Four-Year Tuition Freeze Takes Effect At UNC (But It’s Not for Everyone) Posted Jan 6, 2017 Undergraduates and their parents, for whom each new year has presented the angst of a possible tuition increase, have a new sense of security: The rate students pay as incoming freshmen will be frozen for four years. The security blanket is limited, however. It covers North Carolina residents only. (UNC General Alumni Association)