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The Arizona Board of Regents approved tuition and fees for the 2010-11 academic year.

The Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday approved tuition and fees at the University of Arizona for the 2010-11 academic year.

The new tuition rates are:

Base undergraduate and graduate tuition will increase for Arizona residents by $1,074, bringing the cost to $7,614 for undergraduates and to $8,404 for graduate students.

For nonresidents, tuition will increase by $2,024, to $23,973 for undergraduates and to $24,266 for graduate students.

Base tuition at UA South will increase by $524 for in-state undergraduates, to $6,243. In-state graduate students and all nonresident students at UA South will pay the same base tuition as students on the main campus.

Regents also approved a $160 increase to the Library Information Fee and a new $150 Health and Recreation Fee. In addition, a designated amount of tuition funds will be earmarked for campus sustainability initiatives.

The regents also approved the UA's request for differential tuition and program fees, and approved tuition at the UA College of Medicine, which will be $25,538 for Arizona residents and $42,676 for nonresidents.

Arizona students and families still will find a UA education to be affordable because of the University's strong commitment to accessibility. Financial aid options for UA students include standard federal financial aid, the Arizona Financial Aid Trust and financial aid generated by setting aside at least 17 percent of tuition revenues. Thanks to the significant investment in institutional funds in financial aid, 54 percent of in-state undergraduate students graduate with no debt and their average student debt has remained flat over the past several years.

The average amount paid by an in-state undergraduate students last year was $1,977, about a third of the published tuition and fee rates.

In addition, the UA maintains its commitment to Arizona Assurance, a financial and academic aid program that offers four years of debt-free education to select Arizona residents who meet the UA's admissions requirements and come from a home with an adjusted gross income of $42,400 or less.

Arizona Assurance offers Arizonans, by far, the most inclusive and sweeping commitment to cover all costs of enrollment and guarantee academic aid in order to educate and graduate more Arizona residents.