The University of Oregon Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to increase tuition for the incoming freshman class.

The board voted Tuesday during its tri-annual meeting to increase undergraduate in-state tuition by 4.5% for the class of 2030 and out-of-state tuition by 3%.

The increases match the recommendation from the university’s Tuition Fee Advisory Board, which held a forum for students and faculty last month and proposed the raise.

Tuition for current UO students is locked due to the Oregon Guarantee and will not change.

The Oregon Guarantee, which began in 2020, promises fixed tuition for up to five years for all incoming freshman and transfer students.

According to the Board of Trustees meeting minutes, full-time tuition for in-state students in the incoming class will be locked at $14,531.85 per year for five cohort years, and out-of-state tuition will be locked at $44,523 per year for five cohort years.

With the changes, undergraduate students in the class of 2030 will pay $322.93 per credit hour for resident students and $989.40 per credit hour for nonresident students.

The board also voted to increase administratively controlled mandatory fees by 2.98%, approximately $23.75 per term.

Administratively controlled mandatory fees are all mandatory fees that are not the ASUO Incidental Fee. These fees are also included in the Oregon Guarantee.

The state of Oregon is the fifth lowest in terms of state investment in higher education, providing 63% of the national average to its four-year public institutions.

Of that funding, UO receives the lowest amount of state appropriations per resident student of all public Oregon universities, causing it to rely heavily on tuition to cover costs and maintain university operations.

This marks the third consecutive year that the Board of Trustees has hiked tuition. In May 2025, the board approved a 3.75% tuition increase for in-state undergraduates and a 3.25% increase for out-of-state undergraduates, in addition to a 3% increase approved in March 2024.