UMaine System to hold tuition flat for in-state residents
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The University of Maine System will hold in-state tuition flat next year. Students are shown here on the Mall at the campus in Orono.
Maine students attending the state’s public universities will see no tuition increase next year and many will be able to attend without paying out-of-pocket for tuition and fees.
Supplemental funding approved by the Maine Legislature and Gov. Janet Mills will allow Maine’s public universities to hold in-state tuition flat for the seventh time in a decade, and many Maine students will have their costs fully covered by the state.
Mills on Wednesday signed a supplemental state budget that provides $7.9 million in one-time funding to offset in-state undergraduate and graduate tuition increases planned for the 2022–23 academic year.
The University of Maine System said its tuition as a percentage of Maine’s per capita income has decreased each year since fiscal year 2013.
Eligible Maine students at four UMS universities — University of Maine at Augusta, University of Maine at Fort Kent, University of Maine at Machias and University of Maine at Presque Isle — will pay nothing out-of-pocket for tuition and fees.
“Maine’s public universities are more affordable than ever before, and the high-quality education and research learning they provide is the most proven path to social mobility and a great-paying career in the Maine workforce,” said UMS Chancellor Dannel Malloy.
UMS students applauded the additional appropriation, which will save those enrolled full time in 2022–23 up to $582.
“The cost of everything has been going up these days,” Nicole Caddell, a student from Bridgewater who is enrolled in UMFK's nursing program offered at UMPI, told the Legislature's Appropriations Committee last month. “By providing the university funding so that it can keep tuition priced the same next year, it will make it easier for me to stay in school so I can complete my nursing degree and not have to take out student loans that would be difficult to pay back working here in the county.”
The enacted state supplemental budget also includes investments to modernize the university system’s infrastructure and to expand university research and development, which helps grow Maine’s economy.
The University of Maine System comprises Maine’s seven public universities, including 10 campuses and many satellite centers throughout the state. UMS serves more than 30,000 students annually and employs more than 5,000 faculty and staff.
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