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Tuition and mandated fees, Room and Board and other educational costs at Penn:
1900-1909

 

YearUndergraduate SchoolsGraduate and Professional SchoolsEstimated "Accomodations and Expenses" (*)
1900

College and the Wharton School: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $100

Fine Arts: $150

Law: $160

Medicine: $200

Dental Medicine: $100

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $250; Text-books: $50
1901College and the Wharton School: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $100

Fine Arts: $150

Law: $160

Medicine: $200

Dental Medicine: $100

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $250; Text-books: $25 (a decrease of $25)

1902College and the Wharton School: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150 (an increase of $50)

Fine Arts: $150

Law: $160

Medicine: $200

Dental Medicine: $100

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $250; Text-books: $25

1903College and the Wharton School: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150

Fine Arts: $150

Law: $160

Medicine: $200

Dental Medicine: $100

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $250; Text-books: $25

1904College and the Wharton School: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150

Fine Arts: $150

Law: $160

Medicine: $200

Dental Medicine: $150 (an increase of $50)

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $350 (an increase of $100); Text-books: $25

1905College and the Wharton School: $150, plus a General Fee (**) of $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Fine Arts: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Law: $160, plus a General Fee of $10

Medicine: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28; plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $350; Text-books: $25

1906College and the Wharton School: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Fine Arts: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Law: $160, plus a General Fee of $10

Medicine: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28, plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $350; Text-books: $25

1907College and the Wharton School: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Fine Arts: $200 (an increase of $50), plus a General Fee of $10

Law: $160, plus a General Fee of $10

Medicine: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28; plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $350; Text-books: $25

1908College and the Wharton School: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Fine Arts: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Law: $160, plus a General Fee of $10

Medicine: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28, plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $350; Text-books: $25

1909College and the Wharton School: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS): $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Fine Arts: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Law: $160, plus a General Fee of $10

Medicine: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $28; plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $350; Text-books: $25

Notes:

* Undergraduate expenses only

** "Fee for Gymnasium and Houston Club"

 

For a historical commodity price index see www.westegg.com/inflation/ and John J. McCusker, How Much Is That In Real Money? (Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 2001).


Compiled by Mark Frazier Lloyd, Director of the University Archives and Records Center
with the assistance of
Nicholas G. Heavens, University Archives Summer Research Fellow

Published: July 2003

 

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