TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Tuition costs could be going up for University of Alabama medical, dentistry and optometry students.

The Tuscaloosa News reports that the University of Alabama System’s board of trustees meets Friday.

If board members approve the changes, they will become effective July 1 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences.

Dentistry students could see a 1.9 percent increase to nearly $27,000 for first and second-year students from Alabama. Tuition for non-residents would increase more than 3 percent to about $62,400.

Medical school tuition for Alabama residents would increase 3 percent to about $27,500 per year with no change to the $61,800 cost for nonresidents.

In-state optometry students could see a 1 percent increase to about $17,500 per year.