AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts will increase tuition for the second year in a row because the state is providing less money than the university requested, according to spokesman Robert P. Connolly.
The UMass board of trustees will vote July 14 on tuition rates for the coming academic year, Connolly said.
“There will definitely be a tuition increase when the board meets July 14,” Connolly said. “Following some dire news about state finances, UMass, like many state-related agencies, has fared less well than hoped for.”
UMass Amherst announced in an email to students Thursday that tuition bills will be released later than usual this year because of the July 14 vote. Students can expect to receive their bills at the end of July, and payment will be due Aug. 19 according to Estra Kotorobay of the UMass Amherst bursar’s office.
According to Connolly, the legislative conference committee working on a final version of the state budget recently announced it will appropriate $508 million to the university for the new fiscal year. The appropriation, up 1.5 percent from the year which ended Thursday, is $88 million less than the initial $596 million the university requested.