The term bill for most undergraduates at the University of Rochester will increase by 3.6 percent next year—the lowest such increase in the past 26 years.

Tuition in 1999-2000 will be $22,300 for undergraduates in the College and in the School of Nursing, an increase of 3.8 percent. The average room and board charge will be $7,512, a 3.1 percent increase.

Tuition for Eastman School students will be $20,320, a 4 percent increase; for medical students at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, $26,900, a 3.7 percent increase; and for Simon School students, $25,056, a 5.5 percent increase.