During June and July, Michigan's 15 public universities set their tuition rates for the 2006-07 academic year. For the most part, tuition increases were lower than last year due, in part, to the state of Michigan providing universities increases in state appropriations for the first time in five years. Eastern Michigan University received an increase of 2.7 percent in state appropriations. While a number of universities had variations on what and how the tuition increases would be used, the following are the actual tuition percentage increases (for full-time undergraduate students) approved by the boards of various universities.

Central Michigan University 17.8 percent (freshmen and transfer students-rate is locked for five years),

Michigan Technological University 8.75 prcent

University of Michigan-Flint 8 percent

University of Michigan-Dearborn 7.9 percent

Oakland University 7.9 percent

Ferris State University 6.82 percent

Western Michigan University 6 percent

Eastern Michigan University 6 percent

Michigan State University 5.9 percent

Grand Valley State University 5.9 percent

Wayne State University 5.8 percent

University of Michigan 5.5 percent (students in College of Literature, Arts and Sciences )

Lake Superior State University 5 percent

Saginaw Valley State University 4.9 percent

Northern Michigan University 4.8 percent

Source: Various news reports

 

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