NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS Statistics Analysis Report November 1995 Basic Student Charges at Postsecondary Institutions: Academic Year 1994-95 Tuition and required fees and room and board charges at 4-year, 2-year, and public less-than-2-year institutions U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement NCES 95-821 U.S. Department of Education Richard W. Riley Secretary Office of Educational Research and Improvement Sharon P. Robinson Assistant Secretary National Center for Education Statistics Jeanne E. Griffith Acting Commissioner National Center for Education Statistics The purpose of the Center is to collect and report "...statistics and information showing the condition and progress of education in the United States and other nations in order to promote and accelerate the improvement of American education."•Section 402(b) of the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9001). November 1995 Contact: Susan G. Broyles (202) 219-1359 Foreword This report lists the typical tuition and required fees and room and board charges assessed to students during academic year 1994-95 at more than 5,000 of the 5,775 4-year, 2-year, and public less- than-2-year postsecondary institutions in the United States and its outlying areas. Included are tuition and fee charges to in-state and out-of-state students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, along with the costs for room and board, and the number of meals per week covered by the board charge. Note that these charges are not weighted by enrollment, thus they constitute an average of the prices that postsecondary institutions charge. This information should be especially helpful to students, guidance counselors, and parents in evaluating the basic costs of attending specific postsecondary schools. Basic Student Charges was prepared by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education. The data were collected through the 1994-95 "Institutional Characteristics" survey conducted annually by NCES as part of its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Paul Planchon Roslyn A. Korb Associate Commissioner Chief Surveys and Cooperative Systems Group Postsecondary and Library Cooperative Systems iii Acknowledgments The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) appreciates the in-depth review of this report by the following adjudication panel members: James Huckenpohler, National Science Foundation; Kristin Perry, Education Assessment Division, NCES/OERI; Michael Cohen, Statistical Standards and Methodology Division, NCES/OERI; and Charlene Hoffman, Data Development Division, NCES/OERI. Austin Lin, Systems Analyst, Education Surveys Division, provided extensive technical support in computer programming and analysis, while Janice Plotcyzk, Bureau of the Census, added her expertise through maintaining the universe. Creation of the final database used to generate the institutional listings in this report was accomplished through an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The staff of the Economic Surveys Division and Governments Division, Bureau of the Census, and a network of state coordinators shared responsibility for data collection and processing, nonresponse followup, and resolution of data inconsistencies. While their names are too numerous to mention here, their time, effort, and commitment toward making this an accurate database are gratefully acknowledged. The authors of this report are indebted to all the individuals who completed the survey forms and thus provided the information that made this report possible. iv Contents Page Foreword . iii Acknowledgments . iv Introduction . 1 Codes Used in the Tables . 3 Summary Statistics on Tuition and Required Fees Charged by Postsecondary Institutions . 4 Glossary . 163 Introductory Tables Table A.-- Tuition and required fees (not weighted by enrollment) charged to full-time, full-year students at public postsecondary institutions, by level of institution, and by student level and residence status: 50 states and the District of Columbia, academic year 1994-95 . 6 Table B.-- Tuition and required fees (not weighted by enrollment) charged to full-time, full-year students at private, nonprofit postsecondary institutions, by level of institution, and by student level and residence status: 50 states and the District of Columbia, academic year 1994-95 . 6 Table C.-- Tuition and required fees (not weighted by enrollment) charged to full-time, full-year students at private, for-profit postsecondary institutions, by level of institution, and by student level and residence status: 50 states and the District of Columbia, academic year 1994-95 . 7 Basic Tables Table 1.-- Basic charges for full-time, full-year students at 4-year postsecondary institutions, by student level and residence status, control of institution, state or other area, and institution: Academic year 1994-95 . 11 Table 2.-- Basic charges for full-time, full-year students at 2-year postsecondary institutions, by student residence status, control of institution, state or other area, and institution: Academic year 1994-95 . 73 Table 3.-- Basic charges for full-time, full-year students at public less-than-2-year postsecondary institutions, by student residence status, state or other area, and institution: Academic year 1994-95 . 133 Table 4.-- Tuition and required fees for full-time, full-year students in first-professional programs in postsecondary institutions, by student residence status, control of institution, program, and institution: Academic year 1994-95. 145 v Introduction Basic Student Charges at Postsecondary Institutions: Academic Year 1994-95 lists tuition and required fees and room and board charges for academic year 1994-95 at more than 5,000 schools in the United States and its outlying areas.1 These are the typical charges for these items that a full-time, full-year student should expect to pay to attend the institution. For the benefit of the user, a glossary of terms used in this report begins on page 163. The student charges listed in this report should be used for reference and comparison purposes only, and not as a quote of actual charges at an institution. Tuition and fees may vary at an institution by student enrollment level or program and allowances should be made for increases that may have taken place since these data were gathered. In addition to these charges, a student should plan for other costs such as books and supplies, laboratory fees, transportation, and personal expenses. There were 5,775 4-year, 2-year, and public less-than-2-year institutions in the United States and its outlying areas in the 1994-95 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) survey universe; of these, 5,366 responded to the IPEDS 1994-95 "Institutional Characteristics" survey for a response rate of 93 percent. More than 5,000 institutions provided data on basic student charges. The remaining schools either did not respond to the questions or did not offer programs to full-time students and, thus, were not required to respond. Tuition and fees and room and board charges are not imputed for nonrespondents to these items, so all columns are blank for these schools. Survey nonrespondents are indicated on the tables with a double asterisk (**); schools with no full-time students are noted (@). All institutions listed in this report were in operation during the 1994-95 school year. The student charges reported by the institutions were edited for reasonableness and consistency with charges for the previous year (1993-94). Large variations in charges from the previous year were verified with the institution; otherwise, the data were accepted as reported. For institutions that did not respond the previous year, data were accepted as reported although data that appeared questionable were verified with the institution. Zero charges represent actual reported responses. Organization of This Report Basic Student Charges includes several tables with national statistics on tuition and required fees at postsecondary institutions for academic year 1994-95 (tables A, B, and C). These data are followed by tuition and required fees and room and board charges at individual institutions (tables 1, 2, and 3) and tuition and required fees for first-professional programs (table 4). Table 1 lists public and private 4-year institutions, that is, those offering a bachelor's degree or higher award; table 2 lists public and private 2-year institutions, that is, those offering a postsecondary award of at least 2 but less than 4 academic years; table 3 lists public less-than-2-year institutions, that is, those offering a postsecondary award of less than 2 academic years; and table 4 provides tuition and required fees for first-professional 1The outlying areas of the United States are American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 1 programs, by institution.2 Private less-than-2-year institutions are not included in this report because the data requested on student charges from these schools are requested by program and thus are not comparable to the academic year data presented in this report. Schools are listed alphabetically by state in tables 1, 2, 3, and 4 (U.S. Service Schools are listed separately following Wyoming3). Schools in the outlying areas, such as Puerto Rico, follow the state listings. At the beginning of each state and outlying area in tables 1, 2, and