	COMPARISON OF OUT-OF-STATE TUITION COSTS AT LARGE STATE (PUBLIC) UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S. (sorted by lowest cost to highest cost for 2006-07)

Rank	School	2006-07 Cost in US$	2005-06 Cost in US$	% Change Out-of-State	% Change Since 2002-03
1	University of South Dakota, Vermillion	6,263	9,816	-36.2	-22.1
2	University of Wyoming, Laramie	10,055	9,816	2.4	16.1
3	Mississippi State University, Starkville	10,506	9,772	7.5	19.7
4	University of Mississippi, Oxford	10,566	9,744	8.4	19.7
5	University of Alaska, Anchorage	10,589	11,117	-4.7	31.8
6	Utah State University, Logan	11,449	10,616	7.8	39.6
7	Wichita State University	11,863	11,684	1.5	19.5
8	SUNY at Stony Brook	11,891	11,835	0.5	30.9
9	University at Buffalo (SUNY)	12,389	12,328	0.5	27.1
10	University of Hawaii, Manoa	12,394	10,176	21.8	26.1
11	Idaho State University, Pocatello	12,460	11,700	6.5	32.9
12	Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge	12,749	12,719	0.2	44.3
13	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	13,420	13,199	1.7	29
14	North Dakota State University, Fargo	13,695	12,545	9.2	63.9
15	University of North Dakota, Grand Forks	13,786	12,659	8.9	60.4
16	University of Idaho, Moscow	13,800	12,738	8.3	41.3
17	New Mexico State University, Las Cruces	13,804	13,206	4.5	28
18	Oklahoma State University, Stillwater	13,839	12,854	7.7	71.3
19	West Virginia University, Morgantown	13,840	12,874	7.5	42.5
20	University of Utah, Salt Lake City	13,902	12,702	9.4	29.9
21	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville	13,942	13,222	5.4	28.8
22	University of Kentucky, Lexington	13,970	12,798	9.2	32.7
23	University of Oklahoma, Norman	13,999	12,901	8.5	73.3
24	University of New Mexico, Albuquerque	14,177	13,438	5.5	24
25	Illinois State University, Normal	14,414	12,681	13.7	56.2
26	The University of Montana, Missoula	14,484	13,427	7.9	34.5
27	University of Arizona, Tucson	14,970	13,681	9.4	34.8
28	University of Kansas, Lawrence	15,123	13,866	9.1	41.5
29	Texas A&M University, College Station	15,216	14,679	3.7	34.2
30	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa	15,294	13,516	13.2	58.9
31	University of Nebraska, Lincoln	15,417	14,550	6	44
32	Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.	15,496	14,878	4.2	39.8
33	Kansas State University, Manhattan	15,514	14,454	7.3	44.9
34	Montana State University, Bozeman	15,522	14,945	3.9	32.5
35	North Carolina State University, Raleigh	15,728	15,403	2.1	11.6
36	Arizona State University, Tempe	15,750	15,095	4.3	41.8
37	Washington State University, Pullman	16,088	15,018	7.1	31.1
38	Georgia State University, Atlanta	16,206	15,378	5.4	36.9
39	Colorado State University, Fort Collins	16,245	15,524	4.6	27.9
40	Median (half higher, half lower)	16,245	15,524	5.7	32.9
41	Florida State University, Tallahassee	16,439	16,340	0.6	34.4
42	Iowa State University, Ames	16,554	15,724	5.3	29.3
43	University of Texas, Austin	16,920	15,800	7.1	51.8
44	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	17,188	16,360	5.1	38.5
45	Ohio University, Athens	17,691	17,199	2.9	28
46	University of Florida, Gainesville	17,790	17,222	3.3	47.7
47	University of Georgia, Athens	17,802	16,848	5.7	37.1
48	University of Missouri, Columbia	18,050	17,192	5	22.7
49	University of Oregon, Eugene	18,252	17,445	4.6	16.5
50	University of Iowa, Iowa City	18,359	16,998	8	32.7
51	University of Maine, Orono	18,444	17,050	8.2	35.4
52	University of Delaware, Newark	18,450	17,474	5.6	20.7
53	Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.	18,463	16,819	9.8	39
54	Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg	19,049	17,837	6.8	32.7
55	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	19,317	18,397	5	26
56	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	19,681	18,411	6.9	30
57	Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.	19,824	18,440	7.5	53.3
58	University of South Carolina, Columbia	20,236	18,556	9.1	54.4
59	Indiana University, Bloomington	20,472	19,508	4.9	28.6
60	Ohio State University, Columbus	20,562	19,305	6.5	36
61	University of Wisconsin, Madison	20,730	20,280	2.2	12.5
62	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	20,803	20,252	2.7	23.4
63	Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.	21,266	19,824	7.3	30.8
64	University of Washington, Seattle	21,285	19,907	6.9	43.2
65	University of Maryland, College Park	21,345	20,145	6	41.4
66	University of Rhode Island, Kingston	21,424	19,926	7.5	39.8
67	Michigan State University, East Lansing	21,438	19,990	7.2	40.9
68	University of Connecticut, Storrs	21,562	20,416	5.6	36
69	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	22,712	21,744	4.5	29
70	University of New Hampshire, Durham	22,851	21,498	6.3	28.2
71	University of Colorado, Boulder	23,539	22,826	3.1	24.5
72	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	23,968	22,720	5.5	51.8
73	University of California, Los Angeles	25,827	24,882	3.8	54.1
74	University of Virginia, Charlottesville	26,143	24,296	7.6	28.3
75	University of Vermont, Burlington	26,308	24,934	5.5	22.5
76	University of California, Berkeley	26,484	25,254	4.9	58.4
77	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	29,131	27,601	5.5	24.7

	Source of Data: USA Today Newspaper, 8/31/06

	*Costs are for first-year, full-time freshman (equivalent to 15 semester credit hours) and includes all tuition, mandatory fees, and major-specific fees for students in basic Arts and Sciences programs. Room and board, books, and other costs are not included.