Average graduate and first-professional tuition and required fees in degree-granting institutions, by first- professional field of study and control of institution: 1987–88 through 2007

Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009

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Average graduate and first-professional tuition and required fees in degree-granting institutions, by first- professional field of study and control of institution: 1987–88 through 2007–08

Year and control	Average full-time graduate tuition and required fees		Average full-time first-professional tuition and required fees in current dollars
Year and control	Current dollars	Constant 2006–07 dollars	Chiropractic	Dentistry	Medicine	Optometry	Osteopathic medicine	Pharmacy	Podiatry	Veterinary medicine	Law	Theology
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
All institutions
1987–88	$3,599	$6,342	$6,996	$9,399	$9,034	$7,926	$10,674	$5,201	$12,736	$4,503	$6,636	$3,572
1988–89	3,728	6,280	7,972	9,324	9,439	8,503	11,462	4,952	13,232	4,856	7,099	3,911
1989–90	4,135	6,648	8,315	10,515	10,597	9,469	11,888	5,890	14,611	5,470	8,059	4,079
1990–91	4,488	6,841	9,108	10,270	10,571	9,512	12,830	5,889	15,143	5,396	8,708	4,569
1991–92	5,116	7,557	10,226	12,049	11,646	9,610	13,004	6,731	16,257	6,367	9,469	4,876

1992–93	5,475	7,842	11,117	12,710	12,265	10,858	14,297	6,635	17,426	6,771	10,463	5,331
1993–94	5,973	8,339	11,503	14,403	13,074	10,385	15,038	7,960	17,621	7,159	11,552	5,253
1994–95	6,247	8,479	12,324	15,164	13,834	11,053	15,913	8,315	18,138	7,741	12,374	5,648
1995–96	6,741	8,907	12,507	15,647	14,860	11,544	16,785	8,602	18,434	8,208	13,278	5,991
1996–97	7,111	9,135	12,721	16,585	15,481	12,250	17,888	9,207	19,056	8,668	14,081	6,558

1997–98	7,246	9,145	13,144	17,695	16,310	12,679	18,668	9,744	19,355	9,013	14,992	6,832
1998–99	7,685	9,534	13,582	19,051	17,107	14,066	20,000	9,735	19,547	9,392	15,601	7,171
1999–2000	8,071	9,732	14,256	19,576	17,818	14,354	20,903	10,740	20,158	9,867	16,491	7,725
2000–01	8,429	9,828	15,093	22,097	19,151	15,448	21,784	11,273	20,455	10,365	17,795	7,868
2001–02	8,857	10,147	15,632	22,597	19,795	16,148	22,970	12,259	20,886	11,070	18,707	8,737

2002–03	9,226	10,342	16,758	24,517	21,206	16,439	24,379	13,597	21,633	12,142	19,810	9,485
2003–04	10,312	11,312	17,264	26,124	22,892	17,439	26,059	14,987	22,645	13,420	21,305	9,850
2004–05	11,004	11,719	18,535	28,455	24,293	18,048	27,900	15,951	23,631	14,535	22,935	10,412
2005–06	11,621	11,922	19,445	29,729	25,699	18,717	29,320	17,224	24,347	15,526	24,474	10,811
2006–07	12,312	12,312	21,473	32,004	27,086	19,886	30,604	18,634	25,594	16,551	26,042	11,628
2007–08¹	12,979	12,515	22,655	33,967	28,335	20,986	32,106	19,843	26,431	17,609	27,830	12,111

Public²
1987–88	1,827	3,220	†	4,614	5,245	2,789	5,125	2,462	†	3,523	2,810	†
1988–89	1,913	3,222	†	5,286	5,669	3,455	6,269	2,218	†	3,889	2,766	†
1989–90	1,999	3,214	†	5,728	6,259	3,569	6,521	2,816	†	4,505	3,196	†
1990–91	2,206	3,363	†	5,927	6,437	3,821	7,188	2,697	†	4,840	3,430	†
1991–92	2,524	3,728	†	6,595	7,106	4,161	7,699	2,871	†	5,231	3,933	†

1992–93	2,791	3,998	†	7,006	7,867	5,106	8,404	2,987	†	5,553	4,261	†
1993–94	3,050	4,258	†	7,525	8,329	5,325	8,640	3,567	†	6,107	4,835	†
1994–95	3,250	4,411	†	8,125	8,812	5,643	8,954	3,793	†	6,571	5,307	†
1995–96	3,449	4,557	†	8,806	9,585	6,130	9,448	4,100	†	6,907	5,821	†
1996–97	3,607	4,634	†	9,434	10,057	6,561	9,932	4,884	†	7,343	6,565	†

1997–98	3,744	4,725	†	9,762	10,555	7,366	10,358	5,046	19,541	7,472	7,125	†
1998–99	3,897	4,834	†	10,259	11,141	7,890	10,858	5,476	19,818	7,707	7,510	†
1999–2000	4,043	4,876	†	10,795	11,610	7,922	11,377	5,997	19,578	8,271	7,824	†
2000–01	4,243	4,947	†	11,946	12,188	8,452	11,866	6,476	20,228	8,720	8,414	†
2001–02	4,496	5,150	†	13,092	13,186	9,619	12,708	7,187	21,254	9,375	9,115	†

2002–03	4,842	5,427	†	13,992	14,591	10,187	13,497	8,304	21,992	10,396	10,172	†
2003–04	5,544	6,081	†	15,613	16,500	11,537	14,994	9,424	22,638	11,763	11,838	†
2004–05	6,080	6,475	†	17,690	18,078	12,387	16,467	10,332	24,788	12,878	13,155	†
2005–06	6,493	6,661	†	19,177	19,473	13,229	17,653	11,444	24,808	13,849	14,544	†
2006–07	6,894	6,894	†	20,701	20,627	14,392	18,102	12,523	26,242	14,915	15,658	†
2007–08¹	7,414	7,149	†	22,075	21,574	15,618	19,289	13,510	27,322	15,925	16,985	†

Private
1987–88	6,769	11,928	6,996	16,201	14,945	11,635	13,311	8,834	12,736	12,544	9,048	3,572
1988–89	6,945	11,698	7,972	16,127	15,610	12,050	13,536	9,692	13,232	13,285	9,892	3,911
1989–90	7,881	12,670	8,315	16,800	16,826	13,640	14,117	10,656	14,611	14,184	10,901	4,079
1990–91	8,507	12,968	9,108	18,270	17,899	13,767	15,009	11,546	15,143	14,159	12,247	4,569
1991–92	9,592	14,168	10,226	20,318	19,225	14,366	16,098	12,937	16,257	15,816	12,946	4,876

1992–93	10,008	14,334	11,117	21,309	19,585	14,459	17,098	13,373	17,426	17,103	13,975	5,331
1993–94	10,790	15,064	11,503	23,824	20,769	14,156	17,720	14,838	17,621	17,433	15,193	5,253
1994–95	11,338	15,389	12,324	24,641	21,819	14,497	18,422	14,894	18,138	17,940	16,201	5,648
1995–96	12,083	15,965	12,507	25,678	23,001	15,235	19,619	15,618	18,434	19,380	17,251	5,991
1996–97	12,537	16,105	12,721	26,618	24,242	15,949	20,714	15,934	19,056	19,526	18,276	6,558

1997–98	12,774	16,122	13,144	29,985	25,249	16,550	21,707	16,575	19,316	18,624	19,311	6,832
1998–99	13,299	16,499	13,582	31,917	26,495	17,848	22,867	16,874	19,492	19,617	20,253	7,171
1999–2000	13,782	16,619	14,256	32,268	27,702	18,317	23,791	18,220	20,259	20,128	21,393	7,725
2000–01	14,420	16,812	15,093	35,234	30,077	19,838	24,719	19,022	20,498	20,883	23,063	7,868
2001–02	15,165	17,373	15,632	36,184	30,438	20,374	25,909	20,325	20,825	21,772	24,019	8,737

2002–03	14,983	16,795	16,758	39,085	31,895	20,197	27,552	21,561	21,551	22,813	25,243	9,485
2003–04	16,209	17,781	17,264	40,414	32,913	20,955	29,095	23,022	22,647	23,941	26,746	9,850
2004–05	16,751	17,839	18,535	43,228	34,296	21,532	30,707	24,152	23,365	25,027	28,175	10,412
2005–06	17,244	17,690	19,445	45,633	35,895	22,162	32,349	25,439	24,240	26,191	29,782	10,811
2006–07	18,108	18,108	21,473	49,135	37,569	23,474	33,986	26,681	25,432	27,135	31,561	11,628
2007–08¹	18,923	18,247	22,655	51,990	39,307	24,493	35,572	28,181	26,209	28,506	33,616	12,111

† Not applicable.
¹ Preliminary graduate tuition average based on fall 2006 enrollment weights and first-professional tuition average based on 2006–07 degrees.
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. Data through 1995–96 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1987–88 through 2007–08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:87–99); "Completions Survey," (IPEDS-C:88–99); "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:87–99); Fall 2000 through Fall 2007; and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007. (This table was prepared August 2008.)

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