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Table 312. -  Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates paid by full-time-equivalent students in institutions of higher education, by control of institution and by state: 1996-97 and 1997-98
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                      | Public 4-year,|   Public 4-year, 1997-98\1\   | Private 4-year, |   Private 4-year, 1997-98\1\    |  Public 2-year,
                      |    1996-97    |                               |     1996-97     |                                 |   tuition only
        State         |_______________|_______________________________|_________________|_________________________________|    (in-state)
                      |       |Tuition|       |Tuition|       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |
                      |       | (in-  |       | (in-  |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |__________________
                      | Total |state) | Total |state) | Room  | Board | Total  |Tuition | Total  |Tuition | Room  | Board |1996-97|1997-98\1\
______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|__________
          1           |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |    15
______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|__________
   United States .....|$7,334 |$2,987 |$7,628 |$3,110 |$2,314 |$2,204 |$18,442 |$12,881 |$19,143 |$13,392 |$3,002 |$2,750 |$1,276 |   $1,318
                      |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|__________
Alabama ..............| 6,002 | 2,362 | 6,354 | 2,487 | 1,888 | 1,979 | 12,164 |  8,002 | 12,724 |  8,350 | 1,958 | 2,416 | 1,359 |    1,343
Alaska ...............| 6,892 | 2,550 | 7,131 | 2,609 | 2,585 | 1,937 | 12,707 |  8,131 | 13,214 |  8,377 | 2,008 | 2,828 | 1,850 |    1,900
Arizona ..............| 6,314 | 2,009 | 6,669 | 2,058 | 2,403 | 2,208 | 12,330 |  7,886 | 11,388 |  6,992 | 2,042 | 2,354 |   783 |      820
Arkansas .............| 5,402 | 2,258 | 5,890 | 2,451 | 1,879 | 1,560 | 10,784 |  7,037 | 11,506 |  7,581 | 1,630 | 2,296 |   937 |      942
California ...........| 8,304 | 2,720 | 8,491 | 2,709 | 3,164 | 2,619 | 20,760 | 14,429 | 19,745 | 13,469 | 3,258 | 3,018 |   371 |      379
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Colorado .............| 7,321 | 2,561 | 7,552 | 2,622 | 2,249 | 2,680 | 18,137 | 12,003 | 18,882 | 12,661 | 2,900 | 3,321 | 1,395 |    1,449
Connecticut ..........| 9,256 | 4,111 | 9,652 | 4,273 | 2,855 | 2,524 | 23,916 | 17,458 | 25,083 | 18,345 | 3,814 | 2,924 | 1,722 |    1,814
Delaware .............| 8,886 | 4,170 | 9,165 | 4,318 | 2,589 | 2,257 | 12,602 |  7,444 | 13,354 |  7,829 | 2,950 | 2,575 | 1,330 |    1,380
District of Columbia .|   --- | 1,502 |   --- | 1,910 |   --- |   --- | 22,599 | 15,586 | 23,807 | 16,496 | 4,361 | 2,949 |   --- |      ---
Florida ..............| 6,559 | 1,789 | 6,890 | 1,909 | 2,621 | 2,360 | 16,029 | 11,112 | 17,057 | 11,687 | 2,792 | 2,577 | 1,151 |    1,252
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Georgia ..............| 6,508 | 2,241 | 6,924 | 2,356 | 2,298 | 2,270 | 16,409 | 10,942 | 17,133 | 11,374 | 3,233 | 2,527 | 1,093 |    1,153
Hawaii ...............|   --- | 2,294 |   --- | 2,790 |   --- |   --- | 14,151 |  6,541 | 14,448 |  6,748 | 3,000 | 4,700 |   789 |      956
Idaho ................| 5,681 | 1,979 | 6,074 | 2,201 | 1,615 | 2,258 | 15,722 | 12,210 | 15,167 | 11,661 | 1,312 | 2,195 | 1,043 |    1,102
Illinois .............| 8,193 | 3,522 | 8,537 | 3,701 | 2,237 | 2,600 | 17,606 | 12,376 | 18,580 | 13,105 | 2,963 | 2,513 | 1,290 |    1,347
Indiana...............| 8,110 | 3,198 | 8,494 | 3,344 | 2,112 | 3,037 | 17,670 | 13,234 | 18,625 | 13,986 | 2,186 | 2,452 | 2,331 |    2,415
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Iowa .................| 6,174 | 2,655 | 6,426 | 2,761 | 1,865 | 1,800 | 16,562 | 12,403 | 17,472 | 13,094 | 2,010 | 2,368 | 1,845 |    1,885
Kansas ...............| 5,895 | 2,219 | 6,098 | 2,311 | 1,833 | 1,953 | 12,995 |  9,129 | 13,737 |  9,688 | 1,685 | 2,364 | 1,248 |    1,285
Kentucky .............| 5,460 | 2,241 | 5,662 | 2,328 | 1,473 | 1,861 | 12,085 |  8,138 | 12,885 |  8,570 | 1,941 | 2,374 | 1,215 |    1,232
Louisiana ............| 5,637 | 2,233 | 5,710 | 2,269 | 1,573 | 1,868 | 18,407 | 12,885 | 18,928 | 13,212 | 2,922 | 2,794 | 1,047 |    1,080
Maine ................| 8,262 | 3,648 | 8,576 | 3,880 | 2,319 | 2,378 | 22,619 | 16,956 | 24,505 | 18,645 | 2,764 | 3,096 | 2,545 |    2,594
                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |
Maryland .............| 9,179 | 3,849 | 9,717 | 4,135 | 2,976 | 2,606 | 21,967 | 15,332 | 23,079 | 16,209 | 3,755 | 3,116 | 2,102 |    2,171
Massachusetts ........| 9,045 | 4,272 | 8,894 | 3,981 | 2,564 | 2,350 | 24,339 | 17,188 | 25,620 | 18,149 | 4,095 | 3,376 | 2,341 |    2,221
Michigan .............| 8,645 | 3,988 | 8,947 | 4,131 | 2,190 | 2,625 | 13,930 |  9,580 | 14,459 | 10,018 | 2,210 | 2,230 | 1,576 |    1,618
Minnesota ............| 7,148 | 3,546 | 7,617 | 3,776 | 2,193 | 1,649 | 17,980 | 13,623 | 18,559 | 14,046 | 2,220 | 2,293 | 2,187 |    2,245
Mississippi ..........| 5,532 | 2,499 | 5,534 | 2,568 | 1,526 | 1,440 | 10,482 |  7,210 | 11,226 |  7,725 | 1,773 | 1,729 |   954 |      958
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Missouri..............| 7,204 | 3,245 | 7,520 | 3,394 | 2,303 | 1,824 | 14,763 |  9,990 | 15,504 | 10,475 | 2,430 | 2,598 | 1,281 |    1,311
Montana ..............| 6,511 | 2,490 | 6,855 | 2,607 | 1,987 | 2,260 | 11,701 |  7,858 | 12,476 |  8,469 | 1,716 | 2,291 | 1,610 |    1,713
Nebraska .............| 5,722 | 2,269 | 6,100 | 2,414 | 1,563 | 2,123 | 13,748 |  9,797 | 14,456 | 10,308 | 1,989 | 2,159 | 1,227 |    1,267
Nevada ...............| 7,707 | 1,815 | 7,295 | 1,884 | 3,231 | 2,179 |    --- |  7,731 | 12,707 |  7,391 | 3,000 | 2,316 | 1,010 |    1,106
New Hampshire ........| 9,123 | 4,641 | 9,846 | 5,193 | 2,821 | 1,831 | 21,436 | 15,839 | 21,129 | 15,729 | 3,160 | 2,240 | 2,858 |    3,177
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New Jersey ...........| 9,661 | 4,269 |10,235 | 4,562 | 3,374 | 2,299 | 20,984 | 14,371 | 21,825 | 15,125 | 3,521 | 3,180 | 1,949 |    2,033
New Mexico ...........| 5,428 | 2,014 | 5,459 | 2,068 | 1,659 | 1,732 | 14,823 |  9,944 | 14,490 |  9,408 | 2,460 | 2,622 |   659 |      679
New York .............| 9,294 | 3,802 | 9,460 | 3,844 | 3,124 | 2,492 | 21,528 | 14,544 | 22,569 | 15,246 | 4,058 | 3,265 | 2,519 |    2,576
North Carolina .......| 5,440 | 1,841 | 5,919 | 1,895 | 1,926 | 2,098 | 16,311 | 11,651 | 17,177 | 12,342 | 2,337 | 2,499 |   581 |      584
North Dakota .........| 5,924 | 2,381 | 6,264 | 2,545 | 1,130 | 2,590 | 10,437 |  7,434 | 10,794 |  7,705 | 1,356 | 1,732 | 1,783 |    1,798
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Ohio .................| 8,490 | 3,841 | 9,022 | 4,009 | 2,668 | 2,345 | 17,905 | 12,980 | 18,681 | 13,559 | 2,541 | 2,581 | 2,335 |    2,388
Oklahoma .............| 5,076 | 1,937 | 5,301 | 2,054 | 1,330 | 1,917 | 11,563 |  7,622 | 12,960 |  8,881 | 1,924 | 2,155 | 1,268 |    1,285
Oregon ...............| 7,988 | 3,408 | 8,394 | 3,496 | 1,963 | 2,935 | 19,869 | 14,769 | 21,096 | 15,796 | 2,473 | 2,827 | 1,526 |    1,573
Pennsylvania .........| 9,501 | 4,994 | 9,769 | 5,188 | 2,419 | 2,162 | 20,887 | 14,927 | 21,684 | 15,569 | 3,213 | 2,901 | 2,013 |    2,098
Rhode Island .........| 9,648 | 3,903 | 9,962 | 4,013 | 3,100 | 2,848 | 22,490 | 15,675 | 23,209 | 16,263 | 3,881 | 3,066 | 1,736 |    1,746
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South Carolina .......| 7,238 | 3,205 | 7,160 | 3,414 | 2,153 | 1,594 | 14,125 | 10,207 | 14,847 | 10,755 | 1,994 | 2,098 | 1,114 |    1,162
South Dakota .........| 5,814 | 2,722 | 5,993 | 2,900 | 1,335 | 1,758 | 13,756 |  9,617 | 14,538 |  9,950 | 1,766 | 2,822 | 3,430 |    3,930
Tennessee ............| 5,498 | 2,052 | 5,788 | 2,296 | 1,807 | 1,685 | 14,970 | 10,450 | 15,684 | 11,047 | 2,380 | 2,257 | 1,047 |    1,133
Texas ................| 5,911 | 2,028 | 6,313 | 2,273 | 2,093 | 1,946 | 13,684 |  9,373 | 14,554 |  9,970 | 2,230 | 2,355 |   791 |      820
Utah .................| 5,559 | 2,011 | 5,953 | 2,113 | 1,524 | 2,316 |  7,697 |  3,094 |  7,787 |  3,183 | 1,436 | 3,167 | 1,390 |    1,439
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Vermont ..............|11,360 | 6,533 |11,469 | 6,492 | 3,259 | 1,718 | 22,855 | 16,474 | 23,917 | 17,158 | 3,774 | 2,985 | 2,516 |    2,616
Virginia .............| 8,450 | 3,968 | 8,627 | 4,045 | 2,390 | 2,192 | 15,775 | 11,165 | 16,612 | 11,809 | 2,288 | 2,515 | 1,466 |    1,475
Washington ...........| 7,320 | 2,933 | 7,704 | 3,036 | 2,379 | 2,289 | 18,461 | 13,656 | 19,198 | 14,072 | 2,645 | 2,482 | 1,447 |    1,516
West Virginia.........| 6,348 | 2,091 | 6,558 | 2,168 | 2,134 | 2,256 | 15,184 | 10,774 | 15,673 | 11,166 | 1,941 | 2,567 | 1,373 |    1,404
Wisconsin ............| 6,075 | 2,748 | 6,409 | 2,958 | 1,861 | 1,590 | 16,864 | 12,478 | 17,430 | 12,948 | 2,021 | 2,462 | 1,947 |    2,061
Wyoming ..............| 6,016 | 2,144 | 6,450 | 2,326 | 1,724 | 2,400 |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |   --- |   --- | 1,048 |    1,157
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\1\Preliminary data based on fall 1996 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 1996, but are not adjusted to reflect student residency. Room and board are based on full-time students. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

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 November 1998.)


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