By DIANE D’AMICO Education Writer

Undergraduate tuition and fees at the state’s 10 public colleges will increase an average of 4 percent for the 2011-12 academic year, data compiled by The Press of Atlantic City show.

With no state legislative cap on tuition this year, the increases range from 1.6 percent at Rutgers University to 7.2 percent at New Jersey City University. But even with the increase, NJCU will still be the most affordable state four-year college, costing $10,021.

The College of New Jersey raised tuition and fees 4.7 percent, and will be the most expensive state college this year, costing $14,187.

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