MICHIGAN TECH HIKES TUITION AND FEES TO 4 PERCENT
At its regular May meeting the Board had increased tuition and fees by 3 percent, but reserved the right to revisit the issue since state appropriations had not yet been finalized. When a Legislative conference committee set Michigan Tech's general fund appropriation at a figure lower than what University officials had expected, the Legislature at the same time informed the state's public universities that they could increase the cap on tuition and fees from 3 to 4 percent without penalty. Today the MTU Board took advantage of those guidelines in setting the new rates, which call for a tuition hike of 3.78 percent and a student approved activities fee increase of 0.22 percent. As a result, resident undergraduate lower division (freshmen and sophomores) students will pay tuition of $4,530 for the two-semester academic year, while upper division (juniors and seniors) students will pay $4,744. Nonresident lower division undergrads will see their tuition rise to $11,086, while upper division nonresidents will pay $11,784. At the graduate level, Michigan residents will have to pay $4,872 in tuition for the 2000-2001 academic year, while nonresident graduate students will see their tuition rise to $10,008. ### 06/29/00-MTN329
HOUGHTON--The Michigan Tech Board of Control voted today to boost tuition and fees 4 percent over last year's figures when students begin the Upper Peninsula school's transition to the semester system this fall.