Marquette University to raise tuition 4.5% - Karen Herzog, the Journal Sentinel

Undergraduate tuition at Marquette University will increase $1,410 next year to $32,810, and the Board of Trustees has approved a $4.8 million increase in the 2012-'13 budget to create a 2% salary pool for merit-based pay increases for faculty and staff. In a letter to parents, Marquette President Scott R. Pilarz said that “affordability, accessibility and debt loads among students and parents remain the university’s primary concerns.” Underscoring this promise, Pilarz wrote: “I am committed to ensuring that Marquette University forever remains true to its mission of being an engine of opportunity for all. To achieve this, we will continue to be fiscally responsible, grow our endowment and raise funds specifically to increase financial aid.” The tuition increase amounts to 4.5%, the same percentage that tuition increased this year, according to university spokeswoman Kate Venne.