Declining enrollment adds to budget woes at the University of Missouri system

ROLLA, Mo. • State funding isn’t the only issue plaguing the University of Missouri System as leaders plan for the coming year.

A continuously declining enrollment isn’t helping either.

During a budget discussion Thursday at the Board of Curators meeting, interim chief financial officer at the system shared an anticipated tuition decrease of almost $9 million across the four campuses — Columbia, St. Louis, Kansas City and Rolla.

Interim financial leader Ryan Rapp chalked it up to a drop in the number of freshmen expected to enroll this fall, as well as international students.

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