TOPEKA — Five public universities in Kansas are seeking in-state undergraduate tuition increases ranging from 3.5% to 6% in the upcoming academic year, while Emporia State University wants to hold tuition steady another year as an incentive to increase enrollment.
Campus officials say Kansas Board of Regents universities remained a financial and academic bargain, but the majority requested tuition adjustments in wake of the 2026 Legislature’s imposition of millions of dollars in cuts the state university system. Higher education costs continue to escalate as the Midwest consumer price index for urban areas advanced 4.1% during the 12 months ending in April.
Matt Baker, who began in March as Emporia State’s president, said the university had resources to sustain existing tuition rates for a third consecutive year…