| Year | Undergraduate Schools | Graduate
and Professional Schools | Estimated "Accomodations
and Expenses" (*) |
| 1940 | College, 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, 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
| | 1941 | College,
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, 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
|
| 1942 | College, 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, 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: Tuition: $225, plus the General Fee of $15
| Room
and Board: $530 (an increase of $10)
Text-books: $50 (an increase
of $5)
| | 1943 | College, 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, 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: $530
Text-books: $50
|
| 1944 | College, 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, 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: $530
Text-books: $50
| | 1945 | College,
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: $400 (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: $447 (an increase
of $47), plus the GeneralFee 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: $530
Text-books: $50
| | 1946 | College,
College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)
and the Wharton School: $475 (an increase of $75), plus the General Fee
of $20
| Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $400,
plus the General Fee of $20
Education: $475 (an increase of $75),
plus the General Fee of $20
Fine Arts: $475 (an increase of $75),
plus the General Fee of $20
Law: $447, plus the General Fee of $15
Medicine: $575 (an increase of $75), plus the General Fee of $15
Dental Medicine: $475 (an increase of $75), plus the General Fee
of $15
Veterinary Medicine: $300 (an increase of $75), plus
the General Fee of $15
| Room and Board: $640 (an
increase of $110)
Text-books: $50
| | 1947 | College,
College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)
and the Wharton School: $550 (an increase of $75), plus the General Fee
of $20
| Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $500 (an increase
of $100), plus the General Fee of $20
Education: $550 (an
increase of $75), plus the General Fee of $20
Fine Arts: $550
(an increase of $75), plus the General Fee of $20
Law: $520
(an increase of $73), plus the General Fee of $15
Medicine:
$650 (an increase of $75), plus the General Fee of $15
Dental
Medicine: $550 (an increase of $75), plus the General Fee of $15
Veterinary Medicine: $375 (an increase of $75), plus the General
Fee of $15
Social Work: $400, plus the General Fee of $15 (The
Pennsylvania School of Social Work was incorporated into the University this year)
| Room and Board: $640
Text-books: $50
| | 1948 | College,
College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)
and the Wharton School: $600 (an increase of $50), plus the General Fee
of $20
| Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $500, plus the
General Fee of $20
Education: $600 (an increase of $50),
plus the General Fee of $20
Fine Arts: $600 (an increase of $50),
plus the General Fee of $20
Law: $600 (an increase of $80),
plus the General Fee of $15
Medicine: $700 (an increase of $50),
plus the General Fee of $15
Dental Medicine: $600 (an increase
of $50), plus the General Fee of $15
Veterinary Medicine: $425
(an increase of $50), plus the General Fee of $15
Social
Work: $500 (an increase of $100), plus the General Fee of $15
| Room
and Board: $640 (an increase of $110)
Text-books: $50
|
| 1949 | College, College of Liberal Arts for Women,
School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School: Tuition:
$600; General Fee: $20 | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: $500,
plus the General Fee of $20
Education: $600, plus the General Fee
of $20
Fine Arts: $600, plus the General Fee of $20
Law:
$600, plus the General Fee of $15
Medicine: $700, plus the General
Fee of $15
Dental Medicine: $600, plus the General Fee of $15
Veterinary Medicine: $425, plus the General Fee of $15
Social
Work: $500, plus the General Fee of $15 | Room and Board: $640; Books:
$50 | Notes: *
Undergraduate expenses only Sources: 1946:
Minutes of the Trustees for 3 June 1946 and
University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: Fees, Deposits and Financial
Obligations: Regulations Governing Payments Adopted June 3, 1946. 1947:
Sources: Minutes of the Trustees for 23 June 1947 and University of Pennsylvania
Bulletin: Fees, Deposits and Financial Obligations: Regulations Governing Payments
Adopted June 23, 1947, pp. 4-7. 1949: Minutes
of the Trustees for 23 June 1947 and University of Pennsylvania Bulletin:
The College Announcement for 1948-1949, at p. 51; University of Pennsylvania
Bulletin: The College Announcement for 1949-1950, at pp. 54 and 57. 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 More
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