How much are Ohio’s public universities charging for tuition this fall? How much are Ohio’s public universities charging for tuition this fall?
That Miami would be at the top of this list is not surprising. That we would be this far in the lead is disappointing.
I wonder how much of that is an athletics fee.
Miami’s general fee for entering first-year students is now $3094 per year ($1547/semester). The overall university budget reports that 57% of general fee revenue goes to intercollegiate athletics. So, it seems that each first-year student’s charge for ICA is around $1760.
“ You get what you pay for”
Miami has always been the most expensive state university in Ohio. But that was one thing back the dark ages when there were sit-ins in Paul Pearson’s office about tuition exceeding $3000. It’s another when the cost differential is $5000 per year. Our financial aid is getting a bit better, but it’s still a burden for a lot of Ohio families and doesn’t do much to combat the “J.Crew U” reputation.
I have a family member who will be attending Miami this fall as a first-year student. With aid, it is cheaper for them to attend Miami out of state than UIUC in-state, and was much more affordable than Penn State, Va Tech and Clemson, by about $22K a year.
Though not the only reason Miami being a D-1 school played a role in their “Making It Miami”, as did the quality of the education and academic reputation.
My kids are recent college grads - 2 from Miami, the oldest from UC. Based on their experience and that of their friends, Miami had a more generous financial aid package than most. Particularly compared to Cincinnati and Ohio U.
Not sure if still the case, but Miami was frequently cheaper than the others.
Honestly, generous out-of-state financial packages have probably been one of the reasons why we’ve kept enrollment up versus other non-flagship public schools in the Rust Belt. It takes a lot of money, but we’ve kept our numbers while a lot of other schools haven’t.
The challenge with financial aid is that you have to get pretty far into the process before you find out what the assistance will be. My son received a generous package from Miami but not until after he had committed to Miami. Frankly, they wasted their money. He was already in the bag.
I believe that Miami’s much higher “sticker price” cuts down on the number of qualified applicants and contributes substantially to it’s reputation(reality) that a disproportionate percentage of it’s students are from an affluent background.
Anecdotally, I know a LOT of people who went to Muskingum after it changed its pricing to incorporate the grants it was giving everyone anyway. At the time, I believe their tuition went from 25k (which no one paid) to 11k (which was the average amount people actually paid), and the only people who got further discounts were people with exceptional need or merit. Just lopping off the meaningless sticker price was a big selling point.
Hopefully the recently announced program where students from 29 Indiana counties pay in-state tuition will increase the enrollment from that state.
What is Miami’s “Sweet Spot” for undergraduate enrollment? 16,800? 18K?
It’s very impressive for Miami to have 44K applicants for first year students. Would much rather be in Miami’s position than Xavier or Dayton’s.
Since freshmen & sophmores have to live in dorms or fraternity houses, isn’t Miami’s enrollment limited to the number of dorm rooms? No new dorms are being built at the moment.
Miami actually gave my son the best offer of all the schools that he applied to last year. I think cost was going to be about $23k/year out of pocket, and that was out of state (although his dad lives in Ohio, so we potentially could have gotten in state tuition). He ultimately decided on Colorado School of Mines (public, in state) for approx $26k out of pocket, mostly because of location. Which, honestly…Golden, Colorado vs Ohio? Yeah, I love Miami’s campus the most, but it’s kind of a no brainer, lol.
Colorado College was the worst offer he got…I want to say it was $89k/year out of pocket? Um, yeah. I’m a nurse. My annual take home pay isn’t much more than that. But they sent him a really nice swag box with his acceptance and ludicrously expensive offer. Maybe next time, save the socks and the package shipping and just give more financial aid? 
Not sure that’s going to lure kids away from IU and Purdue. Purdue’s in-state tuition is just under 10K and IU’s is slightly over 12K. Miami is still at a huge cost disadvantage to those schools, both of which have large endowments and I’m assuming considerable financial aid resources.
Colorado School of Mimes?
Golden, CO is a great place. Our granddaughters soccer team played there a few times. Besides the beer connection and the tremendous scenery , there are some good restaurants. Hard to turn down.
I grew up in Indiana, & when I went to Miami the out of state tuition for Miami was less than or same as IU & Purdue. How times have changed!
The Toddler is in college? Geesh, Knolls of Oxford here I come.
Why do we want to combat the JCrew MiamiU? That’s what made a lot of us attend Miami.