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¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ'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.  ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ's tuition for 2007-08 is $17,920, well below the national average for four-year private institutions of $23,712. ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ'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, ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ 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.

¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ's costs are lower than the four private institutions in the Southern Conference.  ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ will become a member of the SoCon in July 2008.  ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ is the only private university in the Ohio Valley Conference, where it has competed since 2003.

When compared regionally with other peer institutions, ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ's costs ran near the bottom of the list.  The selected peer institutions include private universities, mostly in the South, which ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ often uses for comparison in faculty salaries, student recruitment and other factors.