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 $5,978 is $90 less than the highest rate of $6,068 at the University of Michigan and is $1,300 more than the lowest rate of $4,678 at Michigan State University.

COMPARISON OF ROOM AND BOARD RATES FOR MAIN CAMPUSES OF PUBLIC BIG TEN INSTITUTIONS
1999-00 through 2001-02


	School	1999-00	Rank		2000-01	Rank	2001-02	Meals/week	Rank

	Illinois	$5,160	5	$5,424	5	$5,650	14	5

a	Indiana	5,492	2	5,679	3	$5,978		3

b	Iowa	4,376	8	4,597	8	$4,885	20	8

	Michigan	5,614	1	5,780	2	$6,068	13	1

	Michigan State	4,298	10	4,472	10	$4,678	15 or 20	10

	Minnesota	4,598	7	4,914	6	$5,282	14	7

b,c	Ohio State	5,289	3	5,964	1	$5,988	14	2

	Penn State	5,040	6	4,910	7	$5,300	18	6

	Purdue	5,284	4	5,578	4	$5,908	20	4

d	Wisconsin	4,341	9	4,514	9	$4,855		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 $3,128. This is for an air conditioned room.
	The most expensive board plan is $2,850. There is no meals-per-week plan. The students contract for a set number of points valued at $1 per point. The points can be used in all
	residential food operations and 250 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	Ohio: The rate quoted for 2001-02 is the rate for 3 quarters for double occupancy,
	air-conditioned room and a 14 meal plan plus a $100 Buck-ID deposit per quarter. Buck-ID can be used in campus area fast-food and other restaurants.
d	Wisconsin does not have "meal plans." They have an a la carte system.

Source: Telephone and e-mail survey by Indiana University Budget Office, completed August, 2001.
G2601E		06-Nov-01