Are U of R Students Getting Fucked?

CORRECTION: According to this Leader-Post article, the disparity works out slightly less awful than I initially concluded here. In 2009-10, the University of Regina recieved $9,377 per student after adjustments, versus over $13,000 for a student at the University of Saskatchewan.

I'd like to thank Kent Peterson, University of Regina Students' Union President for peaking my interest on this one.

There's been talk, for years, of a disparity between provincial government funding for the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan. I was not aware just how grave the problem was until I did a little sleuthing. It didn't take long until it felt like I was getting fucked by the Province of Saskatchewan. Not the nice kind of getting fucked, either.

I'm open to someone fact-checking this in case I've missed any grant funds or important data in either direction.

Let's look at some numbers:

University of Regina
2010-11 Provincial Operating Grant:  $89,629,000.00 (Source)
2010-11 Fall Enrolment: 12,267 students (Source)

University of Saskatchewan
2010-11 Provincial Operating Grant: $261,885,000.00 (Source)
2010-11 Fall Enrolment: 19,918 students (Source)

Provincial Funding Per Student
University of Regina: $7,306.51
University of Saskatchewan: $13,148.16

The University of Saskatchewan appears to be receiving nearly double the provincial operating grant funds versus the University of Regina. For every $1.00 the province feeds the Cougars, it's giving $1.80 to the Huskies.

No wonder they call themselves 'Huskie.'