<p>Just to put Miami of Ohio’s status as a “budget” college into perspective, it’s current tuition levels as compared to the surrounding Big Ten publics (using in-state/in-state for Ohio State and in-state/out of state for IU, Illinois and Michigan State) are as follows:</p>
<p>Ohio State ($9420 vs $12,200) +29.5%
Indiana ($8024 vs $$27,00) +236%
Illinois ($10,386 vs $27,000) +160%
Michigan State ($11,722 vs $27,000) +130%</p>
<p>Keep in mind that all of those Big Ten schools have much larger scholarship endowments than does Miami of Ohio when it comes time to start handing out merit aid. All are also higher ranked and more selective.</p>
<p>I just don’t see how it can be considered as this national budget when it can’t even compete with the main publics in its own and surrounding states.</p>