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Tuition and mandated fees, Room and Board and other educational costs at Penn:
2000-2003

 

YearUndergraduate SchoolsGraduate and Professional SchoolsEstimated "Accomodations and Expenses" (*)
2000College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing: Tuition: $22,682; General Fee: $2,026; Technology Fee: $462

Graduate Schools (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Education, Fine Arts, Social Work, Annenberg): $24,688, plus a General Fee of $1,612

Professional Schools (Law, Medicine, Dental Medicine, Veterinary Medicine): General Fee: $1,272

Law: Tuition: $26,650; Fees (including General Fee): $1,758

Medicine: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for professional schools, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Dental Medicine: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for professional schools, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition and Fees (including General Fee): $27,522

 

Average room rate in the University's residence halls: $4,754; Average meal plan: $3,072
2001College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing: Tuition: $23,998; General Fee: $2,144; Technology Fee: $488

Graduate Schools (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Education, Fine Arts, Social Work, Annenberg): $25,750, plus a General Fee of $1,612

Professional Schools (Law, Medicine, Dental Medicine, Veterinary Medicine): General Fee: $1,272

Law: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for professional schools, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Medicine: Tuition: $31,940; Required Fees (including General Fee): $1,760; Educational Costs: $3080

Dental Medicine: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for professional schools, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for professional schools, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Average room rate in the University's residence halls: $4,850; Average meal plan: $3,134
2002College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing: Tuition: $25,078; General Fee: $2,222; Technology Fee: $488; Recreation Fee: $200

Graduate Schools (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Education, Fine Arts, Social Work, Annenberg): $26,910, plus a General Fee of $1,670

Professional Schools (Law, Medicine, Dental Medicine, Veterinary Medicine): General Fee: $1,318

Law: Tuition: $29,310; General Fee (including Photocopying Fee): $1,468; Library Fee: $360

Medicine: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for professional schools, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Dental Medicine: Tuition: $39,638; General Fee: $1,318; Instrument Kits: $3,925; Technology Fee: $400

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for professional schools, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Average room rate in the University's residence halls: $5,040; Average meal plan: $3,184
2003College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing: Tuition: $26,282; Fees: $3,036

Graduate Schools (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Education, Fine Arts, Social Work, Annenberg): General Fee: $1,670

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for graduate and professional students, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Education: $28,040, plus the General Fee of $1,750

Fine Arts: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for graduate and professional students, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Social Work: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for graduate and professional students, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Annenberg: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for graduate and professional students, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Law: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for graduate and professional students, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Medicine: Tuition: $34,482; Required Fees: $2,032; Educational Costs: $3,728

Dental Medicine: Tuition: The Trustees resolved that "for graduate and professional students, tuition will be determined administratively to reflect budget requirements of the various schools."

Veterinary Medicine: Tuition and General Fee: $31,870; Technology Fee: $350; Books and Instruments; $1,100

Average room and board rate in the University's residence halls: $8,642
2004College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing: Tuition: $27,544; Fees: $3,172

Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.):

Engineering, Nursing, Social Policy & Practice, Wharton: Tuition: $29,386; General Fee: $1,834; Technology Fee: $518

 

Other Full -Time Graduate/Professional Schools:

Dental Medicine:
Advanced Dental Education: Tuition: $49,000; General Fee: $1,448; Technology Fee: $440
Dental Medicine D.M.D.: Tuition: $44,416; General Fee: $1,448; Technology Fee: $440

Education:
Executive Ed.D.:
Higher Education Management: Tuition: $40,188; Program Fee: $23,020
Mid Career: Tuition: $29,769; Program Fee: $2,646

Engineering & Applied Science (Executive Master's in Technology Management): Tuition: $29,386; Program Fee: $17,864

Law: Tuition: $32,940; General Fee: $1,448

Medicine:
Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.: Tuition: $22,040; General Fee: $1,834; Technology Fee: $1,082
Medicine M.D.: Tuition: $35,690; General Fee: $1,448; Technology Fee: $750
Masters in Bioethics: Tuition: $29,386; General Fee: $1,834; Technology Fee: $1,082
Medicine M.S.C.E.: Tuition: $39,256; General Fee: $1,448; Technology Fee: $1,470
Masters in Translational Research.: Tuition: $24,000; General Fee: $1,834; Technology Fee: $1,082

Nursing (M.S.N.):Tuition: $24,974; General Fee: $1,448; Technology Fee: $518

Social Policy & Practice:
M.S.W.: Tuition: $24,456; General Fee: $1,834 Fee: $1,082

Veterinary Medicine:
Pennsylvania and Contract: Tuition: $24,416; General Fee: $1,448; Technology Fee: $350
Out of State, Non-contract: Tuition: $31,676; General Fee: $1,448; Technology Fee: $350

Wharton:
Lauder Institute: Tuition: $35,202; General Fee: $1,834; M.B.A. Program Fee: $1,200; Lauder Program Fee: $14,300 (first year) and $6,300 (second year)
Wharton M.B.A.: Tuition: $35,202; General Fee: $1,834; M.B.A. Program Fee: $1,200
Executive M.B.A.: Tuition: $29,386
East Coast Program: Program Fee: $31,703 (first year) and $28,514 (second year)
West Coast Program: Program Fee: $36,293 (first year) and $33,464 (second year)

 

 
2005College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing: Tuition: $20,030; Fees: $3,334  
2006College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing: Tuition: $ ; Fees: $   

Notes:

* Undergraduate expenses only

Sources:

2000: Minutes of the Trustees for 23 March 2000; Web Sites of Relevant Schools.

2001: Minutes of the Trustees for 22 March 2001; Web Sites of Relevant Schools.

2002: Minutes of the Trustees for 21 March 2002; Web Sites of Relevant Schools.

2003: Minutes of the Trustees for 20 March 2003; Web Sites of Relevant Schools.

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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