This fall, students at Michigan Stet University will be paying 2% more. University officials say the increase will mostly impact students from families earning more than $100,000 each year.
As Grand Rapids sees record growth, GVSU is set to expand its own downtown footprint.
Grand Valley State University has announced plans for a $70 million expansion to the Grand Rapids campus.
GVSU has also announced a $237 per semester increase to tuition.
A new proposal in Lansing would offer free college tuition to all Michigan high school graduates.
Graduates would have to attend a state college or university. The proposal is estimated to cost $1.8 billion the first year.
Yesterday, Central Michigan University announced that they were increasing tuition rates by 3.47% and Northern Michigan University announced their increase of 6.9%. Today, Grand Valley State University announced its tuition rate for the coming year.
Nic Ramos, a student at University of Colorado, Boulder, protested rising tuition costs in an interesting way last week.
He paid his entire spring semester tuition ($14,309.51) using dollar bills, a 50-cent piece and a penny. It took him two days to withdraw all of the money from various banks, and school officials were pretty shocked when he walked in with the duffel bag full of money. It took th