2008 Enrollment

[NOCajun]

_ And our enrollment is actually higher than that to boot _

Aren't we back over 17,000? (Which, next Fall, will include my lovely God-daughter!!)

[HoustonCajun]

_ Aren't we back over 17,000? (Which, next Fall, will include my lovely God-daughter!!) _

Why the low level for UL? How do you increase it to the LA Tech level and why aren't we there now? How does LA Tech do it? Aren't we all governed by the same UL Board? I hope this is a major priority for Dr. S.

[locoguano]

Don't see how they can actually charge people to go to SUNO...

[billbeck451]

I must be getting old, I think tuition was $400 a semester when I was at UL

[El Sidonio]

When I started in fall '99, it was $1000, by the time I was done 5.5 years later, it was all the way up to $1600

[Cajun90]

Why the low level for UL? How do you increase it to the LA Tech level and why aren't we there now? How does LA Tech do it? Aren't we all governed by the same UL Board? I hope this is a major priority for Dr. S.

Read the article and it explains in pretty good detail how the amounts were calculated.

[Boomer]

_ Don't see how they can actually charge people to go to SUNO... _

My daughter played bball at Loyola and we played at their place every year---What a total waste--I never thought it would crank up post Katrina ---BUT-- well everybody knows why!!!!

[RaginFan2]

I must be getting old, I think tuition was $400 a semester when I was at UL

Dude, you ARE old if you paid that low tuition rate! Of course, the rate was much lower than that when I attended!

[NewsCopy]

If the Legislature approves a plan that would allow management boards to raise university tuition, UL students may see an extra $173 tacked onto their tuition each year. The bill was approved last week by the House education committee, and given that many universities, including Lafayette's three public higher education institutions had no tuition increases in the past three years, it's likely that the measure will be accepted before the end of the session. Institutions point to low tuition - the lowest among other institutions within the Southern Regional Education Board - coupled with sporadic state support as the reason for the change. Many students on campus weren't aware of the proposed increase, which some say will pinch their finances. While paying an extra about $85 a semester may equate to two or three tanks of gas, for those students without financial aid or parents pitching in, the added expense is a financial strain. "Eighty dollars? That's a book," said Lauren Richard, a UL sophomore majoring in education. "That's a used book, really." The rest of the story Marsha Sills msills@theadvertiser.com

[Cajunbander]

Booo. The state screwed me out of TOPS, now they're going to screw me out of a book! Thanks LA!

[Choppie29]

The article makes some good points.......How are we supposed to adequately fund our University when the tuition is below that of UNO and La Tech? The fact is, it's dirt cheap to get a degree at UL when you compare our tuition with comparable universities across the country.

[DestinCajun]

How are we supposed to adequately fund our University when the tuition is below that of UNO and La Tech?

If ours really is lower than UNEAUX and U of LaTex, it makes no sense whatsoever.