(Statewide) – In-state college students returning to Indiana campuses for the new academic year are benefitting from a statewide tuition freeze for the second straight year.
At Gov. Mike Braun’s request, all of Indiana’s public colleges and universities froze tuition and mandatory fees for in‑state undergraduate students for the 2025-26 academic year, and they will continue this freeze through the 2026-27 year.
The tuition freeze covers all 15 of Indiana’s public higher education institutions—including main and regional campuses—for the 2026–27 academic year, matching the freeze put in place for 2025–26:
- Ball State University
- Indiana State University
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Indiana University East
- Indiana University Indianapolis
- Indiana University Kokomo
- Indiana University Northwest
- Indiana University South Bend
- Indiana University Southeast
- Ivy Tech Community College
- Purdue University West Lafayette
- Purdue University Fort Wayne
- Purdue University Northwest
- University of Southern Indiana
- Vincennes University
“Hoosier students are returning to campus with tuition frozen at every public college and university in Indiana for the second year,” Gov. Braun said. “Indiana’s public institutions answered my call to find efficiencies and put students and their families first. In Indiana, your higher education dollar stretches further.”
The governor called on Indiana’s public colleges and universities to find efficiencies, eliminate redundancies, and streamline services without compromising the quality of the education they provide.
All 15 institutions responded by committing to a 0% increase in tuition and mandatory fees for in-state undergraduate students for two consecutive academic years.
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education unanimously endorsed the governor’s recommendation.
This marks the first time in Indiana history that every public higher education institution in the state has simultaneously held tuition and mandatory fees flat for two consecutive years.
