Average graduate and first-professional tuition paid by students in institutions of higher education: 1987-88 to 1994-95

Table 308.

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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 |  11,146 | 14,297 |  6,635 | 17,426 |    6,771 |10,463 |  5,331
1993-94\1\ .|   5,973 |11,542 |  13,993 | 13,075 |  11,129 | 14,903 |  7,992 | 17,860 |    7,242 |11,479 |  5,647
1994-95\2\ .|   6,177 |12,329 |  14,398 | 13,666 |  11,811 | 15,665 |  8,546 | 18,189 |    7,850 |12,194 |  6,032
            |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
 Public\3\  |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
            |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
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\1\ .|   3,050 |   --- |   7,576 |  8,337 |   5,322 |  8,723 |  3,615 |    --- |    5,997 | 4,842 |    ---
1994-95\2\ .|   3,202 |   --- |   8,064 |  8,768 |   5,781 |  8,987 |  3,874 |    --- |    6,500 | 5,304 |    ---
            |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
  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 |  14,964 | 17,098 | 13,373 | 17,426 |   17,103 |13,975 |  5,331
1993-94\1\ .|  10,790 |11,542 |  23,323 | 20,804 |  15,012 | 17,700 | 14,981 | 17,860 |   17,799 |15,197 |  5,647
1994-95\2\ .|  11,079 |12,329 |  24,318 | 21,740 |  15,779 | 18,829 | 16,677 | 18,189 |   18,551 |16,089 |  6,032
____________|_________|_______|_________|________|_________|________|________|________|__________|_______|________

\1\Preliminary first-professional figures based on 1992-93 graduates.
\2\Preliminary graduate figures based on fall 1993 data and first-professional figures based on 1992-93 graduates.
\3\Data are for in-state students only.
---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--Average graduate student tuition weighted by fall 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 August 1995.)

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