Nebraska residents pay up to 43 percent less to attend a Big Ten school than their counterparts in other states, according to a Higher Education Tribune’s analysis of in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.
The Tribune compared in-state tuition at 115 schools. Seventy-nine are competitors in 10 athletic conferences, including five Division I schools, five Division II schools and one Division III school. Nebraska has schools in three of those conferences.
How does Nebraska's in-state tuition compare by athletic conference? Nebraskans pay…
- $6,521, or 43.3 percent, less to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Big Ten than Illinois residents pay to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the same league.
- $6,677, or 50.8 percent, less to attend Wayne State College in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference than Minnesota residents paid to attend the University of Minnesota-Duluth in the same league.
- $499, or 6.8 percent less, to attend the University of Nebraska-Kearney in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Conference than Missouri residents paid to attend Northwest Missouri State University in the same league.
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Big Ten
The Big Ten is a Division I conference that includes 14 members. The analysis includes 10 of those schools.
| School | State | Enrollment | 2016-17 Tuition |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Illinois | 33,932 | $15,058 |
| University of Michigan- Ann Arbor | Michigan | 28,983 | $14,402 |
| University of Minnesota- Twin Cities | Minnesota | 34,870 | $14,142 |
| Michigan State University | Michigan | 39,090 | $14,062 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Wisconsin | 30,958 | $10,488 |
| Indiana University- Bloomington | Indiana | 39,184 | $10,388 |
| Ohio State University | Ohio | 45,831 | $10,037 |
| Purdue University | Indiana | 31,105 | $10,002 |
| University of Iowa | Iowa | 24,476 | $8,575 |
| University of Nebraska- Lincoln | Nebraska | 20,833 | $8,537 |
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Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference is a Division II conference with 16 members. The analysis includes nine of those schools.
| School | State | Enrollment | 2016-17 Tuition |
| University of Minnesota- Duluth | Minnesota | 9,967 | $13,139 |
| University of Minnesota- Crookston | Minnesota | 2,676 | $11,700 |
| Winona State University | Minnesota | 7,661 | $9,075 |
| Bemidji State University | Minnesota | 4,808 | $8,394 |
| Southwest Minnesota State University | Minnesota | 7,495 | $8,347 |
| Minnesota State University- Moorhead | Minnesota | 5,205 | $8,114 |
| Saint Cloud State University | Minnesota | 13,878 | $7,910 |
| Minnesota State University- Mankato | Minnesota | 13,192 | $7,858 |
| Wayne State College | Nebraska | 2,837 | $6,462 |
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Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a Division II conference with 14 members. The analysis includes five of those schools.
| School | State | Enrollment | 2016-17 Tuition |
| Northwest Missouri State University | Missouri | 5,628 | $7,343 |
| Missouri Western State University | Missouri | 5,120 | $7,330 |
| University of Central Missouri | Missouri | 9,786 | $7,322 |
| University of Nebraska- Kearney | Nebraska | 5,056 | $6,844 |
| Missouri Southern State University | Missouri | 6,231 | $5,523 |
Source for all: U.S. Department of Education
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