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Tuition and mandated fees, Room and Board and other educational costs at Penn:
1940 -1949

 

YearUndergraduate SchoolsGraduate and Professional SchoolsEstimated "Accomodations and Expenses" (*)
1940College, 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
1941College, 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
1942College, 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)
1943College, 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
1944College, 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
1945College, 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
1946College, 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
1947College, 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
1948College, 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
1949College, 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

 

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