Tuition and fee information for resident and non-resident students in public colleges and universities in the 50 states is presented in tabular form for 1972-73 and 1977-78. In addition to tables, charts are provided that graphically illustrate the relative position of Washington State averages. Results of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Collegs (NASULGC) survey are presented in the first two tables and charts and show that in the 49 states other than Washington, resident undergraduate tuition and fees increased 5.3 percent in 1977-78 and 31.1 percent in the last five years and nonresident undergraduate tuition and fees increased 6.2 percent in 1977-78, with a five-year increase of 34.4 percent. Washington experienced its first increase since 1972-73 last year and showed an increase of 17 percent for resident tuition and fees and a 51.4 percent increase for nonresident tuition and fees. Results of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) survey presented in the remaining tables and charts show that resident undergraduate tuition and fees increased an average of 6.4 percent in 1977-78 for the 45 states surveyed, with a five-year increase of 29.5 percent, nonresident tuition and fees increased 7.8 percent in 1977-78, with a five-year increase of 28.6 percent. Tuition and fees at Washington institutions for residents increased 16.6 percent in 1977-78 with a five-year total increase of 19.4 percent. In 1977-78 resident tuition and fees increased 45.9 percent, the first increase since 1972-73. (SPG)