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Kiplinger’s Personal Finance recently announced that Millersville University was on its list of 100 best values in public colleges, which ranks four-year institutions that deliver a stellar education at an affordable price. The annual public school rankings appear in Kiplinger’s February 2011 issue and online, at www.kiplinger.com.
While private colleges have lately run about $36,000 a year—a sharp contrast to the public schools on Kiplinger’s top 100 list, in which 20 including Millersville, charge the same as or less than the average annual in-state sticker price of $16,140. Millersville’s tuition and fees are $7,700 per year. Tuition, room and board for a year at Millersville is $15,998 (spring 2011).
“Millersville has worked extremely hard to keep our costs down,” explained Francine G. McNairy, president. “In the last two years we have reduced spending by $7.5 million and eliminated 20 non-instructional positions for the 2010-11 fiscal year. While we cut costs including saving more than a million dollars by adopting a new learning system, we kept our standards high and recently had our 10-year reaccreditation affirmed by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. We also recently formed the Software Productization Center, an entrepreneurial program that partnered with WorkXpress, Cruzstar, MRG Power Labs and Runoff Studios to bring needed revenue to the University, and we moved beyond the $60 million mark in the University’s Soar to Greatness capital campaign.”
“Despite rising tuition costs, there are still many first-rate institutions providing outstanding academics at an affordable price,” said Janet Bodnar, editor of Kiplinger’s. “Schools like these on the Kiplinger 100 list prove graduates can enter the workforce with a great education—and without a huge cloud of debt.”
