20. How Expensive Is Your College? The data that follows is a sample of 4-year colleges and universities in the United States, along with their costs for tuition and fees and for room and board in 2016.5 How does your college compare?

Use any of the graphs presented in this chapter to describe the college costs in the table. If you notice any unusual features in the graphs, or spot any outliers, can you explain these results?

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State- Tuition Room State- Tuition Room run or and and run or and and Name Private Fees Board Name Private Fees Board American Univ., DC Auburn Univ., AL Belmont Univ., TN Private $44,593 State 10,424 Private 30,000 $14,526 North Park Univ., IL Private $25,860 $8,460 12,584 Ohio State, OH State 10,037 11,666 10,970 Pacific Lutheran, WA Private 37,950 10,330 Bradley Univ., IL Private 31,480 9,700 Prairie View A&M, TX State 9,745 8,419 Cal State Bakersfield, CA State 6,811 12,561 Robert Morris Univ., IL Private 25,950 12,600 Carleton College, MN Private 49,263 12,783 St. John's Univ., MN Private 40,226 9,604 The Citadel, SC State 13,024 6,381 San Francisco State, CA State 6,476 12,234 College of the Holy Cross, MA Private 48,940 13,225 South Dakota State, SD State 8,172 7,462 Concordia Univ., IL Private 30,640 9,172 Southwestern Univ., TX Private 39,060 12,288 DePauw Univ., IN Private 44,678 11,700 Stetson Univ., FL Private 43,240 12,326 Eastern Michigan Univ., MI State 10,417 9,398 Towson Univ., MD State 9,182 11,638 Endicott College, MA Private 30,492 14,112 Univ. at Albany, SUNY, NY State 8,996 12,422 Fordham Univ., NY Private 47,317 16,350 Univ. of Central Florida, FL State 6,368 9,300 Georgia State Univ., GA State 10,686 13,646 Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL State 15,626 11,000 Hampshire College, MA Private 48,810 13,274 Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Private 47,004 13,310 Idaho State Univ., ID State 6,784 6,338 Univ. of North Carolina, NC State 8,591 10,902 Ithaca College, NY Private 40,658 14,674 Univ. of Redlands, CA Private 44,900 13,090 Kent State, OH State 10,012 9,908 Univ. of Southern California, CA Private 50,210 13,855 Lehigh Univ., PA Private 46,230 12,280 Univ. of Utah, UT State 8,197 9,000 Loyola Marymount, CA Private 42,569 14,470 Valparaiso Univ., IN Private 36,160 10,520 Marquette Univ., Wi Private 38,470 11,440 Wartburg College, IA Private 38,380 9,460 Miami Univ., OH State 14,287 11,644 Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA State 11,967 11,356 Monroe College, NY Muhlenberg College, PA Private Private 14,148 45,875 9,400 Western Oregon Univ., OR State 10,770 Worcester State Univ., MA State 8,796 8,857 11,560 9,638