By Katie Northcott, News Director
The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will discuss tuition and mandatory fee increases across four programs for the 2026-2027 academic year.
The proposal suggests a two percent tuition increase in the In-State Bachelor of Science Dental Hygiene, Nursing (traditional), Nursing (accelerated), and Medical Technology programs. Mandatory fees are slated to remain the same.
“These increases are needed to provide revenue to cover growth in the costs of providing a learning infrastructure and to maintain the quality and effectiveness
of these programs into the future. It is also expected that the UT Health Science Center will continue to increase funding allocated to scholarships needed to recruit, support, and retain highly qualified students,” the proposal reads.
Find more details in the press release published below.
The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will consider tuition and mandatory fee increases for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center when the board meets on Feb. 26-27 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Tennessee law (Tennessee Code Annotated § 49-7-1603) requires boards of public universities to provide public notice of proposed increases to tuition and mandatory fees charged to in-state undergraduate students at least 15 days prior to holding a public meeting to adopt increases. Individuals may provide comments during the 15-day period, and a transcript of comments received will be provided to the UT Board of Trustees. The public comment period will end Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. EST/5 p.m. CST. Anyone with a disability who wishes to provide feedback may contact the individuals listed below to request any additional assistance.
Detailed information regarding the tuition and mandatory fee proposal (including an explanation of the increases, the purpose for which revenue derived from these increases will be used and a description of the efforts to mitigate the effect of these increases) and how to comment on the proposal, can be found at:
https://tennessee.edu/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/tuition-and-fee-proposal/
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