Change - It's the Only Constant We all know that the cost of most things increases every year. Higher education is no different. Both the cost of tuition and the cost of room and board usually increase slightly each fall. The table shown displays the average published charges for Full-Time Undergraduates by Carnegie Classification for the academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 as published by the College Board, Annual Survey of Colleges. Use the table to answer the following questions. Table 1B. Average Published Charges (Enrollment-Weighted) for Full-Time Undergraduates by Carnegie Classification, 2015-16 Public Public Public Private Private Private Doctoral Master's Bachelor's Nonprofit Nonprofit Nonprofit In-State In-State In-State Doctoral Master's Bachelor's Tuition and Fees 2015-16 $10, 354 $8, 225 $7 , 350 $40 , 519 $28 , 466 $30, 521 2014-15 $10, 079 $7, 964 $7 , 142 $39, 074 $27 , 495 $29 , 526 $ Change SLZ 261 208 $1 , 445 $971 $995 % Change 2.7% 3.3% 2.9% 3.7 2- 3 5 9 3.4 % Room and Board 2015-16 $10, 520 $9 , 499 $9 , 773 13, 401 1 1, 186 10. 507 2014-15 10, 197 9, 08 8 258 $12, 987 $10 , 763 $10 , 168 $ Change $323 $411 $258 $414 $323 $339 % Change 3.2% 4 . 5% 2.7% 3. 2% 3. 0% 3.3% Tuition and Fees plus Room and Board 015-16 20, 874 $17 , 724 17, 123 53, 920 $39 , 552 41 , 028 014-15 $20, 276 17 , 052 16, 657 $52, 061 38 , 258 39, 694 Change $598 6 72 46 6 $1 , 859 1,294 1, 334 Change 2 - 9 3 . 9% 2- 8 2 3. 7 2 3 . 4% 3. 4 2 ercentage Distribution of Full-Time Undergraduates 1 2014 58% 36% 6% 28% 38% 29 ES: Prices in Table 1B are not adjusted for inflation. Prices reported for 2014-15 have been revised and may differ from those report ends in College Pricing 2014. Special focus institutions are not included in Table 1B. These institutions enroll less than 1% of all full- undergraduate students in the public four-year sector and about 5% of all full-time undergraduate students in the private nonprofit year sector. See Notes and Sources on page 42 for definitions of the institutional categories in Table 1B. ce: The College Board, Annual Survey of Colleges. This table was prepared in October 2015