Topeka ? Most Kansas University students would pay 15.9 percent more in tuition next year under a proposal unveiled Thursday by administrators.

Undergraduate students from Kansas would pay $4,824 a year for 15 credit hours per semester, up $661.50 from the current year.

The nearly 16 percent increase was the largest percent increase among the six state universities proposed Thursday to the Kansas Board of Regents, which plans to take action on the proposals in June.

Other KU proposals:

• Non-resident undergraduates would pay $13,276.50, up $1,159.50 from this year.
• Resident graduate students would pay $4,858.80 per year, up $567.60 from this year.
• Non-resident graduate students would pay $12,000, up $981.60 per year.

The increases represent the fourth year of a five-year plan to more than double tuition at KU.

David Shulenburger, provost and executive vice chancellor, said administrators plan to propose a system starting in 2007 that would lock in tuition rates for incoming freshmen for four years, giving them a guaranteed rate for tuition as they attend KU.