Tuition and Fee Rates in Representative Universities in the West
1996-97

                                                        Resident              Nonresident
Universities                                   Undergraduate Graduate Undergraduate Graduate

California - University of California, Berkeley       4,355    4,395        12,749   12,789
Oregon - University of Oregon                         3,540    5,889        11,664   10,062
Washington - University of Washington                 3,258    5,052         9,873   12,483
Colorado - University of Colorado, Boulder            2,855    3,193         9,792   10,187
Utah - University of Utah                             2,514    2,041         7,713    6,185
Montana - University of Montana                       2,485    2,323         6,734    5,816
Alaska - University of Alaska, Fairbanks              2,470    3,544         5,830    6,298
Hawaii - University of Hawaii, Manoa                  2,421    3,261         7,869    8,205
Wyoming - University of Wyoming                       2,144    2,597         6,872    7,325
New Mexico - University of New Mexico                 2,071    2,247         7,922    8,024
Arizona - Arizona State University                    2,010    2,010         8,378    8,378
Nevada - University of Nevada, Reno                   1,920    1,392         7,020    6,492
Idaho - University of Idaho                           1,768    2,308         7,420    7,960

Average without Oregon                                2,523    2,864         8,181    8,345
Oregon institution as % of average                    140.3%   205.6%        142.6%   120.6%
Oregon's rank out of 13                                 2nd      1st           2nd      4th


Source: OSSHE Budget and Fiscal Policies Division, telephone surveys.
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