Statewide, Iowa (RI) – Governor Kim Reynolds is backing a plan to charge students from the six states that surround Iowa the same, lower tuition rate Iowa residents pay at the University of Northern Iowa.
UNI president Mark Nook says it’s a creative approach to one of the state’s challenges.
Between 45 to 50 percent of UNI graduates wind up taking a job in Iowa and Nook says U-N-I is offering degrees in workforce shortages areas, like nursing.
About 450 current students at the University of Northern Iowa come from the six states that surround Iowa. Governor Kim Reynolds is recommending the legislature provide UNI with $3 million a year to replace the proposed reduction in out of state tuition.
Nook estimates once a new batch of out-of-state students paying in-state tuition graduate, up to 300 of them would take a job in Iowa each year.
Wisconsin residents may pay in-state tuition at public universities in Minnesota and Minnesotans who go to public universities in Wisconsin can pay the same rate as Wisconsin residents.
