<p>So I'm officially going to Clemson University next year (yay!) but there's still one thing I have no clue what I am going to have to pay for tuition next year till July. South Carolina, from what I have heard, is one of the leaders in cutting funding for higher education and the fact that the state is broke and refuses federal stimulus budget is startling.</p>
<p>Clemson refuses unlike other schools to give an estimate to what tuition is going to be next year. It would be nice to know so that I can find ways of how to cover that cost for next year.</p>
<p>Given the state of the economy in South Carolina, the cuts in higher education in the state and the historical increases in tuition I am going to post below, can anybody make a good guess as to what tuition would cost for an out-of-state student this coming year?</p>
<p>2009: ?
2008: $24,130
2007: $21,800
2006: $19,824
2005: $18,440
2004: $16,404
2003: $14,532
2002: $12,932
2001: $11,284
2000: $9,784</p>