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Board of Regents approves freeze for tuition at Md. state schools
Issue date: 4/30/09
Last Thursday, the Board of Regents voted unanimously to freeze in-state undergraduate tuition for the fourth straight year. The Board of Regents would have raised tuition by 4 percent, but Governor Martin O'Malley provided the state system with an extra $16 million.
The freeze is somewhat unusual due to the recession. Some states have been severely affected: Tuition is rising by 25 percent in Georgia, 14 percent in New York and 10 percent in California.
However, O'Malley made freezing tuition a priority due to his re-election bid coming up next year.
Tuition will go up for out-of-state undergraduates, graduate and professional students, and undergraduate fees could go up.
Four years ago, the state had the sixth-highest public university tuition. By next year, that ranking is expected to fall to 18th in the nation.
The freeze is somewhat unusual due to the recession. Some states have been severely affected: Tuition is rising by 25 percent in Georgia, 14 percent in New York and 10 percent in California.
However, O'Malley made freezing tuition a priority due to his re-election bid coming up next year.
Tuition will go up for out-of-state undergraduates, graduate and professional students, and undergraduate fees could go up.
Four years ago, the state had the sixth-highest public university tuition. By next year, that ranking is expected to fall to 18th in the nation.
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