Naugatuck Times

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

Connecticut residents paid $13,688 to attend the four-year public institution this year – $850 more than the $12,838 charged for 2017-18.

Non-resident students would have paid 163.4 percent more than residents this year, or $36,056. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 3.3 percent from $34,906 in 2017-18.

100 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Connecticut residents.

Data shows 81 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 206 students received grants or scholarships totaling $2.2 million and 134 students took out student loans totaling more than $678,343.

Including all undergraduates (865), 555 students used grants or scholarships totaling $5.3 million, and 403 students took out $2.3 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	865	$11,324	$12,024	$12,838	$13,688	20.9%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the University of Connecticut-Waterbury 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	148	48%	$756,947	$5,115
State / local grant or scholarship	15	5%	$63,910	$4,261
Institutional grants or scholarships	199	65%	$1,337,879	$6,723
Grant or scholarship aid total	206	67%	$2,158,736	$10,479
Federal student loans	132	43%	$622,868	$4,719
Other student loans	8	3%	$55,475	$6,934
Student loan aid	134	44%	$678,343	$5,062
Total student aid	249	81%	-	-