LANSING – With the 2015-16 higher
education budget now in place, three universities announced tuition decisions,
with the University of Michigan saying its tuition would increase by 2.7
percent for in-state undergraduate students in 2015-16.
The university’s board of regents
acted Thursday afternoon, but did not approve the increase unanimously. The
vote was 6-1 with Regent Andrea Fischer Newman objecting. While she was the
only no vote, before the vote, a number of the regents expressed concerns about
the cost of tuition.
The decision means a Michigan
resident full-time undergraduate student will pay $13,486 a year.
The increase of 2.7 percent also
matches the increase approved on Wednesday by the Michigan State University
Board of Trustees.
Michigan Technological University on
Thursday announced it would set a tuition increase of 3.1 percent for the
2015-16 academic year.
Last month, the university had
adopted a tentative tuition increase of 3.9 percent, but that was dependent on
what decision the state made on the higher education budget.
With the budget boosting funding for
the school by 1.6 percent, the university said Thursday the tuition increase
will be 3.1 percent.
Meanwhile, Michigan’s smallest
public university, Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie,
announced its tuition increase for 2015-16 at 2.67 percent.
The cap the Legislature set for
universities to increase their tuition and not be penalized was 3.2 percent.
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