The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday, June 17, approved a 4 percent increase in tuition for 2005-06.
One-fourth of the $5.3 million in added revenue will fund scholarships, and one-eighth will be for Student Activities Programs. The remainder will go toward university operations.

The increase will be $95 per semester to $2,400 for in-state students. Non-resident students will see their tuition rise by $285 to $7,200 per semester.

Addressing concerns about the impact of rising tuition on students from families with lower incomes, the increase will generate more than $1 million per year for scholarships.

Executive Vice President Don Large noted that AU ranks near the bottom among major universities in the South in the amount of financial aid, $12 million, awarded per year and in the percent of students receiving aid.

In 2004, 55 percent of entering freshmen at Auburn received financial aid, compared to 74 percent at the University of Alabama.