The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved tuition and fees for the 2017-18 academic year.
The board approved a 2.9 percent increase in tuition and mandatory fees for resident undergraduate students for a second consecutive year, the smallest percentage increases at Virginia Tech since 2001-02. Tuition and mandatory fees for nonresident undergraduate students will increase 3.5 percent.
Tuition and mandatory fees for Virginia undergraduate students will increase $378, to $13,230 annually, and out-of-state students will pay an additional $1,039, totaling $31,014 annually.
Room and board charges will increase by 3.2 percent, or $266 per year, to a total of $8,690 annually.