The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted Tuesday to keep tuition the same at all but one of 26 public colleges and universities and eliminate a Great Recession-era fee.
Full-time tuition at the University of Georgia will remain at $4,895 per semester for in-state students and $14,415 for out-of-state students for the 2022-2023 school year.
At the University of North Georgia, tuition will remain at $2,798 for in-state students and $9,877 for out-of-state students for the four-year degree program, and $1,602 for in-state students and $5,918 for out-of-state students for the two-year program.
In addition, the Board of Regents eliminated a “special institutional fee” systemwide. That fee was $450 per semester at UGA and $225 at UNG. The special institutional fee was tacked onto tuition bills in 2009, when the state cut education funding under former Gov. Sonny Perdue, who recently took over as USG chancellor.
With the economy now booming and state coffers flush with cash, this year the legislature approved a budget that boosted higher education funding by $230 million, allowing the fee to be eliminated.
Middle Georgia State University in Macon is the only university where tuition will rise this fall.
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