COMPARISON Students vs. state

Over the past several years, YSU has increasingly leaned on student tuition and fees to finance its general fund budget. The chart shows general fund revenue from tuition and fees and from the state:
YearTuition/feesState funds*
1998$38.6 million$46.5 million
1999$41 million$46.7 million
2000$42.4 million$48.2 million
2001$42.1 million$48.6 million
2002$46.3 million$46.9 million
2003$55.6 million$46.9 million
Increase$17 million$400,000
*Includes state subsidy and state challenge funds
Source: YSU