Comparing Olympia's plans: How high could tuition climb? A lot
By fall 2012, the price of an undergraduate year at the University of Washington could reach $11,567 — a number that brings the UW close to the cost of California's most expensive public schools.
Under the most recent budget proposal outlined by the state Senate this week, tuition would go up by 16 percent a year for two years at the state's three largest universities. And several bills would eliminate tuition controls altogether for a set period of time — allowing all of the four-year schools to decide what to charge for tuition, and opening the door for higher prices to be charged for certain majors.