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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\1\ .|   6,247 |12,391 |  15,059 | 13,808 |  10,800 | 15,688 |  8,432 | 18,252 |    7,708 |12,386 |  5,593
1995-96\2\ .|   6,732 |12,559 |  16,053 | 14,619 |  11,522 | 16,607 |  9,001 | 18,552 |    8,132 |13,237 |  5,956
            |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
 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 ....|   3,050 |   --- |   7,525 |  8,329 |   5,325 |  8,640 |  3,567 |    --- |    6,107 | 4,835 |    ---
1994-95\1\ .|   3,250 |   --- |   7,985 |  8,807 |   5,676 |  9,123 |  3,787 |    --- |    6,638 | 5,300 |    ---
1995-96\2\ .|   3,459 |   --- |   8,602 |  9,518 |   6,266 |  9,498 |  4,151 |    --- |    7,030 | 5,813 |    ---
            |         |       |         |        |         |        |        |        |          |       |
  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\1\ .|  11,338 |12,391 |  24,749 | 21,820 |  14,619 | 18,440 | 15,705 | 18,252 |   18,163 |16,227 |  5,593
1995-96\2\ .|  12,170 |12,559 |  26,260 | 22,958 |  15,438 | 19,586 | 16,595 | 18,552 |   18,900 |17,260 |  5,956
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1 Preliminary first-professional figures based on 1993-94 graduates.

2 Preliminary graduate figures based on fall 1994 data and first-professional figures based on 1993-94 graduates.

3 Data are based on in-state tuition only.

---Data not available or not applicable.

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 reporting no tuition. 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 September 1996.)