(The Center Square) – Nevada university tuitions are set to rise up to 12% over the next three years after the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents approved the change.
The rate hike will start in the fall 2026 semester, with the NSHE estimating over $41 million worth of university staff positions will be paid for by the tuition increase.
The three-year tuition increase was approved in an 8-5 vote Friday by the NHSE Board of Regents, which considered multiple options for how to make up state “bridge funding” that will end in 2027. The funds were meant to cover cost-of-living increases over recent years and were approved in the 2025 legislative session…