Table 4. Distribution of Tuition and Fees for Resident Undergraduates at AASCU Institutions, Academic Year 2005-06
Tuition and Fee Level		Number of Institutions		Percentage of Total (Institutions)		Number of Full-Time Resident Undergraduates		Percentage of Total (Students)
Less than $1,500		8		2.1%		31,799		1.5%
$1,500 to $1,999		1		0.3%		2,477		0.1%
$2,000 to $2,499		1		0.3%		-		0.0%
$2,500 to $2,999		20		5.1%		115,524		5.3%
$3,000 to $3,499		63		16.2%		453,806		20.8%
$3,500 to $3,999		29		7.5%		113,447		5.2%
$4,000 to $4,499		52		13.4%		246,160		11.3%
$4,500 to $4,999		54		13.9%		225,578		10.3%
$5,000 and Over		161		41.4%		994,808		45.6%
Total		389		100.0%		2,181,122		100.0%
SOURCE: 2005-06 College Board Annual Survey of Colleges (data extracted from Standard Research
Compilation files).
NOTES:
Results include student charges data for Howard University, which is an AASCU member
institution but is not classified as a public four-year institution by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Data in this table are based on AASCU institutions that provided tuition and fee and full-time undergraduate
enrollment data to the survey for 2005-06.
Totals may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.