<p>UMass (Amherst) has just proposed a 15% increase. This will increase the "IN STATE" cost to over 21K. Throw in books and the stuff they nickel and dime you on and you're up to 23K to go to a state school. Assuming just modest increases over the next four years and a degree at UMASS will have cost you over 100K. How sad is that! For you "parents to be" out there ... I recommend you find a state, like Virginia or Wisconsin to reside in. At least there you'll have a top tier State U. vs. an expensive middle of the road type... assuming your S or D is accepted.</p>
<p>Just came out in yesterday's newspaper..our state u's are raising rates for next year. The increases vary fr. 1.7% to over 9%. My kid goes to the 1.7 % sch...yay!<br>
His cost this year have been about $12,000 for tuition,fees, room and board...a couple of thousand more for books, incidentals, spending money, etc.</p>
<p>There are talks about WA State colleges raising their tuition at least 7% (there are some caps on how much they can increase it). I do not know if there is a cap on how much the room and board can be increased. Additionally, bracing for the budget cuts, UW gave lay off notices to 600 of its staff and did not admit any new students for the Spring quarter.</p>
<p>I expect many states may not finalize costs till summer the budget year doesn't start till July- but I imagine it will go up everywhere.
( I realize this is an old quote- but I wanted to show that budgets are often not set for months)</p>
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Regents await further state budget action, will make tuition decision in August</p>
<p>With the state’s 2007-09 biennial budget still chock-full of uncertainties, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will wait until August to decide on an annual operating budget and set tuition for the 2007-08 school year. The Board heard a budget update Friday from Freda Harris, UW System associate vice president for budget and planning, who said the university has never experienced as large a disparity between the proposed university budgets from the state’s Joint Committee on Finance and Assembly than it has encountered this biennium.</p>
<p>Harris pointed to a $120-million difference in base funding for the university in budgets from the two legislative bodies as a main reason the UW System is not prepared to set tuition at rates that are fair to the university’s students and their families. As a result of this drastic difference, Harris said, the UW System faces a multitude of budget options.
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because they are increasing tuition so much- I hope they will limit increases to room and board.</p>
<p>I think they raise them every year. But then again, so did the Private College that my son attends and the one my daughter graduated from. Maybe a better question would be, "Do you know of any college whose sticker price did not go up?" :)</p>
<p>What do you mean "yet"? the UC system has been (significantly) raising tuition yearly for a long time :D Every year we would get a notice that our "in-state fees" would be going up by anywhere from 5-10%</p>
<p>Well, we live in VA and while we are definitely fortunate to have some great state schools, having UVA as our flagship means that it is VERY difficult for even top seniors to get in. And, receiving merit money - which seems to be a good option for many CCer's choosing their flagship - is even more competitive. So, for those fortunate enough to be at the tippy top and lucky enough to get in, it is great. But for many of our great students, who would likely be accepted at the flagship if they lived in another state, UVA is not an option . We know many excellent candidates who were turned down last year -an unscientific estimate on my part is that the top 10% or so of the kids from our high school (maybe 30 or so) tend to apply, and last year I believe approx. 8 were offered admission (number varies greatly by school, area, and number of students in class, etc...). Of course, overall the state system is strong, but getting into the top flagship is tough.</p>
<p>It is funny that you used VA and WI as examples.... we live in VA, but it looks like S1 is going to accept his offer from Wisconsin (he was accepted at three other strong state flagships so far, but we don't think he would get into UVA). So, it is important to keep in mind the key phrase in your posting, "assuming your S or D is accepted." </p>
<p>Haven't heard yet about tuition increases in either state, but I am sure they are coming.</p>
<p>Keep seeing in the paper that they are discussing it. The state regents are trying to encourage them to not raise tuition and fees this year. Each of the last 2 years the increase has been @ 10%. We have 2 large flagship state Us - one of them (not the one my daughter is at) was talking about maybe raising fees but not tuition. That would suck for us as she has a full tuition merit waiver - does not cover fees. Usually any increase is split between tuition and fees. Lumping the whole increase into fees would mean all the top students with those tuition waivers would not have half the increase covered by the tuition waivers like they normally do. One way for the school to save a few bucks I guess.</p>
<p>i agree with what kathie said... they all go up... this is no surprise...</p>
<p>The UMass Trustees are talking from $1,500 to $3,000 though I think the guy talking $3,000 isn't going to get much support. There's about a $100 million deficit. Their previous plan was to make up half from budget cuts and half from fee increases. One-third of the fee increases would be used to provide grants and aid (redistribution of wealth seen at expensive ivys). Things have been tabled for two weeks to gather more information.</p>
<p>The Trustees and officers want to figure things out fairly quickly so that they can send out aid packages so I expect something by the end of February.</p>
<p>I haven't heard about a tuition increase for next year (although I'm sure there will be one), but in-state tuition at UIUC for the class that entered Fall 2008 is already over $13,000 for the business and engineering schools. It's less than that for other schools that don't have a surcharge. The only good thing about UIUC tuition is that the OOS tuitions at some of the other state flagships don't seem so bad in comparison.</p>
<p>Our governor has said they will be cutting funding to public schools and so tuition surely will go up (again). She wants schools to freeze tuition rates. Tuition, room, board, books and misc at U Michigan is already over $22k for instate freshmen.</p>
<p>Tuition went up every year my oldest was enrolled in our state school (fall '98 to fall '02)
Tuition went up every year my next one was enrolled in first a fancy-pants private and then a state flagship.
Tuition has gone up every year I was able to document at the small LAC where the youngest is currently a soph. We built that average into the plan.... in fact before she started we showed her a spreadsheet with the historic increase included so she could see how much her share would increase each year. Like most 17 year olds, she didn't see that as a problem!</p>
<p>Am I the first from Ohio to post? Believe it or not, we have a tuition freeze here and it looks like it's going to continue. Of course, my son had to picked a private school so it doesn't help us any.</p>
<p>Ohio</a> Governor Promises Tuition Freeze - The Paper Trail (usnews.com)</p>
<p>MD also has had a tuition freeze, no increase for in-state tuition in 3 years. The Governor does not want to increase it this year either, but yet state employees have to take furlough days this year and that includes all the people at the state schools. At the time of the freeze we were in the top ten for costs. Now we are in the middle of the pack.</p>
<p>CT will be increasing tuition a record percentage but will be raising fees by a comparatively modest amount. Last year the increase for instate students was 5.7%.</p>
<p>DE will very likely be raising its rates, with the actual increase announced July 1. Last year's DE tuition increase was 6% instate and 9% OOS.</p>
<p>FWIW, the University of Washington published 2008-2009 tuition info for CA, VA, CO, MA, CT, NJ and MD.</p>
<p>Just approved Friday: (per Packmom.. lol )<br>
Increases for undergraduate state residents also include debt service fees, provided by UNC General Administration: (I think this is tuition only, per semester)</p>
<p>East Carolina: 1.7 percent from $4,149 to $4,220.
UNC Greensboro: 2.5 percent from $4,084 to $4,186.
North Carolina A&T: 2.5 percent from $3,512 to $3,600.
Western Carolina: 3.1 percent from $4,085 to $4,214.
UNC Charlotte: 3.1 percent from $4,226 to $4,356.
Appalachian State: 3.5 percent from $4,274 to $4,424.
N.C. Central: 3.5 percent from $3,729 to $3,861.
UNC Pembroke: 3.6 percent from $3,527 to $3,655.
UNC Asheville: 3.7 percent from $4,174 to $4,329.
Elizabeth City State: 3.8 percent from $2,920 to $3,031.
Winston-Salem State: 4 percent from $3,338 to $3,471.
UNCSchool of the Arts: 4.2 percent from $5,015 to $5,227.
Fayetteville State: 4.4 percent from $3,020 to $3,152.
UNC Chapel Hill: 4.4 percent from $5,228 to $5,456.
N.C. State: 4.9 percent from $5,143 to $5,396.
UNC Wilmington: 9.7 percent from $4,441 to $4,873. </p>
<p>Tuition</a>, fee increases OK'd for UNC system | CharlotteObserver.com</p>
<p>NJres, those tution costs are per year.</p>
<p>I understand costs rise every year in most cases. Perhaps it was silly of me to think that during the worst economic downturn in seventy years state schools might limit or freeze any potential increases. From what I read, with a couple rare exceptions, that is not going to be the case. I think it is ironic that some of these places can pay a basketball or football coach a seven figure salary but have no problem increasing the costs for struggling students and families ....year in and year out. Is it unreasonable to believe there is no fat in these budgets? I'm sure many families have had to reexamine their expenditures and cut back, but these schools just take their annual trip to well like its business as usual. And yes FINAID is there to help those in need but frankly those programs have not kept face with inflation. Just take a look at the inequities associated with FAFSA on this forum if you have your doubts.</p>
<p>I don't think that it is anywhere near business as usual. The financial crisis hit in the fall and some schools took their first hit back then and are taking a second hit for next year. Sports are part of a college education - there are benefits to the players and to the rest of the campus. I have heard that some schools are cutting back on scholarships for athletes though.</p>