For the first time since 2003, the state of Michigan is providing budget increases to higher education. After three years of cuts, the state's 15 public universities would receive — under Gov. Granholm's proposed budget released Feb. 9 — an increase of approximately $28.4 million or 2 percent. However, budget increases for the state's public universities range from a high of 3.86 percent for Lake Superior State University to a low of 1.55 percent for Western Michigan University. Eastern Michigan University (pictured below) would receive a 1.95 percent increase under the proposal. The state's public universities and the percentage increase they would receive from the state are as follows:

Lake Superior State 3.86 percent

Saginaw Valley State 2.92 percent

U-M Flint 2.47 percent

U-M Dearborn 2.21 percent

Grand Valley State 2.16 percent

Central Michigan 2.09 percent

Oakland University 2.04 percent

Michigan State 2.0 percent

U-M Ann Arbor 2.0 percent

Wayne State 2.0 percent

Eastern Michigan 1.95 percent

Northern Michigan 1.84 percent

Michigan Technological 1.79 percent

Ferris State 1.74 percent

Western Michigan 1.55 percent

 

Source: Gov. Granholm's proposed 2006-07 budget

 

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