WAUKESHA – At their meeting yesterday, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents set fall 2007 tuition for all 26 campuses of the UW, raising it 5.5 percent for the 13 four-year campuses and freezing it at the 2006-07 level for the freshman-sophomore UW Colleges.

Full-time (12-18 credits) students attending UW-Waukesha will pay $2,250.45, the same as they did last year. This includes a student-government assessed fee and a $2 per student charge for the campus student government membership in United Council.

Including that UC fee, a single credit will cost $189.37, and a 3-credit course is $564.11. Residents may audit a class at $55 per credit, and the UC fee does not apply; those aged 60 and older can audit classes for free. Students may opt out of the UC fee.

As the governing body for the UW System, the Board of Regents sets tuition and allocates budgets to accomplish the overall goals for all public university education in Wisconsin. The UW Colleges campuses are designed to provide an affordable entry point to the system with high-quality teaching faculty and the top-notch library, technology and student services resources of the UW.

“The tuition freeze for students at UW-Waukesha, and for the rest of UW Colleges students, keeps us as the most affordable choice in the UW System. And it means that the Regents and President Reilly recognize how important our mission of maximum access is to the students and taxpayers of Wisconsin,” said Patrick Schmitt, dean of the UW-Waukesha campus.

In addition to having the lowest tuition in the UW System, UW-Waukesha offers small, academically challenging classes and credits guaranteed to transfer to other UW campuses.

There is still time to register for fall classes, which begin September 4.

For information about UW-Waukesha admission, financial aid, programs, or policies, contact the Student Services office 888 2UW-WAUK (289-9285) or visit the Web at waukesha.uwc.edu.

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