NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Some much-needed relief may not be far from reach for some New Mexico college students, as the state’s Department of Higher Education (NMHED) works to make college more affordable. One school announced a zero percent increase in their tuition rates.
On Friday, Eastern New Mexico University announced that their students won’t be seeing a hike in tuition and fees next fall, “A number of factors go in, but again, to raise those tuition and fee rates for the sake of raising them just doesn’t make sense to us, and we, we try to approach it in that way; what we need to operate,” said ENMU Chancellor James Johnston.
ENMU’s Board of Regents approved a zero percent tuition and fees increase for the fourth year in a row, providing relief to their students and ultimately, boosting enrollment and graduation rates. “We’re trying to keep the cost predictable year over year, so, you know, I would never want to see a student start their education with us, and then before they’re able to finish, the cost of that has reached a point that they can no longer afford to finish,” continued Chancellor Johnston.
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According to NMHED, four-year colleges did not increase their tuition and fees for the current academic school year. However, when it comes to rates for next fall, unlike ENMU, other universities don’t intend to release those numbers until after the legislative session this spring…