WAUKESHA – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is scheduled to approve an annual operating budget on June 5 and set tuition rates for the 2008-09 academic year at this week’s meeting in Milwaukee.

UW System President Kevin P. Reilly is recommending a budget based on the state’s 2007-09 biennial budget, approved last year with bipartisan support. Reilly’s proposed budget would freeze tuition for the second consecutive year for 12,500 Wisconsin resident students enrolled at the 13 freshman-sophomore UW Colleges campuses, with the largest number of them at UW-Waukesha.

With its tuition rate frozen at the 2006 level, UW-Waukesha will remain the affordable choice for incoming students, who then can complete their baccalaureate degrees at any four-year UW or private college. The tuition at UW-Waukesha will be $4,268 again for 2008-09.  This is approximately $800 less than the four-year comprehensive UW campuses and $2,300 less than the tuition at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee.

UW-Waukesha’s dean and chief executive officer, Patrick Schmitt expressed his pleasure with the request, saying, “This forward-looking action means that one of the best higher educations in the state remains readily affordable, ensuring access to the UW for all our students.”

UW-Waukesha is still accepting applications for the fall semester. Contact the Student Services office at (888) 2UW-WAUK (888- 289-9285) for information about programs, applying/admission, or financial aid, or visit the Web at waukesha.uwc.edu.

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