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Table 315. Average graduate and first-professional tuition and required fees in degree-granting institutions, by control of institution: 1987-88 to 2001-02

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                  | Average |                      Average full-time first-professional tuition
                  |full-time|___________________________________________________________________________________________
                  |graduate |       |         |        |         | Osteo- |        |        |          |       |
       Year       | tuition |Chiro- |Dentistry|Medicine|Optometry| pathic |Pharmacy|Podiatry|Veterinary|  Law  |Theology
                  |         |practic|         |        |         |medicine|        |        | medicine |       |
__________________|_________|_______|_________|________|_________|________|________|________|__________|_______|________
        1         |    2    |   3   |    4    |   5    |    6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |    10    |  11   |   12
__________________|_________|_______|_________|________|_________|________|________|________|__________|_______|________
       All        |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
institutions      |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1987-88 ..........|  $3,599 |$6,996 |  $9,399 | $9,034 |  $7,926 |$10,674 | $5,201 |$12,736 |   $4,503 |$6,636 | $3,572
1988-89 ..........|   3,728 | 7,972 |   9,324 |  9,439 |   8,503 | 11,462 |  4,952 | 13,232 |    4,856 | 7,099 |  3,911
1989-90 ..........|   4,135 | 8,315 |  10,515 | 10,597 |   9,469 | 11,888 |  5,890 | 14,611 |    5,470 | 8,059 |  4,079
1990-91 ..........|   4,488 | 9,108 |  10,270 | 10,571 |   9,512 | 12,830 |  5,889 | 15,143 |    5,396 | 8,708 |  4,569
1991-92 ..........|   5,116 |10,226 |  12,049 | 11,646 |   9,610 | 13,004 |  6,731 | 16,257 |    6,367 | 9,469 |  4,876
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1992-93 ..........|   5,475 |11,117 |  12,710 | 12,265 |  10,858 | 14,297 |  6,635 | 17,426 |    6,771 |10,463 |  5,331
1993-94 ..........|   5,973 |11,503 |  14,403 | 13,074 |  10,385 | 15,038 |  7,960 | 17,621 |    7,159 |11,552 |  5,253
1994-95 ..........|   6,247 |12,324 |  15,164 | 13,834 |  11,053 | 15,913 |  8,315 | 18,138 |    7,741 |12,374 |  5,648
1995-96 ..........|   6,741 |12,507 |  15,647 | 14,860 |  11,544 | 16,785 |  8,602 | 18,434 |    8,208 |13,278 |  5,991
1996-97 ..........|   7,111 |12,721 |  16,585 | 15,481 |  12,250 | 17,888 |  9,207 | 19,056 |    8,668 |14,081 |  6,558
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1997-98 ..........|   7,246 |13,131 |  17,393 | 16,075 |  12,685 | 18,654 |  9,544 | 19,355 |    9,013 |14,877 |  6,761
1998-99 ..........|   7,685 |13,582 |  18,800 | 17,110 |  14,066 | 19,718 |  9,636 | 19,547 |    9,392 |15,590 |  7,147
1999-2000 ........|   8,071 |14,256 |  19,314 | 17,775 |  14,389 | 20,817 | 10,601 | 20,102 |    9,865 |16,399 |  7,425
2000-01 ..........|   8,429 |15,092 |  21,696 | 18,935 |  15,360 | 21,685 | 11,175 | 20,313 |   10,365 |17,659 |  8,028
2001-02\1\ .......|   8,891 |15,605 |  22,643 | 19,973 |  16,066 | 22,753 | 12,008 | 21,115 |   10,940 |18,577 |  8,543
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
    Public\2\     |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1987-88 ..........|   1,827 |   †   |   4,614 |  5,245 |   2,789 |  5,125 |  2,462 |   †    |    3,523 | 2,810 |   †
1988-89 ..........|   1,913 |   †   |   5,286 |  5,669 |   3,455 |  6,269 |  2,218 |   †    |    3,889 | 2,766 |   †
1989-90 ..........|   1,999 |   †   |   5,728 |  6,259 |   3,569 |  6,521 |  2,816 |   †    |    4,505 | 3,196 |   †
1990-91 ..........|   2,206 |   †   |   5,927 |  6,437 |   3,821 |  7,188 |  2,697 |   †    |    4,840 | 3,430 |   †
1991-92 ..........|   2,524 |   †   |   6,595 |  7,106 |   4,161 |  7,699 |  2,871 |   †    |    5,231 | 3,933 |   †
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1992-93 ..........|   2,791 |   †   |   7,006 |  7,867 |   5,106 |  8,404 |  2,987 |   †    |    5,553 | 4,261 |   †
1993-94 ..........|   3,050 |   †   |   7,525 |  8,329 |   5,325 |  8,640 |  3,567 |   †    |    6,107 | 4,835 |   †
1994-95 ..........|   3,250 |   †   |   8,125 |  8,812 |   5,643 |  8,954 |  3,793 |   †    |    6,571 | 5,307 |   †
1995-96 ..........|   3,449 |   †   |   8,806 |  9,585 |   6,130 |  9,448 |  4,100 |   †    |    6,907 | 5,821 |   †
1996-97 ..........|   3,607 |   †   |   9,434 | 10,057 |   6,561 |  9,932 |  4,884 |   †    |    7,343 | 6,565 |   †
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1997-98 ..........|   3,744 |   †   |   9,657 | 10,501 |   7,366 | 10,358 |  5,065 | 19,541 |    7,742 | 7,004 |   †
1998-99 ..........|   3,897 |   †   |  10,277 | 11,141 |   7,890 | 10,802 |  5,482 | 19,818 |    7,975 | 7,425 |   †
1999-2000 ........|   4,043 |   †   |  10,615 | 11,569 |   8,021 | 11,211 |  5,897 | 19,578 |    8,601 | 7,740 |   †
2000-01 ..........|   4,243 |   †   |  11,574 | 12,074 |   8,302 | 11,516 |  6,245 | 20,228 |    8,964 | 8,326 |   †
2001-02\1\ .......|   4,491 |   †   |  12,446 | 13,264 |   9,060 | 12,587 |  7,020 | 21,254 |    9,524 | 9,043 |   †
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
     Private      |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1987-88 ..........|   6,769 | 6,996 |  16,201 | 14,945 |  11,635 | 13,311 |  8,834 | 12,736 |   12,544 | 9,048 |  3,572
1988-89 ..........|   6,945 | 7,972 |  16,127 | 15,610 |  12,050 | 13,536 |  9,692 | 13,232 |   13,285 | 9,892 |  3,911
1989-90 ..........|   7,881 | 8,315 |  16,800 | 16,826 |  13,640 | 14,117 | 10,656 | 14,611 |   14,184 |10,901 |  4,079
1990-91 ..........|   8,507 | 9,108 |  18,270 | 17,899 |  13,767 | 15,009 | 11,546 | 15,143 |   14,159 |12,247 |  4,569
1991-92 ..........|   9,592 |10,226 |  20,318 | 19,225 |  14,366 | 16,098 | 12,937 | 16,257 |   15,816 |12,946 |  4,876
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1992-93 ..........|  10,008 |11,117 |  21,309 | 19,585 |  14,459 | 17,098 | 13,373 | 17,426 |   17,103 |13,975 |  5,331
1993-94 ..........|  10,790 |11,503 |  23,824 | 20,769 |  14,156 | 17,720 | 14,838 | 17,621 |   17,433 |15,193 |  5,253
1994-95 ..........|  11,338 |12,324 |  24,641 | 21,819 |  14,497 | 18,422 | 14,894 | 18,138 |   17,940 |16,201 |  5,648
1995-96 ..........|  12,083 |12,507 |  25,678 | 23,001 |  15,235 | 19,619 | 15,618 | 18,434 |   19,380 |17,251 |  5,991
1996-97 ..........|  12,537 |12,721 |  26,618 | 24,242 |  15,949 | 20,714 | 15,934 | 19,056 |   19,526 |18,276 |  6,558
                  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
1997-98 ..........|  12,774 |13,151 |  29,923 | 25,189 |  16,415 | 21,710 | 16,307 | 19,316 |   20,299 |19,171 |  6,761
1998-99 ..........|  13,299 |13,582 |  31,659 | 26,502 |  17,848 | 22,796 | 16,905 | 19,492 |   21,286 |20,154 |  7,147
1999-2000 ........|  13,782 |14,256 |  32,268 | 27,694 |  18,087 | 23,838 | 18,091 | 20,193 |   21,772 |21,081 |  7,425
2000-01 ..........|  14,420 |15,092 |  35,234 | 29,863 |  19,592 | 24,712 | 19,031 | 20,329 |   22,600 |22,775 |  8,028
2001-02\1\ .......|  15,233 |15,605 |  36,207 | 30,485 |  20,463 | 25,779 | 20,459 | 21,089 |   23,303 |23,911 |  8,543
__________________|_________|_______|_________|________|_________|________|________|________|__________|_______|________

†Not applicable.
\1\Preliminary graduate figures based on fall 2000 data and first-professional figures based on 2000-01 graduates.
\2\Data are based on in-state tuition only.

NOTE: Average graduate student tuition weighted by fall full-time-equivalent graduate enrollment. Average first-professional tuition weighted by number of degrees conferred during the academic year. Some year-to-year fluctuations in tuition data may reflect nonreporting by individual institutions. Excludes institutions not reporting degrees conferred and institutions not reporting tuition. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data for 1987-88 to 1997-98 are for institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics," "Fall Enrollment," and "Degrees Conferred" surveys. (This table was prepared November 2002.)


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