Board of Regents approves freeze for tuition at Md. state schools

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Posted: 4/30/09

Last Thursday, the Board of Regents voted unanimously to freeze in-state undergraduate tuition for the fourth straight year. The Board of Regents would have raised tuition by 4 percent, but Governor Martin O'Malley provided the state system with an extra $16 million.

The freeze is somewhat unusual due to the recession. Some states have been severely affected: Tuition is rising by 25 percent in Georgia, 14 percent in New York and 10 percent in California.

However, O'Malley made freezing tuition a priority due to his re-election bid coming up next year.

Tuition will go up for out-of-state undergraduates, graduate and professional students, and undergraduate fees could go up.

Four years ago, the state had the sixth-highest public university tuition. By next year, that ranking is expected to fall to 18th in the nation.