During June and July, Michigan's 15 public universities set their tuition rates for the 2009-2010 academic year. Due to continued cuts in state appropriations for higher education, universities statewide have raised tuition rates. Eastern Michigan University raised its tuition rates to 3.8 percent, which represents an additional $308 for tuition and fees, bringing the annual cost of tuition and fees at EMU to $8,377. The following are the actual tuition percentage increases (for full-time undergraduate students) approved by the boards of various universities.

Oakland University 9 percent

University of Michigan-Dearborn 6.7 percent

University of Michigan-Flint 6.5 percent

Saginaw Valley State University 6.3 percent

Western Michigan University 5.7 percent

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 5.6 percent

Michigan Technological University 5.45 percent

Wayne State University 5.4 percent

Ferris State University 5.33 percent

Northern Michigan University 5.3 percent

Grand Valley State University 5.3 percent

Michigan State University 5.2 percent

Lake Superior State University 4.94 percent

Central Michigan University 4.8 percent*

Eastern Michigan University 3.8 percent

Source: Various news reports, EMU Office of Communications

*Note: CMU's tuition rate increase affects just more than half its students. The remainder of the students are covered by the CMU Promise, which kept a student' tutiion the same for up to five years beginning in 2005.

 

 

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