UA board OKs jumps in schools' tuitions

The University of Arkansas System board of trustees approved tuition and fee rates for all of its schools Thursday.

Students at the Fayetteville campus will face a 3.5 percent tuition and fee increase for the 2016-17 school year, which will raise the annual cost for those taking 30 credit hours over two semesters by nearly $300. Such students each will pay $8,819, up from $8,521.

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will raise rates by 6 percent, with a full-time, in-state undergraduate student now paying $6,701, up from $6,322.

At the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, in-state undergraduates will now pay $8,633 for 30 credit hours over two semesters.

Those enrolled at the University of Arkansas at Monticello will shell out $7,210 -- an 11.8 percent increase from last year's tuition-and-fee price tag.

And those at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will pay 6.5 percent more at $6,676 for 30 credit hours over two semesters.