Tuition is FROZEN for 2014-2015 Academic Year

MnSCU tuition approximately 1/2 to 1/5 the cost of alternatives

Great news for Southeast Technical students! 

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) has announced that tuition will remain frozen in the 2014-15 academic year. Under the freeze, undergraduate tuition rates for 2014-15 academic year will remain at the 2012-13 academic year levels. 

"The benefits of freezing undergraduate tuition for the second year in a row continue to make MnSCU colleges and universities the lowest cost, highest value higher education option in the state of Minnesota," said Steven Rosenstone, MnSCU chancellor.

Affordability received a significant boost during the 2013 session when the Legislature and Governor Dayton improved access to the state grant program, including expanded access for working part-time students with financial need. This improvement benefited about 7,700 MnSCU college students in the 2013-14 academic year. 

Chancellor Rosenstone said, "The combination of the tuition freeze and the changes to the state grant program will, on average, actually lower the cost of tuition for MnSCU students receiving a state grant in the 2014-15 academic year."

Tuition rates at MnSCU colleges and universities are dramatically lower than the alternatives. "Tuition at the seven MnSCU state universities is nearly 1/2 that of the University of Minnesota, and 1/5 the cost of private colleges and universities," said Chancellor Rosenstone. "Tuition at our 24 colleges is less than 1/3 the cost of private trade schools. These differences save students tens of thousands of dollars and leave students with dramatically less debt upon graduation."

  
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