HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees announced it will not increase tuition for Alabama residents throughout the 2023-2024 academic year. The current tuition rates will remain the same at the University of Alabama (UA), University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
The UA System Board of Trustees voted to approve tuition rates for the upcoming academic year at its meeting in Tuscaloosa on June 9.
System officials said tuition rose slightly prior to the 2022-2023 academic year to account for inflation. A previous tuition freeze was held for five years at the main campus and for four years at UAB and UAH. There were also no increases in nonresident tuition for three sequential years.
“The University of Alabama System is dedicated to providing the most accessible path to a premier educational experience in our state, as we recognize the vital value of higher education,” said UA System Board of Trustees President Pro Tempore W. Stancil Starnes. “I applaud our UA System and campus leaders for implementing cost-effective measures and practicing careful fiscal management, which made the Board’s decision to reinstitute a Systemwide in-state tuition freeze possible for the upcoming academic year.”
While there will be no increase in tuition or required fees for Alabama residents, nonresident tuition will increase by 3% at each institution.
UAH recently broke ground on an 80,000 square-foot engineering complex off of John Wright Drive with a budget of just under $60 million. The Alabama State Legislature voted to appropriate $18 million in state funding towards the engineering building project.
