Overview

• All 15 state-run campuses, from Indiana University and Purdue branches to Ivy Tech and Vincennes University, will maintain flat rates for in-state undergraduates in the 2025–26 and 2026–27 academic years.
• The Indiana Commission for Higher Education unanimously endorsed Braun’s proposal, marking the first multi-campus tuition freeze of this duration since at least 2010.
• Schools must absorb a 5% operating cut plus an additional 5% held in reserve while finding efficiencies to maintain program quality.
• Ivy Tech Community College has implemented around 202 layoffs across several campuses to address a $54 million deficit linked to the freeze.
• The tuition freeze follows a 2.2% rise in public institution enrollment last fall and comes as Indiana ranks ninth nationwide for college completion rates.