Despite the economic downturn still affecting many Western states, enrollments for WICHE’s Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) – a regional tuition-reciprocity agreement in which students enroll in participating two- and four-year public institutions at 150 percent of resident tuition – increased by about 8 percent this year. In the 2010-11 academic year, 26,711 WUE students enrolled at more than 145 participating WUE institutions (compared to 24,670 students last year), saving more than $210.8 million in tuition costs, according to the latest WUE Enrollment Report. Since WUE began in 1988, students have saved on 300,118 annual tuition bills; and in just the last 12 years, WUE has provided students and their parents with a remarkable $1.36 billion in tuition savings. WUE’s newest members are California State University’s Monterey Bay campus and Colorado Northwestern Community College; both will be enrolling students through WUE beginning in fall 2011. Student testimonials and institutional comments attest to WUE’s benefits and value.

June 2011  | Share this on Twitter | Post this on Facebook