Florida ranks last among the states in four-year tuition and fees charged by
public universities at about $3,361 per undergraduate student. The average
tuition nationwide is about $6,200 a year
Florida's state universities will be able to increase tuition rates up to 15
percent annually until they reach the national average under a new law signed by
Gov. Charlie Crist.
Crist, university officials and the Florida Student Association supported the
tuition bill (SB 762), saying rates that now are among the nation's lowest must
go up to improve quality, help pay for need-based scholarships and stop a brain
drain of faculty to other states that pay better.