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	$3,724	7	$11,172	9	$4,242	7	$11,752	7

Indiana	3,902	6	12,958	5	4,046	8	11,788	6

Iowa	2,906	10	10,668	10	3,452	10	11,122	9

Michigan	6,083	2	20,194	1	10,042	1	20,970	1

Michigan State*	4,830	3	12,454	7	5,688	3	11,508	8

Minnesota*	4,401	4	12,987	4	5,318	6	10,445	10

Ohio State*	4,005	5	12,354	8	5,670	4	15,261	3

Penn State	6,546	1	14,088	2	7,314	2	14,980	4

Purdue	3,552	8	12,584	6	3,552	9	12,584	5

Wisconsin	3,290	9	13,688	3	5,386	5	18,096	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 August, 2000.
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