Educational Costs (1900-1909), University of Pennsylvania Archives

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 2003, with annual updates

Year

Undergraduate Schools

Graduate and Professional Schools

Estimated "Accomodations and Expenses" *

1900-1901

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $100

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $150

Law:
Tuition: $160

Medicine:
Tuition: $200

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $100

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $250; Text-books: $50

1901-1902

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $100

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $150

Law:
Tuition: $160

Medicine:
Tuition: $200

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $100

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $250; Text-books: $25 (a decrease of $25)

1902-1903

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150 (an increase of $50)

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $150

Law:
Tuition: $160

Medicine:
Tuition: $200

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $100

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $250; Text-books: $25

1903-1904

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $150

Law:
Tuition: $160

Medicine:
Tuition: $200

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $100

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $250; Text-books: $25

1904-1905

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $150

Law:
Tuition: $160

Medicine:
Tuition: $200

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $150 (an increase of $50)

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $350 (an increase of $100); Text-books: $25

1905-1906

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150
General Fee** of $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $10
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

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

1906-1907

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $10
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

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

1907-1908

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $200 (an increase of $50)
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $10
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

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

1908-1909

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $10
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

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

1909

College and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS):
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $10
Books and instruments: $28

Minimum: Room and Board: $185; Text-books: $10

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

Notes:

* Undergraduate expenses only

** "Fee for Gymnasium and Houston Club"

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).

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