The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved increases for tuition and mandatory fees for in-state undergraduate students  an average of 1.3% statewide for the 2020-21 academic year.

On average, a full-time Oklahoma college student will pay $79.97 more for tuition and mandatory fees in 2020-21.

“Our public higher education institutions operate in an extremely challenging fiscal environment,” said Joseph L. Parker Jr., chair of the State Regents.

The University of Oklahoma, Norman, and Oklahoma State University, Stillwater and Tulsa, are not increasing tuition and mandatory fees in 2020-21. Public regional university tuition and mandatory fee increases average 1.0% for in-state undergraduates.

Oklahoma’s community colleges will increase in-state tuition and mandatory fee rates by an average of 2.2%. State law requires tuition and mandatory fees to remain at levels below the average among comparable institutions, and Oklahoma’s public colleges and universities continue to keep tuition and mandatory fees within those limits.

The law also requires the State Regents to make a reasonable effort to increase financial aid across the state system proportionate to any increase in tuition and mandatory. Tuition waivers and scholarships provided by state system institutions will increase 3.3% from FY 2020. In addition, the State Regents administer Oklahoma’s Promise, a state scholarship program that allows high school students from middle- and low-income families to earn a college tuition scholarship. Beginning in 2017-18, the Oklahoma Legislature expanded eligibility for the program by increasing the family income limit from $50,000 to $55,000. An estimated 16,000 students will earn