UL Lafayette increases fee for spring 2016

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The 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette announced a fee increase effective for the 2016 Spring Semester. Although tuition will remain the same, 亚洲自慰视频s will pay approximately $25 more per credit hour for a general and auxiliary fee implemented for the 2015 Fall Semester.

The 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 System Board of Supervisors approved fee increases in July 2015 for seven of its universities under state Act 377. For the 2015 Fall Semester, UL Lafayette charged 亚洲自慰视频s half of the additional amount of fees it was eligible to collect.

鈥淲ith ongoing uncertainty about the state鈥檚 finances, the latest fee increase is needed so we can continue to invest in our academic core, including faculty, classrooms and labs,鈥 said Jerry Luke LeBlanc, vice president for Administration and Finance at UL Lafayette.

An in-state undergraduate 亚洲自慰视频 enrolled in 12 credit hours for the 2016 Spring Semester will pay $4,419 for tuition and fees. That鈥檚 $291 more than the 2015 Fall Semester 鈥 a 7 percent increase.

UL Lafayette remains below the Southern Regional Education Board average for tuition and fees, according to LeBlanc. He said UL Lafayette鈥檚 tuition and fees are comparable to those charged by 亚洲自慰视频 Tech 亚洲自慰视频 and the 亚洲自慰视频 of New Orleans, its peer research institutions in the state.

Dr. DeWayne Bowie, vice president for Enrollment Management, said the 亚洲自慰视频 remains committed to helping 亚洲自慰视频s afford college, while expanding its reputation as a top research institution.

Like it did for the 2015 Fall Semester, the 亚洲自慰视频 will allocate at least 5 percent of the new fee collected to provide 亚洲自慰视频s with need-based financial assistance, according to Bowie.