Wednesday, June 30, 1999
Miami tuition hike 5.4%
State budget saves students from 6%
BY MICHAEL D. CLARK
The Cincinnati Enquirer
OXFORD — Tuition and fees are going up for Miami University students this fall but slightly less than first estimated, school officials said Tuesday.
Miami President James Garland announced that though the school's board of trustees last week authorized him to raise tuition and fees up to 6 percent, he would instead increase them by 5.4 percent.
Mr. Garland cited recent passage of state budget allotments for higher education as prompting the less-than-expected increase in tuition for the 1999-2000 school year.
With the 5.4 percent increase, tuition and fees will rise from $5,742 per student this last school year to $6,052 for the coming school year.
Miami's surcharge for out-of-state students will rise 3 percent, bringing tuition and fees for such students to $12,706 for the next school year.
Most students at Miami's Hamilton and Middletown campuses, however, will see no tuition increase and can again expect to pay $3,180 per school year, school officials said.
Tuition at Miami has climbed by about 6 percent each year for the past three years. The last year without a tuition boost was 1979-80. The university has historically been the most expensive of Ohio's state-supported institutions.
In explaining the tuition increases for students of the Oxford campus, Mr. Garland cited the labor costs inherent in operating a large university and restrictions on Miami's enrollment, limiting it to 16,000 students.
“I have been asked why, if American businesses can hold down prices, why can't universi ties?” Mr. Garland said in a statement. “Unlike businesses, we can't increase our customer base and we can't merge with other universities to make savings. Being a service industry, most of our costs are in salaries, and there is heavy competition for the brightest minds.
“Although our costs are higher than some other schools, so is the value of a Miami education,” he said.
Maggie Dudzik, a Miami senior, said she is sympathetic to the reasons behind the tuition jump, but that doesn't lessen her anxiety about meeting her college expenses.
“It's kind of stressful,” said Ms. Dudzik, who has a double major in speech communications and international studies.
“I know they have to cover costs and stay competitive with other schools ... but my parents and I have to pay one-half of my tuition fees. My loans don't cover it all,” she said.
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