This is less than the 3 percent that last month’s tuition increase was based on, which could cause another jump sometime next year.

“There are many competing demands and needs in this state, and we appreciate the very deep, very real anguish that precedes and follows budget decisions. Our focus, as a university and as a state, must be on the future — on how investments today can make for brighter tomorrows,” said university spokesman Terry Denbow.

Tuition for the fall will remain at the 6.8 percent increase proposed by the MSU Board of Trustees in June, but spring tuition could be effected.

“At this late date, we cannot add an additional tuition burden for the fall on our students and families; we will ‘cash manage’ through cuts, reallocations, and other means,” Denbow said. “The Board-approved budget considered the possibilities of a final appropriation more than or less than the 3 percent hike upon which the budget was based. Spring tuition decisions will be made in the context of the Board’s guidance.”