Wilhelm: Tuition freeze at Iowa, Iowa State & UNI a victory for working families

This fall, for the first time in more than 30 years, Iowa families won't see an increase in undergraduate tuition at Iowa's three public universities: Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa.  The tuition freeze is the result of a bipartisan agreement reached during the 2013 session of the Iowa Legislature.

State Senator Mary Jo Wilhelm of Cresco is praising the bipartisan agreement.  The average graduate from one of Iowa's public universities enters the job market with almost $27,000 in student loan debt, an amount that has increased by 57 percent in just the last ten years.  Wilhelm says the public spoke out to legislators about the rising costs.  "Their voices helped convince legislators to invest more in our universities, enough to freeze Iowa undergraduate tuition for the first time in 30 years," she said.