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Tuition and mandated fees, Room and Board and other educational costs at Penn:
1930 -1939

 

YearUndergraduate SchoolsGraduate and Professional SchoolsEstimated "Accomodations and Expenses" (*)
1930College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400,
which included the General Fee

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, which included the General Fee

Education: $400, which included the General Fee

Fine Arts (Arch.): $400, which included the General Fee

Law: $400, which included the General Fee

Medicine: $500 (an increase of $100), which included the General Fee

Dental Medicine: $400, which included the General Fee

Veterinary Medicine: $225, which included the General Fee

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $35
Clothing and miscellaneous: $260
1931College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400,
plus a Health Fee of $10 (new)

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, plus a Health Fee of $10 (new)

Education: $400, plus a Health Fee of $10 (new)

Fine Arts (Architecture): $400, plus a Health Fee of $10 (new)

Law: $400, plus a Health Fee of $10 (new)

Medicine: $500, plus a Health Fee of $10 (new)

Dental Medicine: $400, plus a Health Fee of $10 (new)

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus a Health Fee of $10 (new)

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $35
Clothing and miscellaneous: $285 (an increase of $25)
1932College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400,
plus the Health Fee of $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, plus the Health Fee of $10

Education: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Fine Arts: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Law: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Medicine: $500, plus the Health Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus the Health Fee of $10

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $35
Clothing and miscellaneous: $285
1933College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and a Student
Activities Fee (SAF) of $0.50 (new)

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, plus the Health Fee of $10

Education: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10
and a Student Activities Fee (SAF) of $0.50 (new)

Fine Arts: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and a SAF of $0.50 (new)

Law: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Medicine: $500, plus the Health Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus the Health Fee of $10

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $45 (an increase of $10)
1934College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the Student
Activities Fee (SAF) of $1 (an increase of $0.50)

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, plus the Health Fee of $10

Education: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the SAF of $1 (an increase of $0.50)

Fine Arts: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the SAF of $1 (an increase of $0.50)

Law: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Medicine: $500, plus the Health Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus the Health Fee of $10

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $45
1935College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the Student
Activities Fee (SAF) of $1

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, plus the Health Fee of $10

Education: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the SAF of $1

Fine Arts: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the SAF of $1

Law: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Medicine: $500, plus the Health Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus the Health Fee of $10

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $45
1936College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the Student
Activities Fee (SAF) of $1

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, plus the Health Fee of $10

Education: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the SAF of $1

Fine Arts: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10 and the SAF of $1

Law: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Medicine: $500, plus the Health Fee of $10

Dental Medicine: $400, plus the Health Fee of $10

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus the Health Fee of $10

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $45
1937College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400, plus a General Fee of $20 (which includes
the former Health Fee, Student Activities Fee, and Graduation Fee)

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, plus a General Fee of $20

Education: $400, plus a General Fee of $20

Fine Arts: $400, plus a General Fee of $20

Law: $400, plus a General Fee of $15

Medicine: $500, plus a General Fee of $15

Dental Medicine: $400, plus a General Fee of $15

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus a General Fee of $15

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $45
1938College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400, plus the General Fee of $20

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $250, plus the General Fee of $20

Education: $400, plus the General Fee of $20

Fine Arts: $400, plus the General Fee of $20

Law: $400, plus the General Fee of $15

Medicine: $500, plus the General Fee of $15

Dental Medicine: $400, plus the General Fee of $15

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus the General Fee of $15

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $45
1939College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: $400, plus the General Fee of $20

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $325 (an increase of $75), plus the General Fee of $20

Education: $400, plus the General Fee of $20

Fine Arts: $400, plus the General Fee of $20

Law: $400, plus the General Fee of $15

Medicine: $500, plus the General Fee of $15

Dental Medicine: $400, plus the General Fee of $15

Veterinary Medicine: $225, plus the General Fee of $15

Room and Board: $520
Text-books: $45

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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