<p>I know the official figures don't come out until a little later in the summer, but I was just wondering if anyone had an idea. I followed the whole budget cut uproar when it was first announced a few months back (and sent an email to a local senator), and think I heard a potential 20% increase? So does anyone have an idea?</p>
<p>I think a 20% increase would be a killer and probably won’t happen anyway. The Gov’s budget is probably going to get changed so the state contribution to Pitt may not be cut quite as much as he wants it to be. It’s too bad all of this happens after May 1 when decisions have to be made and a change of a few thousand dollars makes a huge difference for many families. Also, if people are guessing on this thread, please note whether you mean IS or OOS % increase as they’ll probably be different. Since we’re OOS, I’ll guess 9% for OOS.</p>
<p>If the cuts had not occurred, a 5% increase was already on the books and is about what Penn State is saying they will do IF they get their requested reliefs from the budget cuts. No word on what the increases would be at Penn State if no relief is given. </p>
<p>I also heard that there were more OOS kids accepted this year than last–haven’t seen the actual number, so the increases may be tiered that way. But at this point in time, I’m not hearing much at all about the proposed increases.</p>
<p>My guess would have been 5% would have been the case anyways, and with what happened, probably 10% with maybe more for the OOSers.</p>
<p>Interesting and scary situation. State support is designed to lower in state tuition. Most state and state-related schools maximize their OOS students to maximize their revenue stream. That may indicate a higher % increase for IS. In 2010 in Georgia, tuition increases were equal between IS and OOS in dollar amounts. Because OOS pay more th start with, their % increase was less than for IS. That’s only one data point. I hope whatever Pitt does is relatively equitable between IS and OOS.</p>
<p>Yeah, I only live about 7 miles south of Pitt, and will be transferring this fall from the Johnstown campus, where tuition is about $4,000-ish cheaper, but here I will either be living at home or at a fairly cheap place off campus (that’s still up in the air) with no need to buy an overpriced meal plan, so basically all my financial aid will go toward tuition… which is already pretty dang high as is.</p>
<p>It looks like the legislature is going to pass a 15% cut in state money, instead of the 25% that Governor Gashole demanded.</p>
<p>The Governor still refuses to spend the $500 million in unexpected tax revenue that was received by the state in the last couple months. However, he did just find $20 million of state tax money to renovate a baseball stadium outside of Scranton.</p>
<p>Sorry - the legislature is proposing a 25% cut in money to state universities, instead of the 50% cut Corbett wanted.</p>