For fiscal year 2024, the General Assembly and the Governor authorized the aggregate amount of $1.3 billion to be appropriated from the General Revenue Fund and the Education Assistance Fund for operation of the State’s public universities. Each resident undergraduate full-time public university student received an average tuition subsidy of $6,790 from the State of Illinois, which was applied to offset the full cost of instruction.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is authorized to operate as a postsecondary educational institution by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
