Tuition and Fees

State law directs the Higher Education Coordinating Board to recommend state tuition and fee policies to the Governor and Legislature. As part of our analysis, we conduct an annual survey of tuition and fee rates at public colleges and universities in all 50 states to determine how Washington tuition and fees compare both nationally and with other Western states. In addition, we examine how tuition and fees at individual Washington institutions contrast with tuition and fees at comparable or "peer" institutions nationwide.

Reports/Surveys

2007-08 Tuition and Fee Rates: A National Comparison (March 2008) NEW

2006-07 Washington State Tuition and Fee Report
(May 2007)

2006-07 Tuition and Fee Rates: A National Comparison (3/07)

2005-06 Tuition and Fee Rates: A National Comparison (1/06)

2004-05 Washington State Tuition and Fee Report (02/05)
2004-05 Tuition and Fee Rates: A National Comparison (January 2005)

2003-04 Washington State Tuition and Fee Report (01/04)
2003-04 Tuition and Fee Rates: A National Comparison (December 2003)
2003-2004 Washington Tuition and Fee Report - Preliminary Data (December 2003)
2003-2005 Biennium Tuition Recommendations (October 2002)

2002-2003 Washington State Tuition and Fee Report (01/03)
2002-2003 Tuition and Fee Rates - A National Comparison (December 2002)
2001-2002 Washington State Tuition and Fee Report (January 2002)
2001-2002 Tuition and Fee Rates: A National Perspective (January 2002)

2001-2003 Biennium Tuition Recommendations (October 2000)
Tuition-setting Authority for Public Colleges and Universities (January 2002)

Resources

State Laws and Rules

State Statute - RCW 28B.15

For more information call:

Phone: 360.753.7870