You have /5 articles left.
Sign up for a free account or log in.
State appropriations for higher education rose almost across the board in the 2006-7 fiscal year, according to data compiled annually by the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University.
According to the center's annual compilation of state tax revenues for higher education, virtually all of the 46 states for which data were available showed increases; only New Jersey and Montana reported declines, as seen in the table below. Data for individual institutions, by state, is available on the center's Web site.
More than a dozen states experienced double-digit increases, led by Alabama at 18.7 percent and Virginia at 16.4 percent.
State Appropriations for Higher Education, 2005-6 to 2006-7 (in thousands)
| State | Final 2005-6 appropriations | 2006-7 appropriations | % change |
| Alabama | $1,390,022 | $1,670,508 | 18.7% |
| Alaska | 248,266 | 285,361 | 13.2 |
| Arizona | 974,291 | 1,106,111 | 11.2 |
| Arkansas | 732,957 | 785,273 | 6.6 |
| California | 9,627,527 | 10,842,321 | 6.9 |
| Colorado | 594,649 | 680,407 | 13.9 |
| Connecticut | 826,529 | 883,116 | 6.1 |
| Delaware | 216,419 | 233,226 | 7.9 |
| Florida | 3,295,233 | n/a | n/a |
| Georgia | 2,079,359 | 2,208,459 | 5.8 |
| Hawaii | 492,171 | 503,627 | 2.3 |
| Idaho | 334,951 | 364,173 | 3.9 |
| Illinois | 2,615,389 | 2,791,287 | 5.7 |
| Indiana | 1,430,424 | 1,457,164 | 1.9 |
| Iowa | 779,847 | 803,998 | 3.1 |
| Kansas | 754,550 | 788,720 | 4.5 |
| Kentucky | 1,207,437 | 1,253,076 | 3.8 |
| Louisiana | 1,322,116 | n/a | n/a |
| Maine | 247,943 | 259,089 | 4.4 |
| Maryland | 1,268,850 | 1,436,393 | 13.2 |
| Massachusetts | 966,366 | 996,025 | 3.1 |
| Michigan | 2,012,271 | 2,074,370 | 3.1 |
| Minnesota | 1,365,500 | 1,400,500 | 2.6 |
| Mississippi | 795,882 | 904,205 | 13.6 |
| Missouri | 855,340 | 878,337 | 2.7 |
| Montana | 172,767 | 171,641 | -0.7 |
| Nebraska | 548,353 | 571,047 | 4.1 |
| Nevada | 559,616 | 597,852 | 6.8 |
| New Hampshire | 117,172 | 123,966 | 5.8 |
| New Jersey | 2,029,443 | 1,973,721 | -2.7 |
| New Mexico | 705,804 | 784,751 | 11.2 |
| New York | 4,390,661 | 4,866,947 | 10.8 |
| North Carolina | 2,925,046 | n/a | n/a |
| North Dakota | 215,031 | 215,031 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 2,111,733 | 2,175,930 | 3.0 |
| Oklahoma | 836,072 | 956,464 | 13.9 |
| Oregon | 623,983 | 650,066 | 4.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,047,114 | 2,153,998 | 5.2 |
| Rhode Island | 178,931 | 184,466 | 5.1 |
| South Carolina | 767,277 | 859,360 | 8.8* |
| South Dakota | 166,602 | 175,817 | 5.5 |
| Tennessee | 1,164,332 | 1,241,782 | 6.7 |
| Texas | 5,242,541 | 5,457,578 | 4.1 |
| Utah | 677,668 | 701,439 | 3.5 |
| Vermont | 82,043 | 85,217 | 3.9 |
| Virginia | 1,594,605 | 1,856,731 | 16.4 |
| Washington | 1,536,329 | 1,631,059 | 6.2 |
| West Virginia | 346,670 | 387,211 | 11.7 |
| Wisconsin | 1,131,515 | 1,177,160 | 4.0 |
| Wyoming | 221,012 | n/a | n/a |
*Increase in S.C. is artificially inflated by an accounting change.
