NMU's Compliance Database - Northern Michigan University

As per PA 15 of 2025, Section 241c: “Tuition” and “fee” amounts are based on 30 credit hours.“Fee” means any board-authorized fee that will be paid by more than 1/2 of all resident undergraduate students at least once during their enrollment at a public university, as described in the higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) user manual. A public university increasing a fee that applies to a specific subset of students or courses shall provide sufficient information to prove that the increase applied to that subset will not cause the increase in the average amount of board-authorized total tuition and fees paid by resident undergraduate students in the academic year to exceed the limit established in this subsection.  “Tuition and fee rate” means the average of full-time rates paid by a majority of students in each undergraduate class, based on an unweighted average of the rates authorized by the public university board and actually charged to students, deducting any uniformly rebated or refunded amounts, for the 2 semesters with the highest levels of full-time equated resident undergraduate enrollment during the academic year, as described in the higher education institutional data inventory (HEIDI) user manual. A university must limit tuition and fee increases to 4.5% or $735.00, whichever is greater. This form should not be returned until after the governing board has set tuition and fee rates for the 2025-2026 year. 1. The university certifies that it has not adopted and will not adopt an increase in resident undergraduate tuition and fee rates for the 2025-2026 academic year greater than 4.5% or $735.00, whichever is greater. Answering “No” will make the institution ineligible for the one-time operations increase funding included in the 2025-2026 year. Yes No: 2. Please fill in the following measures for resident undergraduates according to the above definitions: 2024-25 full-year tuition:2024-25 full-year fees: Total: 2025-26 full-year tuition: 2025-26 full-year fees: Total: Percent change in tuition and fee rate: Dollar change per student in tuition and fee rate.Sec. 241c. University Tuition and Fee Restraint and Annual Rate Reporting Requirements – REVISED
Requires tuition and fee data to be submitted to the HEIDI database and a report of any revisions to tuition and fees within 15 days of adoption, and specifies tuition and fee restraint requirements in order to receive the FY2025-26 payments, with thes FY 2025-26 resident tuition and fee increases set at the greater of 4.5% and $735, whichever is greater, and limits FY 2026-27 resident tuition and fee increases to the greater of 4.0% or $651. Revises certification of tuition and fee rates from the last business day of August to the first business day of November.