Comparison of Room and Board Rates

Academic year room and board rates for the most prevalent double room accommodations on the main campuses of the public Big Ten institutions appear in the table below. For the 2000-01 academic year, Indiana University's new student rate ranks third out of ten campuses. The new student room and board rate of $5,679 is $285 less than the highest rate of $5,964 at Ohio State University and is $1,207 more than the lowest rate of $4,472 at Michigan State University.

COMPARISON OF ROOM AND BOARD RATES FOR MAIN CAMPUSES OF TEN INSTITUTIONS
1998-99 through 2000-2001

	School	1998-99	Rank	1999-2000	Rank	2000-01	Meals/week	Rank
	Illinois	$4,962	4	$5,160	5	$5,424	14	5

a	Indiana	5,181	3	5,492	2	5,679		3

b	Iowa	3,988	10	4,376	10	4,597	20	8

	Michigan	5,488	1	5,614	1	5,780	13	2

	Michigan State	4,172	9	4,298	8	4,472	15 or 20	10

	Minnesota	4,494	7	4,598	7	4,914	14	6

	Ohio State	5,337	2	5,289	3	5,964	19	1

	Penn State	4,840	5	5,040	6	4,910	18	7

	Purdue	5,032	6	5,284	4	5,578	20	4

c	Wisconsin	4,206	8	4,341	9	4,514		9

a Rate reflected is the rate charged to new students.
The rate for the most prevalent double room accommodation on the Bloomington campus is $3,008. This is for an air conditioned room. The most expensive board plan is $2,671. We no longer have a meals per week plan. Students contract for a set number of points valued at $1 per point. The points can be used in all residential food operations and 300 points may be used in the Indiana Memorial Union and the Library food court. Unused points are not refunded at year end. Students have the option to add to their point balance at any time.

b Air conditioned, double room.

c Wisconsin does not have "meal plans." They have an a la carte system. The rate indicated includes $962 in a debit plan.

Source: Telephone and e-mail survey by Indiana University Budget Office, completed August, 2000.
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