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The state legislature has passed a budget for the coming fiscal year, and Gov. Rick Snyder has signed it. The budget provides a 1.6 percent increase in state appropriations for Michigan Technological University and sets a 3.2 percent tuition cap for resident undergraduates at all state universities.
A preliminary budget approved by Michigan Tech’s Board of Trustees May 1 included a 3.9 percent tuition increase, based on the expectation that the University would receive no increase in state appropriations. At that time, the Board promised to adjust the budget and tuition based on the appropriations and tuition cap set by the state.
Keeping that promise, Michigan Tech has lowered its resident undergraduate tuition rates for the 2015-16 academic year from the 3.9 voted on by the board to an average of 3.1 percent, under the mandated 3.2 percent tuition cap. Michigan Tech has never exceeded the state’s tuition cap. Non-resident tuition increases average 3.9 percent. Graduate tuition will increase 5 percent, with a corresponding 5 percent increase in graduate assistant stipends.
“We are pleased that the State of Michigan recognizes the economic value that universities like Michigan Tech bring to the state by increasing our appropriations,” said Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz.
