A third annual study, involving 107 higher education institutions (39 public, 68 private) was conducted to determine rate and occupancy trends in housing operations of the Middle Atlantic Region. Each responding institution was asked to state its basic nine-month double-room rate or to compute an average rate if they have more than one. It is shown that the room rate has increased steadily for each of the three years of the study from $646 in 1975 to $736 in 1977. The highest rates appear in the District of Columbia; the lowest, in West Virginia. A decline in cleaning and linen services provided during the academic year is reported. In response to questions related to the nine-month board rate for their most heavily enrolled meal plan, institutions show an increase in rates overall from $704 in Fall 1976 to $753 in Fall 1977, with the 21 meals-per-week plan being the most common in the Mid-Atlantic Region. It is also reported that the occupancy rate for men's halls overall is 95.17 percent; for women's halls, 96.08 percent; for coed halls, 97.40 percent; and for all halls combined, 96.40 percent; (SPG)