Wisconsin Among The States With Highest Decline In Higher Education Funding

Wisconsin has reduced its funding of higher education by more than eight percent over a five-year period ending in 2018.  That means its funding decline is so significant, only Mississippi, Oklahoma and West Virginia have fallen more rapidly.  The national trend shows a 15-percent increase in state spending during the same time period.  The national average is seven-thousand-853 dollars-a-student, while Wisconsin’s average is about 63-hundred.