Saturday, February 13, 2010
CMU raises tuition 2.98%
Post Gazette: "Carnegie Mellon University today announced a 2.98 percent tuition increase for the 2010-11 school year, meaning undergraduates will pay from $39,222 to $41,500, depending on the year of study."
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Yay tuition raises! At least when you start school you are locked in to a price, so the raise doesn't necessarily effect current students. However, for freshman coming in, it will be just that little bit more expensive. The university's "Higher Ups" also say this new increase and last year's increase are the smallest in recent history, which is good. They aren't just raising it at whatever rate, they are trying to keep it down. Times are tough economically and hopefully this "little" raise won't discourage people from attending.
I am glad that the university is conscious of how tuition increases affect the students especially in this damaged economy. Even so, this 3% may be too much for some people and discourage them from attending the university. I hope that the university will be able to keep the services and instruction at their current level (or even improve them) without an increase that might be more useful in terms of the budget. Carnegie Mellon is trying to provide education like a large university with a small endowment. Thus, our tuition is among the highest around. Oh well. At lease 1% of it isn't being taxed.
It would be great to have a fixed tuition rate starting your first year. However that is definitely not the case. Tuition has increased about $1400 a year since I started here. The real benefit is that you're pretty much getting a graduate education at the undergraduate level, so unless you'd like the paper that says you have a masters, you're not having to get both degrees to be successful in our area. There are a number of other undergraduate programs that cost a lost less, but then would need to be supplemented with a graduate program to bring us to the level we reach here.
This sucks! CMU increasing tuition by a little less than 3% and housing by a little less than 4% really sucks when they are getting so much money from us already. I know that this is needed to keep the university up to the standards that CMU is known for. It would be nice if they looked at ways to cut down on things that are not needed. I just hope that they keep these increases in tuition to a minimum whenever we are in this economic recession. We are already paying CMU $50,000 plus a year to go to school. I don't understand why housing got a larger increase. I would like to get a reason for that. Life would be so much simpler if we did not have to worry about money.
I am convinced cmu does not need to be as expensive as it is. I have become active within the cmu community quickly, and everywhere I look, there is waste. On the computing advisory committee, I learned that cmu hires enough computer people for the whole school, but then individual colleges hire support, underutilizing their resources, and essentially, doubling up. This is just one example. I think in any large corporation like cmu, there is waste. I look forward to an initiative by the cmu president to really clean up the fat and see past bosses protecting their friends and really remove the people who's work can be lived without.
@MONJARK - the example you site doesn't work the way you are implying.
As a graduate student, -also I can comment only from certain assumptions- I am always shocked to hear the amount of the tuition. I could have never afforded if I were in this situation for undergraduate education.
I am totally convinced that CMU offers the high quality programs university wide and the education here has great reputation through the United States and somewhat globally. If we can imagine successful achievement here and after graduation, the education is worth the amount of payment itself.
So, what we can not forget is, it depends on how we can actively use every opportunities here. Use available facilities, events and community, and then, teachers, colleagues, grads and alumni network for education as much as possible.
As long as the operation is university-wide, it is understandable that there is certain unfairness in the use from the total budget which can not be helped. However, the pricing of dorms and board are fairly expensive on campus. I hope the price of such necessities is considered to become more student-friendly.
3% ? isn't that the basic rate of yearly inflation? It's not like they're charging students more for their education, it's merely the declining value of the dollar.
It's great that this tuition raise is so relatively small, but prospective students aren't going to think, "Well, this school is expensive, but tuition is only 3% higher than it was last year!" They're just going to look at the current numbers, and for some people that may tip the skill towards choosing a less expensive school. However, CMU's big name is still a really big pull.
While the education offered by CMU that I’ve had so far seems to be great, it’s always a little disheartening to learn that the already expensive bill for school is getting more expensive. One of the main deterrents to me (and probably most people) to not come to this school originally was the price, and while I eventually decided that I could deal with that, there are many people who want to come to CMU and simply cannot afford it do the high price. To see that rise is only going to make it more difficult for people to pay for their education, but it doesn’t seem like much can be done to stop it. At least I won’t have to pay for housing from CMU next semester.
I agree with AJ and I'm just glad that it doesn't effect current students. I almost didnt come because of price, but the education i am getting here, i cant get from anywhere else. i hate to think about the students that miss out on the education just because they cant afford it.
I also find it interesting that people were so against the $400 tax on education, yet they raise tuition.
I feel like the tuition raise is not as offensive to student as the proposed tuition tax would have been. Raises on tuition are to be expected, and come directly from the university, while the tax was imposed on universities by the city of Pennsylvania. Also, students come in with a locked tuition, so they know how much they will be paying throughout their college career, but if there were to be a tax on that tuition, there is no telling how that might change.
It's not that surprising that there's a tuition increase. The value of the dollar is getting lower, so things cost more. We are paying to get an excellent education, and yes, it is a lot of money, but I also think that we need to realize what we are getting as compared to what students who are paying less at other universities are getting. If you didn't want to pay as much as we are to go here, then you can go somewhere else. Also, it really isn't that much of a tuition raise.
I'm not really too upset over this. i mean we do utilize the city a lot and we live here so it would be right if we helped along with it. Granted, we already are paying a ton of money but, it will pay off in the end. If this helps to cover up sine if the potholes around the city, then I'm all for it. Get it CMU.
Well, at least once you are here, you are locked into the initial rate of the year you are a freshman. Otherwise, having to come up with more and more money each year would be a problem. While I am glad the university is thinking of the students in trying to be conservative with tuition raises, this is still a lot of money added on to an already high rate. While I know there is no price tag on education (although sometimes it may seem like that) it is a very sad thing when money is the reason that someone cannot attend the school that is the best fit for them.
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