UConn Becomes “Mail Order” Degree School for the “Special Elite” (Part I) - Wait, What?

UConn Becomes “Mail Order” Degree School for the “Special Elite” (Part I) - Wait, What?:

UConn Becomes “Mail Order” Degree School for the “Special Elite” (Part I)

by jonpelto

Did you pay to go to UConn?  Are you still paying?

You aren’t alone.  This year there are 17,528 undergraduates at the Storrs campus with another 4,773 undergraduates at regional campuses.  Then add in the 7,955 graduate and professional degree students.

The total cost of tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate is just over $22,500 a year.  The cost for an out of state student is just over $40,000.  A graduate degree could cost you $100,000 or more.

Well over 50 percent of the money to fund UConn comes from students and their parents with about 25 percent coming from taxpayers.  In total, the University of Connecticut budget is about $1.1 billion.  Student Tuition and fees account for $533 million, the State