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Table 310.Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates paid by students in institutions of higher education, by control of institution and by state: 1994-95 and 1995-96

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                      | Public 4-year,|   Public 4-year, 1995-96\1\   | Private 4-year, |   Private 4-year, 1995-96\1\    |  Public 2-year,
                      |    1994-95    |                               |     1994-95     |                                 |   tuition only
        State         |---------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|    (in-state)
                      |       |Tuition|       |Tuition|       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |
                      |       | (in-  |       | (in-  |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |------------------
                      | Total |state) | Total |state) | Room  | Board | Total  |Tuition | Total  |Tuition | Room  | Board |1994-95|1995-96\1\
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          1           |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |    15
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   United States .....|$6,670 |$2,681 |$7,013 |$2,848 |$2,121 |$2,045 |$16,602 |$11,481 |$17,613 |$12,239 |$2,753 |$2,622 |$1,192 |   $1,245
                      |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|----------
Alabama ..............| 5,429 | 2,107 | 5,737 | 2,240 | 1,757 | 1,739 | 11,208 |  7,318 | 11,635 |  7,580 | 1,799 | 2,256 | 1,132 |    1,317
Alaska ...............| 6,153 | 2,039 | 6,665 | 2,489 | 2,238 | 1,937 | 12,849 |  8,302 | 12,917 |  8,293 | 1,879 | 2,745 | 1,320 |    2,120
Arizona ..............| 5,825 | 1,894 | 5,998 | 1,926 | 2,257 | 1,815 | 10,358 |  6,225 | 10,934 |  6,779 | 2,012 | 2,143 |   735 |      764
Arkansas .............| 4,912 | 1,954 | 5,064 | 2,028 | 1,613 | 1,423 |  9,615 |  6,197 | 10,183 |  6,574 | 1,488 | 2,121 |   884 |      903
California ...........| 7,924 | 2,696 | 8,213 | 2,666 | 3,031 | 2,516 | 17,696 | 11,847 | 20,143 | 13,977 | 3,196 | 2,970 |   365 |      362
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Colorado .............| 6,524 | 2,380 | 7,037 | 2,473 | 2,000 | 2,564 | 16,262 | 11,060 | 17,120 | 11,796 | 2,574 | 2,750 | 1,282 |    1,340
Connecticut ..........| 8,491 | 3,737 | 8,753 | 3,845 | 2,609 | 2,299 | 21,739 | 15,521 | 23,011 | 16,646 | 3,621 | 2,744 | 1,520 |    1,646
Delaware .............| 8,118 | 3,805 | 8,489 | 3,981 | 2,407 | 2,101 | 11,349 |  7,159 | 11,518 |  7,373 | 2,701 | 1,443 | 1,266 |    1,266
District of Columbia .|   --- | 1,046 |   --- | 1,118 |   --- |   --- | 20,311 | 14,021 | 21,337 | 14,681 | 3,917 | 2,740 |   --- |      ---
Florida ..............| 6,201 | 1,783 | 6,254 | 1,767 | 2,193 | 2,295 | 14,329 |  9,785 | 15,028 | 10,364 | 2,428 | 2,236 | 1,113 |    1,103
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Georgia ..............| 5,382 | 1,964 | 5,691 | 2,103 | 1,712 | 1,877 | 14,329 |  9,562 | 15,194 | 10,208 | 2,719 | 2,267 | 1,023 |    1,062
Hawaii ...............|   --- | 1,504 |   --- | 1,576 |   --- |   --- | 11,020 |  5,971 | 11,632 |  6,234 | 3,050 | 2,347 |   500 |      524
Idaho ................| 5,203 | 1,581 | 5,321 | 1,682 | 1,541 | 2,098 | 14,451 | 11,130 | 15,307 | 11,843 | 1,430 | 2,035 |   991 |      991
Illinois .............| 7,498 | 3,195 | 7,829 | 3,352 | 2,072 | 2,405 | 16,009 | 11,078 | 16,678 | 11,653 | 2,718 | 2,306 | 1,193 |    1,232
Indiana...............| 6,920 | 2,862 | 7,392 | 3,037 | 1,931 | 2,425 | 15,920 | 11,842 | 16,829 | 12,592 | 1,987 | 2,250 | 1,848 |    1,937
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Iowa .................| 5,701 | 2,462 | 5,945 | 2,565 | 1,693 | 1,688 | 15,184 | 11,349 | 15,934 | 11,932 | 1,864 | 2,138 | 1,700 |    1,782
Kansas ...............| 5,441 | 2,019 | 5,691 | 2,120 | 1,731 | 1,841 | 11,698 |  8,063 | 12,400 |  8,634 | 1,582 | 2,183 | 1,051 |    1,147
Kentucky .............| 5,327 | 2,057 | 5,455 | 2,161 | 1,527 | 1,767 | 10,679 |  7,046 | 11,192 |  7,497 | 1,711 | 1,985 | 1,088 |    1,112
Louisiana ............| 5,268 | 2,212 | 5,491 | 2,221 | 1,464 | 1,806 | 16,748 | 11,768 | 17,796 | 12,449 | 2,906 | 2,440 | 1,023 |    1,031
Maine ................| 7,763 | 3,303 | 7,966 | 3,474 | 2,235 | 2,257 | 20,520 | 15,058 | 21,872 | 16,204 | 2,758 | 2,910 | 2,151 |    2,381
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Maryland .............| 8,300 | 3,321 | 8,728 | 3,572 | 2,722 | 2,435 | 20,120 | 13,805 | 21,245 | 14,700 | 3,524 | 3,022 | 1,843 |    1,967
Massachusetts ........| 8,562 | 4,148 | 8,757 | 4,253 | 2,462 | 2,042 | 22,330 | 15,689 | 23,335 | 16,403 | 3,688 | 3,244 | 2,437 |    2,359
Michigan .............| 7,948 | 3,733 | 8,195 | 3,895 | 2,024 | 2,276 | 12,849 |  8,771 | 13,331 |  9,176 | 1,974 | 2,182 | 1,436 |    1,529
Minnesota ............| 6,203 | 2,931 | 6,712 | 3,216 | 2,022 | 1,474 | 16,339 | 12,233 | 17,222 | 12,897 | 2,058 | 2,267 | 1,965 |    2,065
Mississippi ..........| 5,250 | 2,446 | 5,425 | 2,459 | 1,399 | 1,568 |  9,312 |  6,384 |  9,901 |  6,782 | 1,582 | 1,536 |   938 |      941
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Missouri..............| 6,347 | 2,797 | 6,750 | 3,015 | 2,022 | 1,713 | 14,057 |  9,577 | 14,116 |  9,566 | 2,162 | 2,387 | 1,204 |    1,255
Montana ..............| 6,004 | 2,109 | 7,754 | 2,367 | 1,778 | 3,609 | 10,438 |  6,999 | 11,062 |  7,545 | 1,388 | 2,128 | 1,376 |    1,382
Nebraska .............| 5,187 | 2,058 | 5,497 | 2,182 | 1,422 | 1,892 | 12,541 |  8,861 | 13,234 |  9,430 | 1,801 | 2,003 | 1,102 |    1,132
Nevada ...............| 6,905 | 1,601 | 7,388 | 1,684 | 3,090 | 2,614 |    --- |  7,532 |    --- |  7,841 | 3,050 |   --- |   843 |      970
New Hampshire ........| 8,181 | 4,039 | 8,729 | 4,446 | 2,573 | 1,710 | 17,180 | 12,148 | 21,071 | 15,038 | 3,024 | 3,009 | 2,316 |    2,420
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
New Jersey ...........| 8,727 | 3,776 | 9,125 | 3,972 | 3,101 | 2,052 | 18,949 | 12,928 | 19,751 | 13,566 | 3,226 | 2,959 | 1,754 |    1,878
New Mexico ...........| 5,365 | 1,836 | 5,298 | 1,940 | 1,504 | 1,854 | 13,489 |  9,104 | 14,355 |  9,784 | 2,289 | 2,282 |   675 |      690
New York .............| 7,926 | 2,944 | 8,960 | 3,714 | 2,937 | 2,310 | 19,663 | 13,069 | 20,831 | 13,852 | 3,724 | 3,255 | 2,151 |    2,427
North Carolina .......| 4,857 | 1,502 | 5,119 | 1,639 | 1,742 | 1,737 | 14,658 | 10,493 | 15,428 | 10,984 | 2,128 | 2,316 |   582 |      581
North Dakota .........| 5,514 | 2,248 | 5,642 | 2,248 | 1,016 | 2,378 |  9,520 |  6,663 |  9,907 |  6,998 | 1,260 | 1,649 | 1,689 |    1,698
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Ohio .................| 7,732 | 3,403 | 8,169 | 3,603 | 2,386 | 2,181 | 16,282 | 11,735 | 17,139 | 12,377 | 2,349 | 2,414 | 2,166 |    2,261
Oklahoma .............| 4,196 | 1,672 | 4,287 | 1,839 |   837 | 1,611 | 11,562 |  7,781 | 11,773 |  7,831 | 1,803 | 2,140 | 1,149 |    1,260
Oregon ...............| 6,930 | 3,064 | 7,354 | 3,233 | 1,647 | 2,474 | 17,592 | 12,971 | 18,899 | 13,892 | 2,257 | 2,750 | 1,322 |    1,338
Pennsylvania .........| 8,672 | 4,517 | 9,124 | 4,723 | 2,227 | 2,174 | 18,979 | 13,418 | 19,876 | 14,111 | 2,943 | 2,822 | 1,755 |    1,909
Rhode Island .........| 9,067 | 3,706 | 9,446 | 3,856 | 3,029 | 2,561 | 20,957 | 14,604 | 22,075 | 15,390 | 3,613 | 3,072 | 1,686 |    1,726
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South Carolina .......| 6,756 | 3,020 | 6,964 | 3,094 | 1,998 | 1,872 | 12,651 |  9,073 | 13,517 |  9,741 | 1,786 | 1,990 | 1,048 |    1,071
South Dakota .........| 5,271 | 2,509 | 5,619 | 2,642 | 1,247 | 1,730 | 12,352 |  8,536 | 13,039 |  9,123 | 1,541 | 2,374 | 3,430 |    3,430
Tennessee ............| 5,131 | 1,897 | 5,372 | 1,990 | 1,644 | 1,737 | 13,235 |  9,257 | 14,068 |  9,830 | 2,153 | 2,085 |   976 |    1,022
Texas ................| 5,177 | 1,606 | 5,464 | 1,820 | 1,885 | 1,759 | 12,390 |  8,386 | 13,156 |  8,959 | 2,000 | 2,198 |   689 |      771
Utah .................| 5,334 | 1,943 | 5,414 | 2,011 | 1,458 | 1,945 |  7,060 |  2,761 |  7,384 |  2,936 | 1,380 | 3,068 | 1,340 |    1,375
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Vermont ..............|10,327 | 5,682 |10,640 | 5,898 | 3,072 | 1,670 | 20,596 | 14,960 | 21,612 | 15,670 | 3,375 | 2,567 | 2,196 |    2,370
Virginia .............| 7,958 | 3,776 | 8,202 | 3,907 | 2,261 | 2,033 | 14,166 |  9,943 | 15,021 | 10,596 | 2,062 | 2,363 | 1,384 |    1,433
Washington ...........| 7,068 | 2,685 | 7,136 | 2,791 | 2,187 | 2,158 | 16,988 | 12,408 | 18,092 | 13,276 | 2,487 | 2,329 | 1,313 |    1,369
West Virginia.........| 5,912 | 1,961 | 6,128 | 2,024 | 1,970 | 2,133 | 13,354 |  9,460 | 14,231 | 10,008 | 1,853 | 2,370 | 1,303 |    1,312
Wisconsin ............| 5,613 | 2,468 | 5,847 | 2,614 | 1,706 | 1,527 | 14,693 | 10,761 | 15,652 | 11,569 | 1,812 | 2,271 | 1,682 |    1,840
Wyoming ..............| 5,237 | 1,908 | 5,429 | 2,005 | 1,512 | 1,912 |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |   --- |   --- |   892 |      948
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1 Preliminary data based on fall 1994 enrollments.

---Data not reported or not applicable.

NOTE.--Data are for the entire academic year and are average charges. Tuition and fees were weighted by the number of full-time-equivalent undergraduates in 1994, but are not adjusted to reflect student residency. Room and board are based on full-time students.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" and "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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