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Tuition and Mandated Fees, Room and Board, and Other Educational Costs at Penn 1910-1919

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

First published in 2003, with annual updates

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Year Tuition and Fees, By School Other Expenses*
1910
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

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

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


Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

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

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
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

1911
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

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

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

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

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

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
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

1912
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

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

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

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

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

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
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

1913
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

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

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

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

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

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
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

1914
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

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

Education:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10 (The School of Education was new this year)

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

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

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

Law:
Tuition: $160
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

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

Minimum: Room and Board: $220 (an increase of $35); Text-books: $10

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

1915
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

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

Education:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

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

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $200 (an increase of $50)
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $200 (an increase of $40)
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $49
Books and instruments: $49

Minimum: Room and Board: $220; Text-books: $10

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

1916
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

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

Education:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $10

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

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $10
Books and instruments: $49

Minimum: Room and Board: $220; Text-books: $10

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

1917
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

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

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

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $10
Books and instruments: $49

Minimum: Room and Board: $200 (a decrease of $20); Text-books: $10

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

1918
 Undergraduate Schools:

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

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

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

Education:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

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

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Law:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $10

Veterinary:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $10
Books and instruments: $49

Minimum: Room and Board: $260 (an increase of $40); Text-books: $10

Maximum: Room and Board: $400 (an increase of $50); Text-books: $25

1919
 Undergraduate Schools:

College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wharton School:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $15 (an increase of $5)

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

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Tuition: $150
General Fee: $15 (an increase of $5)

Education:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $15 (an increase of $5)

Fine Arts:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $15 (an increase of $5)

Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs):

Dental Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $15 (an increase of $5)

Law:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $15 (an increase of $5)

Medicine:
Tuition: $200
General Fee: $15 (an increase of $5)

Veterinary Medicine:
Tuition: $100
General Fee: $15 (an increase of $5)
Books and instruments: $49

Room and Board: $400 (given without a “minimum” or “maximum”)
Text-books: $30 (given without a “minimum” or “maximum”)

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).

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