Hartford Reporter

In-state tuition and fees rose 6.6 percent for 2018-19 at the University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Connecticut residents paid $13,678 to attend the four-year public institution this year – $850 more than the $12,828 charged for 2017-18.

Non-residents paid 163.5 percent more than residents this year, or $36,046. Their price tag grew 3.3 percent from $34,896 in 2017-18.

About 99 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Connecticut residents. And about 1 percent are residents of other states.

Data shows 82 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 332 students received grants or scholarships totaling $3.5 million and 222 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.2 million.

Including all undergraduates (1,432), 813 students used grants or scholarships totaling $8.2 million, and 561 students took out $3.2 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	~1,418	$11,314	$12,014	$12,828	$13,678	20.9%
Out-of-state	~14	$32,856	$33,806	$34,896	$36,046	9.7%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	250	49%	$1,243,002	$4,972
State / local grant or scholarship	6	1%	$25,125	$4,188
Institutional grants or scholarships	322	63%	$2,216,751	$6,884
Grant or scholarship aid total	332	65%	$3,484,878	$10,497
Federal student loans	217	42%	$1,073,085	$4,945
Other student loans	10	2%	$80,340	$8,034
Student loan aid	222	43%	$1,153,425	$5,196
Total student aid	418	82%	-	-