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Tuition to increase 10 percent next year
Greg Hanneman
News Editor
Undergraduate tuition for the 2004-05 school year will increase by $2400 – or 10 percent – to $26,500, university officials announced last week. Rates for on-campus housing will go up between 7 and 8 percent, depending on type of room, and all board plans will increase by 7 percent.
Previous tuition increases were 7.1 percent for both 2002-03 and the current academic year.
“[The increase for next year] is higher because we’re delivering an outstanding education,” said director of University Budget and Financial Planning Laura Tanski Lockledge. She said that recent investments in the quality of the undergraduate experience here have necessitated a larger increase in tuition prices.
According to Lockledge, new programs like SAGES, upgrades to various undergrad labs, and enhancements to the university’s IT infrastructure are driving up the cost of attendance. Several new programs that will be funded by tuition – including one that will help more undergraduates get research positions – are also in the works for next year.
“It really is a surprise to me that [the increase] is 10 percent,” said sophomore Charu Gupta. “I hope, since the economy is getting better, it will be going back down.” Gupta agreed that IT and technology updates are important at a school that prides itself on being advanced, but, she said, “I don’t think all that equipment costs that much.”
But, Lockledge said, Case’s tuition is still lower than other peer institutions. According to a university statement, the average tuition price among private universities in the U.S. News and World Report-ranked top 50 institutions is $28,500. U.S. News currently ranks Case 37th in the nation among schools offering doctorate degrees.
Scholarships and financial aid for incoming students will increase along with tuition, Lockledge said, but existing scholarships will remain at their current levels. “We are committed to helping students finance their education,” she said.
Sophomore computer science major Christian Miller was still unhappy about the 10 percent increase. “I’m not making $2400 more this year, and my parents aren’t making $2400 more this year,” he said. “It completely throws out the window anything I had planned.”
Miller said he was planning on working over the summer to make some additional money, but although he admitted “it’s still awfully expensive” to live on campus, he said he wouldn’t be looking for alternative housing solutions.
On the other hand, Rachna Arora, a sophomore sociology major, said she would consider forgoing university housing and meal plans due to higher cost. “I have a feeling I’ll try to get off the meal plan,” she said.
While tuition, room, and board costs are major factors of interest to students, tuition is just “one line of revenue that the university has,” Lockledge said. Revenue from tuition and fees across all schools in the university was expected to account for only 30.6 percent of Case’s total income in fiscal year 2003. Out of the university’s projected 2004 budget of $622 million, Lockledge said that just $72 million was coming from undergraduate tuition.
Each year’s tuition cost is worked out by a team of university administrators, including Lock-ledge, undergraduate deans, members of the Faculty Senate budget committee, and the university president and vice president. The team’s recommendation is presented to Case’s board of trustees for ultimate approval before being announced. Lockledge said that the months-long process takes into account the university’s annual budget and the market environment.
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