CMU raises undergraduate tuition 1.96 percent, $7 per credit hour

Central Michigan University raised undergraduate tuition by 1.96 percent. The tuition increased $7 per credit hour to $365 per credit hour for the 2012-13 school year from $358. CMU remains the fourth most expensive of Michigan's 15 public universities. No other universities have set tuition rates for the fall. Traditionally, the board sets tuition rates in the summer. Last summer, CMU had the lowest percentage point tuition increase among the state's public universities at 3.47 percent. Out-of-state tuition is raised to $789 per credit hour; About 4 percent of students are from outside Michigan. The board also raised graduate tuition, CMU's Global Campus courses and room and board rates by 2 percent.

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