WSU tuition for 2011-12
Faced with the largest reduction in state support in the institution’s history, the Wayne State University Board of Governors on June 22, 2011 voted to increase tuition by 6.9 percent for undergraduate students and 7.1 percent for graduate students. Members of the board expressed reluctance to raise the cost of attending Wayne State, but agreed that such action was necessary to preserve the University’s fundamental strengths in teaching and research given a 15 percent reduction in state appropriations.
The reduction in state funding equates to $1,000 less per student. The tuition increase offsets this cut by less than half, or approximately $446. The remaining $29 million shortfall is being made up through carefully targeted cost reductions. With the latest budget cuts, Wayne State has reduced operating expenses by nearly $80 million since 2002.
Wayne State has nearly doubled its financial aid in the past five years, including an additional 8.7 percent for the coming year. If all student financial aid options are included, financial aid has tripled in just the past three years. Eighty-two percent of the university's undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid.
Wayne State’s tuition will increase $18.55 per credit hour, which calculates to $223 per semester for students taking 12 credit hours in fall 2011.Wayne State's tuition ranks 13th among Michigan's 15 public universities, and the dollar amount of the increase is less than at almost every other Michigan public university.