Year | Tuition and Fees, By School | Other Expenses* |
---|---|---|
1970 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room and Board: $1,250 Books and Equipment: $150 Personal Expenses: $450 |
1971 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room and Board: $1,250 Books and Equipment: $150 Personal Expenses: $550 |
1972 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) *The minutes of the Trustees (March 10, 1972) do not note the individual tuition and general fee amounts that contribute to this $3000 total. Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room and Board: $1,350 Books and Equipment: $150 Personal Expenses: $550 |
1973 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, College of Liberal Arts for Women, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room and Board: $1,535 Books and Equipment: $150 Personal Expenses: $500 |
1974 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room and Board: $1,700 Books and Equipment: $150 Personal Expenses: $550 |
1975 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room and Board: $1,960 Books and Equipment: $150 Personal Expenses: $550 |
1976 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room (1 bedroom with living room and kitchen in a University dormitory): $1324; Board (15 meals per week): $890 |
1977 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room and Board: $2,350 |
1978 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: Law: Medicine: Veterinary Medicine: Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room and Board: $2,475 |
1979 |
Undergraduate Schools:
College, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the Wharton School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP) Full-Time Graduate Groups (Ph.D.): Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Education: Fine Arts: Full-Time Graduate Groups/Professional Schools and Programs (selected non-Ph.D. programs): Dental Medicine: The Trustees resolved that tuition “be increased to reflect the budget requirement now being developed in [this school] and [this tuition] …be determined administratively and announced” and that the tuition and fees for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences were to serve “as a floor for all professional tuition and fees.” Law: The Trustees resolved that the tuition and fees for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences were to serve “as a floor for all professional tuition and fees.” Medicine: Veterinary Medicine Social Work: Annenberg School: |
Room: $1,094-$1,810; Board (15 meals per week): $1,050 |
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).
Sources
1970: Minutes of the Trustees for 16 January 1970 and University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: Undergraduate Courses of Study for 1970-1971, at p. 309; University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: Undergraduate Programs, 1971-1972, at p. 83.
1971: Minutes of the Trustees for 15 January 1971; University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: Undergraduate Programs, 1972-1973, at p. 83; University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: School of Veterinary Medicine, 1971-1973, at p. 20.
1972: University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: Undergraduate Programs, 1973-1974, at p. 52; Minutes of the Trustees for 10 March 1972.
1973: University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: Undergraduate Programs, 1974-1975, at p. 22; Minutes of the Trustees for 9 March 1973; University of Pennsylvania Bulletin, issued 1972-1973, passim.
1974: University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: the Campus and the Community, 1974-1975, at p. 43; Minutes of the Trustees for 15 March 1974; University of Pennsylvania Bulletin, issued 1973-1974, passim.
1975: University of Pennsylvania Bulletin, issued 1974-1975, passim; Minutes of the Trustees for 12 April 1976; University of Pennsylvania Information for Matriculants in September, 1975.
1976: Minutes of the Trustees for 12 April 1976; Intro to Penn for 1976-1977 [student guide], at p. 52, 68.
1977: Minutes of the Trustees for 10 March 1977; Intro to Penn for 1977-1978 [student guide], at p. 83; Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin, 16 April 1978, 3.
1978: Minutes of the Trustees for 16 March 1978; Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin, 16 April 1978, 3.
1979: Minutes of the Trustees for 8 March 1979; University of Pennsylvania Bulletin, issued 1979-1980, passim; University of Pennsylvania Bulletin: School of Veterinary Medicine for 1981, at p. 27; Daily Pennsylvanian, 4 March 1980, 1; “University of Pennsylvania Dining Services: A Historical Perspective” [c. 1995] in “Dining Service,” Information Files, University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center.