Hey guys I was wondering if your school is having budget cuts? I am in the UMass System and the state is cuting the budget by 5.1 percent which equals $25 million. Below you can see how your state measure up. I would like to hear your thoughts about this, if you have any.
This Chart represents how much of your state's budget goes towards higher education.
1. Texas*13.7%
2. Louisiana 13.4%
3. Idaho 12.3%
4. Utah 11.2%
5. Wyoming*10.5%
6. Maryland 10.4%
7. Nevada*9.5%
8. North Dakota*8.5%
9. Kentucky*8.3%
10. Vermont 8.0%
11. Connecticut*7.9%
12. New Jersey7.9%
13. Illinois 7.6%
14. New Mexico7.5%
15. Rhode Island7.4%
16. New Hampshire*6.9%
17. Alaska 6.6%
18. Arizona*6.4%
19. Georgia 6.2%
20. California 5.7%
21. Montana*5.7%
22. Colorado 4.9%
23. Maine* 4.8%
24. Kansas 4.8%
25. Oklahoma 4.5%
26. South Dakota4.3%
27. Oregon*3.4%
28. Virginia*3.2%
29. Washington*3.0%
30. Hawaii*3.0%
31. Indiana*3.0%
32. New York 2.7%
33. Tennessee2.6%
34. Arkansas*2.6%
35. Alabama 2.5%
36. Minnesota*2.5%
37. Missouri 2.1%
38. Wisconsin*1.9%
39. South Carolina 1.9%
40. North Carolina*1.8%
41. Delaware 1.8%
42. Michigan 1.8%
43. Pennsylvania1.5%
44. West Virginia1.2%
45. Ohio*1.1%
46. Florida -0.4%
47. Nebraska*-1.3%
48. Mississippi-2.2%
49. Iowa -2.5%
50. Massachusetts-6.2%
This Chart Shows the appropiations to public higher education for the year 2001-02 starting from the greatest to the least.
1. California $9,468,062
2. Texas $5,074,633
3. New York $3,574,159
4. Illinois $2,922,599
5. Florida $2,822,083
6. North Carolina $2,442,690
7. Michigan $2,273,532
8. Ohio $2,205,481
9. Pennsylvania $2,035,092
10. New Jersey $1,794,946
11. Georgia $1,699,438
12. Virginia $1,681,646
13. Minnesota $1,382,576
14. Washington $1,373,895
15. Indiana $1,321,191
16. Maryland $1,297,406
17. Wisconsin $1,192,913
18. Alabama $1,116,129
19. Kentucky $1,084,605
20. Tennessee $1,073,136
21. Missouri $1,049,504
22. Massachusetts $1,009,921
23. Louisiana $997,813
24. Arizona $949,926
25. South Carolina $896,773
26. Iowa $830,226
27. Oklahoma $824,891
28. Mississippi $805,964
29. Colorado $783,421
30. Connecticut $761,942
31. Kansas $715,585
32. Oregon $714,837
33. Arkansas $653,386
34. New Mexico $611,173
35. Utah $608,644
36. Nebraska $525,220
37. West Virgnia $392,051
38. Hawaii $349,159
39. nevada $346,845
40. idaho $330,776
41. Maine $239,892
42. Alaska $204,837
43. North Dakota $201,497
44. Delaware $189,228
45. Rhode Island $174,939
46. Wyoming $169,929
47. Montana $149,738
48. South Dakota $141,973
49. New Hampshire $107,608
50. Vermont $73,195
Here is the website where I got all the information.
http://130.94.21.174/gcforums/showth...threadid=21202
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