed to unify existing UIS science-based academic units and programs. The college is subject to the approval of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. U of I says establishing the college will not require additional funding.

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