Miami University increases tuition 3 percent this fall
Written on June 26, 2010
The Miami University Board of Trustees approved a 3 percent increase in undergraduate and graduate tuition at the university’s main campus, as well as at its regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown.
The board approved the higher tuition rates at its meeting Friday. Annual undergraduate tuition is now $12,186, up from $11,443.
Claire Wagner, a Miami University spokesperson, said the proposed increase is smaller than originally anticipated.
“The university has reduced its budget across divisions over the last two years so that in proposing our budget for the following year, the university felt it could maintain its budget with a 3 percent increase and not have to go to 3.5 (percent),” Wagner said.
A 3.5 percent increase in tuition was implemented for the current summer term. Before the summer tuition increase was approved for the 2009-2010 academic year, Miami had not raised tuition rates since 2006. Other local schools have made similar moves.
Wright State University’s board approved a 3.5 percent tuition raise on June 11, the same as Sinclair Community College’s increase on May 11. The University of Dayton announced it would increase undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board 4.25 percent. All of the tuition increases will go in effect this fall.
Sinclair also is considering an additional increase in fees, that if approved by its board of trustees, would potentially take effect January 2011. The college obtained approval for exceptional circumstances from the Ohio Controlling Board to raise fees above the 3.5 percent limit on tuition and fees on June 14.
Tuition can only be raised 3.5 percent per academic year in the University System of Ohio. The University System of Ohio is a state consortium of public higher education institutions such as Miami, Wright State and Sinclair. The system put a tuition freeze on undergraduate tuition when it was created in 2007 until 2009.
Miami is the second-largest Dayton-area institution of higher education by enrollment with more than 20,000 students in 2009, according to Dayton Business Journal research.
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