Incoming freshmen and transfer students at Central Michigan University will pay about 21 percent more money per credit hour this fall than new students did last year. That’s a 4.2 percent annual increase over five years compared to last year’s students. The typical annual tuition bill for a full-time, undergraduate state resident freshman at Central Michigan would be about $9,120 starting this fall, based on two semesters of 15 credit hours each. Last year, new students paid about $7,530. The credit hour cost for a new undergraduate student rises from $251 last year to $304 for the fall semester.
My question is, “Is the school system making it harder for student to attend college”? Well, I think that they are because making it difficult for students to attend college. Why? Because many students can barely pay for their tuition now and raising it close to ten thousand dollars won’t make it any better. Financial aid is barely kicking out money for students to attend school and they are left with paying for the rest of their tuition out of pocket or by taking out large amounts of loans for the next four years.
I am writing about what is happening to CMU because there is just a matter of time before other college tuition in Michigan begins to rise. I read that administrators at Michigan universities say they have been forced to raise tuition because state aid has dropped in recent years. Because of this increase, college students will be left with high debts after they graduate unless they have scholarships or grants to help them through.
