University of Minnesota sees a drop in out-of-state numbers after nonresident tuition increases

Fewer freshmen from outside the state are studying on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus this fall after two years of double-digit nonresident tuition hikes.

The number of new students from states that do not have reciprocity agreements with Minnesota dropped by a quarter as their tuition rate jumped 15 percent, to $28,730 a year. Now, President Eric Kaler is proposing a 10 percent out-of-state tuition increase next fall. That’s scaling back an earlier plan to go up another 15 percent, which officials now deem too risky.

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