Table 337.

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 2008-09

Year and control	Average full-time graduate tuition and required fees		Average full-time first-professional tuition and required fees in current dollars
	Current dollars	Constant 2007-08 dollars	Chiro-practic	Den-tistry	Medicine	Optometry	Osteo-pathic 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	$6,577	$6,996	$9,399	$9,034	$7,926	$10,674	$5,201	$12,736	$4,503	$6,636	$3,572
1988-89	3,728	6,512	7,972	9,324	9,439	8,503	11,462	4,952	13,232	4,856	7,099	3,911
1989-90	4,135	6,894	8,315	10,515	10,597	9,469	11,888	5,890	14,611	5,470	8,059	4,079
1990-91	4,488	7,095	9,108	10,270	10,571	9,512	12,830	5,889	15,143	5,396	8,708	4,569
1991-92	5,116	7,837	10,226	12,049	11,646	9,610	13,004	6,731	16,257	6,367	9,469	4,876
1992-93	5,475	8,132	11,117	12,710	12,265	10,858	14,297	6,635	17,426	6,771	10,463	5,331
1993-94	5,973	8,648	11,503	14,403	13,074	10,385	15,038	7,960	17,621	7,159	11,552	5,253
1994-95	6,247	8,793	12,324	15,164	13,834	11,053	15,913	8,315	18,138	7,741	12,374	5,648
1995-96	6,741	9,237	12,507	15,647	14,860	11,544	16,785	8,602	18,434	8,208	13,278	5,991
1996-97	7,111	9,474	12,721	16,585	15,481	12,250	17,888	9,207	19,056	8,668	14,081	6,558
1997-98	7,246	9,484	13,144	17,695	16,310	12,679	18,668	9,744	19,355	9,013	14,992	6,832
1998-99	7,685	9,887	13,582	19,051	17,107	14,066	20,000	9,735	19,547	9,392	15,601	7,171
1999-2000	8,071	10,093	14,256	19,576	17,818	14,354	20,903	10,740	20,158	9,867	16,491	7,725
2000-01	8,429	10,192	15,093	22,097	19,151	15,448	21,784	11,273	20,455	10,365	17,795	7,868
2001-02	8,857	10,523	15,632	22,597	19,795	16,148	22,970	12,259	20,886	11,070	18,707	8,737
2002-03	9,226	10,725	16,758	24,517	21,206	16,439	24,379	13,597	21,633	12,142	19,810	9,485
2003-04	10,312	11,731	17,264	26,124	22,892	17,439	26,059	14,987	22,645	13,420	21,305	9,850
2004-05	11,004	12,153	18,535	28,455	24,293	18,048	27,900	15,951	23,631	14,535	22,935	10,412
2005-06	11,621	12,363	19,445	29,729	25,699	18,717	29,320	17,224	24,347	15,526	24,474	10,811
2006-07	12,312	12,768	21,473	32,004	27,086	19,886	30,604	18,634	25,594	16,551	26,042	11,628
2007-08	12,962	12,962	22,815	34,699	28,040	21,046	32,163	19,542	26,112	17,012	27,670	11,346
2008-091	13,542	13,355	23,979	37,543	29,890	22,125	33,607	20,842	27,118	18,223	29,585	11,983
Public2
1987-88	1,827	3,339	†	4,614	5,245	2,789	5,125	2,462	†	3,523	2,810	†
1988-89	1,913	3,342	†	5,286	5,669	3,455	6,269	2,218	†	3,889	2,766	†
1989-90	1,999	3,333	†	5,728	6,259	3,569	6,521	2,816	†	4,505	3,196	†
1990-91	2,206	3,487	†	5,927	6,437	3,821	7,188	2,697	†	4,840	3,430	†
1991-92	2,524	3,866	†	6,595	7,106	4,161	7,699	2,871	†	5,231	3,933	†
1992-93	2,791	4,146	†	7,006	7,867	5,106	8,404	2,987	†	5,553	4,261	†
1993-94	3,050	4,416	†	7,525	8,329	5,325	8,640	3,567	†	6,107	4,835	†
1994-95	3,250	4,575	†	8,125	8,812	5,643	8,954	3,793	†	6,571	5,307	†
1995-96	3,449	4,726	†	8,806	9,585	6,130	9,448	4,100	†	6,907	5,821	†
1996-97	3,607	4,805	†	9,434	10,057	6,561	9,932	4,884	†	7,343	6,565	†
1997-98	3,744	4,900	†	9,762	10,555	7,366	10,358	5,046	19,541	7,472	7,125	†
1998-99	3,897	5,013	†	10,259	11,141	7,890	10,858	5,476	19,818	7,707	7,510	†
1999-2000	4,043	5,056	†	10,795	11,610	7,922	11,377	5,997	19,578	8,271	7,824	†
2000-01	4,243	5,131	†	11,946	12,188	8,452	11,866	6,476	20,228	8,720	8,414	†
2001-02	4,496	5,341	†	13,092	13,186	9,619	12,708	7,187	21,254	9,375	9,115	†
2002-03	4,842	5,628	†	13,992	14,591	10,187	13,497	8,304	21,992	10,396	10,172	†
2003-04	5,544	6,307	†	15,613	16,500	11,537	14,994	9,424	22,638	11,763	11,838	†
2004-05	6,080	6,715	†	17,690	18,078	12,387	16,467	10,332	24,788	12,878	13,155	†
2005-06	6,493	6,908	†	19,177	19,473	13,229	17,653	11,444	24,808	13,849	14,544	†
2006-07	6,894	7,150	†	20,701	20,627	14,392	18,102	12,523	26,242	14,915	15,658	†
2007-08	7,415	7,415	†	22,037	21,206	15,489	19,310	13,490	27,322	15,838	16,962	†
2008-091	7,914	7,805	†	24,787	22,959	16,285	20,898	14,476	28,942	17,070	18,461	†
Private
1987-88	6,769	12,370	6,996	16,201	14,945	11,635	13,311	8,834	12,736	12,544	9,048	3,572
1988-89	6,945	12,132	7,972	16,127	15,610	12,050	13,536	9,692	13,232	13,285	9,892	3,911
1989-90	7,881	13,140	8,315	16,800	16,826	13,640	14,117	10,656	14,611	14,184	10,901	4,079
1990-91	8,507	13,448	9,108	18,270	17,899	13,767	15,009	11,546	15,143	14,159	12,247	4,569
1991-92	9,592	14,693	10,226	20,318	19,225	14,366	16,098	12,937	16,257	15,816	12,946	4,876
1992-93	10,008	14,866	11,117	21,309	19,585	14,459	17,098	13,373	17,426	17,103	13,975	5,331
1993-94	10,790	15,622	11,503	23,824	20,769	14,156	17,720	14,838	17,621	17,433	15,193	5,253
1994-95	11,338	15,959	12,324	24,641	21,819	14,497	18,422	14,894	18,138	17,940	16,201	5,648
1995-96	12,083	16,556	12,507	25,678	23,001	15,235	19,619	15,618	18,434	19,380	17,251	5,991
1996-97	12,537	16,702	12,721	26,618	24,242	15,949	20,714	15,934	19,056	19,526	18,276	6,558
1997-98	12,774	16,720	13,144	29,985	25,249	16,550	21,707	16,575	19,316	18,624	19,311	6,832
1998-99	13,299	17,110	13,582	31,917	26,495	17,848	22,867	16,874	19,492	19,617	20,253	7,171
1999-2000	13,782	17,234	14,256	32,268	27,702	18,317	23,791	18,220	20,259	20,128	21,393	7,725
2000-01	14,420	17,435	15,093	35,234	30,077	19,838	24,719	19,022	20,498	20,883	23,063	7,868
2001-02	15,165	18,017	15,632	36,184	30,438	20,374	25,909	20,325	20,825	21,772	24,019	8,737
2002-03	14,983	17,418	16,758	39,085	31,895	20,197	27,552	21,561	21,551	22,813	25,243	9,485
2003-04	16,209	18,440	17,264	40,414	32,913	20,955	29,095	23,022	22,647	23,941	26,746	9,850
2004-05	16,751	18,500	18,535	43,228	34,296	21,532	30,707	24,152	23,365	25,027	28,175	10,412
2005-06	17,244	18,345	19,445	45,633	35,895	22,162	32,349	25,439	24,240	26,191	29,782	10,811
2006-07	18,108	18,779	21,473	49,135	37,569	23,474	33,986	26,681	25,432	27,135	31,561	11,628
2007-08	19,208	19,208	22,815	51,803	39,280	24,503	35,299	27,884	25,928	23,558	33,481	11,346
2008-091	19,430	19,162	23,979	54,774	41,289	25,757	36,708	29,618	26,842	24,646	35,622	11,983

†Not applicable.

1 Preliminary graduate tuition average based on fall 2007 enrollment weights and first-professional tuition average based on 2007-08 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 Appendix A: 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 2008-09 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 2008; and Spring 2001 through Spring 2008. (This table was prepared August 2009.)