IU’s McRobbie plans to freeze Bloomington in-state tuition

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University says President Michael McRobbie has recommended the IU Board of Trustees freeze tuition rates for the next two years for Indiana residents attending the main campus in Bloomington.

The school also announced Wednesday that McRobbie recommends out-of-state tuition at IU-Bloomington would increase 1.5 percent each of the next two years. Tuition at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and IU’s five regional campuses will increase an average of 1.65 percent.

McRobbie credited the proposed freeze to higher state appropriations over the next two years for IU-Bloomington.

IU last year stopped offering a 25 percent discount on summer tuition at the Bloomington campus. IU started the discount program after criticism from state legislators and others about college affordability.

Purdue University trustees last week approved freezing tuition for a fourth straight year.