2020-21 Room, Board Rates Reflect UK Commitment to Holding Down Costs for Students
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2019) — The University of Kentucky 2020-21 housing and dining rates, approved today by the UK Board of Trustees, reflect a continued commitment to holding increases to no more than the cost of inflation for the fall and spring semesters and the summer 2020 term.
Housing rates comply with UK’s lease agreements with Greystar, the university’s public-private partner. The 2020-21 undergraduate housing rates reflect a 3% increase for residence halls, Greek housing and summer school housing.
University Flats graduate housing and certain graduate apartment units in Roselle Hall will increase by 3%. Other graduate apartment housing rates will increase by 2% for Greg Page Stadium View family apartments, Shawneetown, efficiency and one-bedroom apartments at the Lexington Theological Seminary and specialty apartments in Patterson, Roselle and Ingels Halls.
Rates for Max Kade German House and the Lexington Theological Seminary two-bedroom and townhome units will not change.
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Eric Monday noted UK's campus housing continues to be a popular choice among students.
“Because of our attention to high quality at reasonable cost, 5,013 new students and 2,528 returning students chose to live in our residence halls in fall 2019," Monday said.
Students living in undergraduate residence halls are required to purchase a UK Dining meal plan. Dining rates are based on the agreement with the university’s dining partner, Aramark. The 2020-21 dining rates reflect a 3.08% increase.
When UK initiated its partnership with Aramark in 2014, prices for UK's six existing student meal plans were reduced, with the most expensive plan falling in price by 26%, or $740 per semester. Since that time, annual increases in fees have been based on inflation, with the average annual increase never exceeding 4%.
"Through our dining partnership, we are able to provide better food, healthier and more reasonably priced options and crucial investments in the facilities where our community breaks bread together,” Monday said. "Our state-of-the-art housing facilities empower our students to achieve their wildest ambitions. Moving forward, we will continue to ask ourselves, every day, how we can cultivate the best living and learning experience possible for our students.”
For more information on university housing and dining rates for 2020-21, visit: https://www.uky.edu/trustees/sites/www.uky.edu.trustees/files/FCR%2014%202020-21%20Room%20and%20Board.pdf.
For general information on university housing, visit www.uky.edu/housing, and for information on UK Dining, visit www.uky.campusdish.com/.
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