Comparison of Instructional Fees for Main Campuses of Big Ten Institutions

Full-time academic-year instructional fee rates for 1999-2000 for Indiana University Bloomington and the main campuses of the other public Big Ten institutions appear in the table below. Northwestern, a private institution, is excluded because its fee rates are not comparable to those of the public institutions.

Indiana University Bloomington's resident undergraduate fee rate of $3,752 ranks fifth, and is $2,410 less than the highest rate, $6,162, at Penn State University, but only $1,139 higher than the lowest rate, $2,613, at the University of Iowa.

COMPARISON OF INSTRUCTIONAL FEES FOR MAIN CAMPUSES OF PUBLIC BIG TEN INSTITUTIONS
Fall Semester, 1999-2000

	Undergraduate				Graduate
	Resident		Nonresident		Resident		Nonresident
	Fee for		Fee for		Fee for		Fee for
School	15 hours	Rank	15 hours	Rank	12 hours	Rank	12 hours	Rank
Illinois	$3,546	7	$10,638	9	$4,040	7	$10,760	8

Indiana	3,752	6	12,460	4	3,853	8	11,226	6

Iowa	2,613	10	10,055	10	3,004	10	10,040	9

Michigan	5,900	2	19,620	1	9,728	1	20,337	1

Michigan State*	4,669	3	12,034	tied for 6	5,502	3	11,124	7

Minnesota*	4,172	4	12,312	5	5,040	5	9,900	10

Ohio State*	3,780	5	11,730	8	5,400	4	14,535	3

Penn State	6,162	1	13,2789	2	6,886	2	14,118	4

Purdue	3,410	8	12,034	tied for 6	3,410	9	12,034	5

Wisconsin	3,290	9	12,604	3	4,958	6	16,662	2

*Fees are based on three quarters; the other fees are based on two semesters.

NOTES: Undergraduate fees for Indiana are based on a flat fee for 12-17 hours; undergraduate fees for Michigan, and Michigan State are based on averages of lower and upper division fees; undergraduate fees for Minnesota are based on a weighted average of lower and upper division rates. The "General Fee" at Ohio State has been separated from the instructional fee.

Source: Telephone and e-mail survey by Indiana University Budget Office, completed November 15, 1999.
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