Tuition is going up at the University of Wisconsin.

University regents on Thursday unanimously voted for a five percent tuition hike at almost every campus.

University President Jay Rothman said even with the latest hike, UW schools continue to be among the most affordable in the Midwest.

“I think the tuition proposals that are being recommended to this board today strike the right balance between state funding and tuition,” Rothman told regents. “So that we can ensure that Wisconsin provides the quality that our students deserve, but that we also do so at an affordable level.”

The decision means tuition alone at UW-Madison will be over $12,000 a year. Tuition at UW-Milwaukee, UW-La Crosse, and UW-Eau Claire will all be over $10,000 a-year. (RELATED: Wisconsin Becomes Battleground for National Fight Over Parental Rights in Education)

This is the third-straight tuition hike at the UW, and it comes after lawmakers agreed to give the university more than $250 million more in the new state budget.

That has State Senate President Mary Felzkowski furious.

“The Universities of Wisconsin just received over a billion dollars of new, taxpayer money in the state budget, so now what are they doing? Raising tuition,” Felzkowski said Thursday. “The last two tuition increases have been done in early spring so incoming students have complete information before the deadline to commit to a university; now, committed students are facing a shock tuition increase. Why is this year different? They had to first secure those billion dollars in the budget!”

Felzkowski said tuition costs are going-up to feed a university that she and other Republican lawmakers say is focused on wokeness and job protection. (RELATED: Republican Businessman with Questionable History Enters Gubernatorial Race)

“On top of it all, UW-Madison is now undertaking a media campaign to promote dismantling their DEI department. Don’t be fooled – the positions have simply been moved to other departments,” she added. “The timing of the state budget, the tuition increase, and the false DEI media campaign is not coincidental.”

This article was originally published by The MacIver Institute.