State Capitol Week in Review

From Senator Steve Crowell

June 13, 2025

LITTLE ROCK – Tuition will increase at almost all Arkansas universities and colleges in the fall.

The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees has approved tuition and fees for the school year that begins in the fall of 2025. The system comprises five four-year universities,  several colleges in the medical school, an online university and eight two-year colleges. More than 70,000 students are enrolled. The system employs 28,000 people and has a total budget of more than $4 billion.

A typical undergraduate at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville who takes 30 hours will see an increase of 3.89 percent. Tuition will go up 2.5 percent to $8,092 and mandatory fees will increase 8.88 percent to $2,404.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will increase fees by 1.93 percent, to $3,161, and tuition for undergraduate residents will not change. The University of Arkansas at Monticello will see tuition increase from $189 to $194 per credit hour.

At the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff the cost of a credit hour will go from $211 to $219. The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will increase tuition for the typical undergraduate from $5,940 to $6,600. Fees will go up from $3,188 to $3,226.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will raise tuition by $475 to $17,475 at the College of Medicine. Tuition at the College of Pharmacy will remain $10,428.

The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State University System has also set new rates for tuition and fees at its campuses. The system has four-year universities – ASU in Jonesboro and Henderson State in Arkadelphia.

It has a two-year college in Beebe with campuses in Heber Springs, Searcy and the Little Rock Air Force Base. It has a two-year college in Newport with additional campuses in Marked Tree and Jonesboro. Also, the system has colleges in West Memphis, Mountain Home and Malvern.

The ASU system includes a campus in Queretaro, Mexico. In total, the system enrolls almost 35,000 students.

ASU at Jonesboro will raise tuition and fees by 3.3 percent, to $10,430. Henderson State will raise tuition and fees 2.5 percent, to $10,560. At both ASU-Newport and ASU-Beebe tuition and fees will be $4,290, up 3.6 percent and 2.9 percent respectively.

At ASU Mid-South in West Memphis tuition and fees will increase 1.9 percent, to $4,770. At ASU-Mountain Home tuition and fees will increase 1.4 percent, to $4,200.

The University of Central Arkansas at Conway will raise tuition and fees by an average of 3.96 percent for graduate and undergraduate students. A typical undergrad who enrolls for 30 credit hours over two semesters will pay $10,940, up from $10,523 this year.

Arkansas Tech in Russellville will increase tuition and fees for a typical undergraduate by 2.55 percent. A student taking 15 hours a semester will pay $5,113 a semester. That is $127 more than last year. Students at the Ozark campus enrolled in skilled career education and skilled trades will pay $140 per credit hour, up from $136 last year.