UARK Tuition:

1. Out-of-State students paid $13,304 more. In-state students paid 64% of what out-of-state students paid. (Make sure to specify the year: 2015:2016)
2. 2014-2015 had the biggest gain for in-state tuition of 5.01%. 2015-2016 had the biggest gain for out-of-state tuition of 7.52%.
3. Out-of-State tuition increased the most from 2012-2013 to 2015-2016 with 18.4%.

Mizzou Tuition:

1. Out-of-State students paid $15,657 more. In-state students paid 61% of what out-of-state students paid.
2. 2013-2014 had the biggest gain for in-state tuition of 1.71%. 2014-2015 had the biggest gain for out-of-state tuition of 2.93%.
3. Books/supplies increased the most from 2012-2013 to 2015-2016 with 20.86%.

Comparison:

     Overall, in- and out-of-state tuition were both more expensive at Mizzou than Arkansas. However, Arkansas’s in- and out-of-state tuitions gains year-to-year was large than Mizzou. Arkansas has higher book and supplies fees (SPECIFY THEM HERE)  but by the 2015-2016 year, Mizzou surpasses Arkansas in this category as Arkansas drops from the previous year. I found it interesting Arkansas did not have a positive gain in all expense categories from 2012-2013 to 2015-2016. This is interesting because I would think that as time goes on, the student body grows, and tuition rises, then all expenses would do the same. (GOOD POINT) Mizzou, however, did see a positive change in all areas. Arkansas and Mizzou have essentially the same room and board numbers, but Arkansas did see a more significant increase in this over the years. The difference in in- and out-of-state tuition was fairly similar, which doesn’t surprise me since both schools are similar and in the same geographical area. All in all, the schools appear to be pretty similar. I would be interested to compare them to big, public state schools in different areas of the U.S., SEC and non-SEC schools, as well as private universities. I believe these factors play a role in the variance in numbers in these categories, which is why these are not significantly different.

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