• Ranks 49th in the nation in state spending on higher education per $1,000
of state income.
• Ranks 47th in the nation in state spending on public higher education per capita.
• Largest decrease in state funding for public higher education: a 32.6% reduction, adjusted for inflation, between 2001 and 2004, out of the 50 states.
• The only state in the nation that is spending less on public higher education than it was spending ten years ago.
• Students charges have consistently been above the national average, among the highest in the country because of insufficient funding.
• Spends more on incarcerating its citizenry than it spends on educating them in its public colleges and university, according to the MA Taxpayers Foundation.