Typical Full-time Undergraduate Costs per Year without Financial Aid
Northwest -- In-State Students
2008-09 through 2012-13
These estimated costs are typical for first-year undergraduates with 30 credit hours of enrollment for the academic year.  Figures for comparable US institutions can be found on the federal College Navigator website (http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/), as well as on the College Portrait website (www.collegeportraits.org).  Note that students’ actual costs may vary from the typical figures below.
  2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 5 Yr % Change
Nominal Dollars
Tuition (Credit Hour Fees) $5,228 $5,478 $5,752 $5,896 $6,043 16%
Required Fees $441 $441 $441 $512 $583 32%
Books & Supplies $934 $1,100 $1,320 $1,386 $1,012 8%
Room & Board
On Campus $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 #DIV/0!
Off Campus (not with family) $7,616 $7,916 $9,512 $9,988 $8,864 16%
Off Campus (with family) $3,808 $3,808 $4,598 $4,828 $4,960 30%
Total Typical Cost of Attendance1
On Campus $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 #DIV/0!
Off Campus (not with family) $20,877 $21,167 $23,883 $25,012 $24,022 15%
Off Campus (with family) $16,237 $17,059 $18,969 $19,852 $20,118 24%
Constant Dollars2
Value of Dollar $1.07 $1.07 $1.05 $1.02 $1.00 6%
Total Typical Cost of Attendance1
On Campus $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 #DIV/0!
Off Campus (not with family) $22,234 $22,606 $25,101 $25,412 $24,022 8%
Off Campus (with family) $17,292 $18,219 $19,936 $20,170 $20,118 16%
1 Includes expenses that vary by students' housing arrangements, including local transportation and reasonable personal expenses, which are not itemized above.
2 Constant dollars for all but the most recent year are based on the average of the calendar year Consumer Price Indices (Urban CPI - all market basket items).  The index used for 2012-13 is computed from the average of the June and July 2012 indices:  ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt