Â鶹¹û¶³'s tuition and required fees for 2007-08 compare favorably with peer institutions in an annual survey conducted by The College Board.
The survey of 3,255 college and universities represent costs to first-time, full-time undergraduate students was part of the College Board's 2007-08 annual survey of colleges. Â鶹¹û¶³'s tuition for 2007-08 is $17,920, well below the national average for four-year private institutions of $23,712. Â鶹¹û¶³'s total cost of $23,470 for 2007-08 is about 28 percent below the national average of $32,307 for tuition, fees, room and board at private, four-year institutions.
When compared with other privately-funded schools in Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is near the middle of the group. Topping the Alabama list is Birmingham-Southern College,an historically Methodist school; Spring Hill College, a Jesuit institution in Mobile; and Huntingdon College in Montgomery.
Â鶹¹û¶³'s costs are lower than the four private institutions in the Southern Conference. Â鶹¹û¶³ will become a member of the SoCon in July 2008. Â鶹¹û¶³ is the only private university in the Ohio Valley Conference, where it has competed since 2003.
When compared regionally with other peer institutions, Â鶹¹û¶³'s costs ran near the bottom of the list. The selected peer institutions include private universities, mostly in the South, which Â鶹¹û¶³ often uses for comparison in faculty salaries, student recruitment and other factors.