Students will pay about 6 percent more for their education at BYU beginning next year.

For the second year in a row, Brigham Young University is raising its tuition. The undergraduate rate will be up from $1,810 per semester to $1,920. General graduate students will pay $2,430 per semester, up $140, and students at the J. Reuben Clark Law School and graduate students at the Marriott School of Management will pay $4,350, an increase of $250 over last year.

Last year the increase equaled 6 to 10 percent, and before that, increases had averaged about 3 percent since 2000, with no increase in the 2003-2004 school year.

"It's to keep pace with rising operating costs," said BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins. "We do have a very disciplined resource planning process that every college and department goes through each year that emphasizes an efficient use of resources."

Spring and summer term tuition for undergraduate students will be $960, up $55, while graduate students will pay $1,215, an increase of $70.

As in the past, students who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will pay two times the listed rates.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D3.