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For $855, you can buy 107 N otre D am e ties, 66 sw eat sh irts or 21 video casse ttes of “ K nute Rockne All A m eri­ ca n ’’ a t the bookstore. Or you can pay for this y e a r ’s increase in tuition a t N otre Dam e. In a le tte r to paren ts last June, U niversity P residen t F a ­ th er E dw ard Malloy said the U niversity ’s operating budget of $189,463,100 would requ ire a 9.9 percent increase in tuition to $9,480. The room, board and laundry charge was also increased by $150, or 5.5 percent, increasing the average fee to $2,875. At Saint M ary ’s, tuition jum ped 4.9 percent to $7,380, said Les Hitchcock, chief ac ­ countant a t Saint M ary ’s. A verage room and board also increased 4.9 percent to $3,260. U ndergraduates a re n ’t the only ones paying higher tuition bills, however. Tuition for Notre Dam e g raduate , MBA and law students w as also hiked $855. Tuition for g rad u a te students is now $9,360, for MBA students $9,460, and law stu ­ dents $10,070. The story is the sam e around the country. A verage tuition and fees clim bed 8 percent a t p riva te , four-year colleges and 6 p e r­ cent a t public institutions, the seventh s tra ig h t y ea r such costs will outpace inflation, a c ­ cording to the College B oard’s annual survey of colleges. A verage to tal estim ated costs a t four-year p riva te schools is less than $12,000 and a t public schools alm ost $5,800. N otre D am e and Saint M ary ’s officials cited in-