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Tuition and mandated fees, Room and Board and other educational costs at Penn
1910 -1919:

 

YearUndergraduate SchoolsGraduate and Professional SchoolsEstimated "Accomodations and Expenses" (*)
1910College 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

1911College 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

1912College 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

1913College 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

1914College 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

Education: $150, plus a General Fee of $10 (The School of Education was new this year)

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: $220 (an increase of $35); Text-books: $10

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

1915College 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

Education: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

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

Law: $200 (an increase of $40), plus a General Fee of $10

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

Dental Medicine: $200 (an increase of $50), plus a General Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $49; plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $220; Text-books: $10

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

1916College 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

Education: $150, plus a General Fee of $10

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

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

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

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

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $49, plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $220; Text-books: $10

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

1917College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

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

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

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

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

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

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $49; plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $200 (a decrease of $20); Text-books: $10

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

1918College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $200, plus a General Fee of $10

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

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

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

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

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

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

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $49, plus a General Fee of $10

Minimum: Room and Board: $260 (an increase of $40); Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $400 (an increase of $50); Text-books: $25

1919College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $200, plus a General Fee of $15 (an increase of $5)

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $150, plus a General Fee of $15 (an increase of $5)

Education: $200, plus a General Fee of $15 (an increase of $5)

Fine Arts: $200, plus a General Fee of $15 (an increase of $5)

Law: $200, plus a General Fee of $15 (an increase of $5)

Medicine: $200, plus a General Fee of $15 (an increase of $5)

Dental Medicine: $200, plus a General Fee of $15 (an increase of $5)

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: $100; Books and instruments: $49; plus a General Fee of $15 (an increase of $5)

Room and Board: $400 (given without a "minimum" or "maximum")
Text-books: $30 (given without a "minimum" or "maximum")

Notes:

* Undergraduate expenses only

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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