Tuition at Notre Dame to increase

SOUTH BEND -- Tuition at the University of Notre Dame will increase 5.4 percent for undergraduates next fall to $35,187 a year, the school announced Thursday.\nAdd that to the average room and board rates of $9,290 and a typical undergraduate will pay $44,477 to attend the university.\nThe Rev. John I. Jenkins, Notre Dame's president, said in a letter to returning students that the rising costs of health insurance, utilities, the wages of 4,000 school employees and technological changes were the primary reasons for the increase.\n"We strive to negotiate these obstacles while continuing to provide the unique educational experience so widely admired by our peers and so keenly cherished by our graduates," he wrote.\nGraduate and professional school tuitions will also increase by 5.4 percent, bringing total tuition to $35,580 for the graduate school and $35,490 for both the law school and the master's of business administration program.