University of Virginia Library

EXPENSES OF REGULAR STUDENTS.

The expenses of a student of Engineering will vary slightly with his
year of residence, largely with his personal habits. The following estimates
presuppose a reasonable economy, equally removed from parsimony
on the one hand and from profusion on the other. They may be somewhat
reduced by strict economy. They may be largely and disastrously
augmented by extravagance.

The average annual expense of a student who pursues the regular
course of the Engineering Department will be:

               

University Fee	$ 40
Department Fee (average of four years)	70
Living Expenses (for nine months)	225
Books and Drawing Materials	20
Incidental Expenses (for nine months)	45
Total for outside students	$400
Deduction for Virginians	45
Total for Virginians	$355

Strict economy may reduce the living expenses from $25 a month, as
estimated above, to $18 or $20, and may take off something also from incidental
expenses. A more liberal estimate will increase them by about the
same amount. We should thus have the following average annual
allowances:

     

ANNUAL ALLOWANCES.	MIN.	MEAN.	MAX.
Outside students	$320	$400	$480
Virginians	275	355	435

These estimates are exclusive of clothing and traveling expenses,
items which vary too much to be introduced into any general estimate.

The University Fee of $40 is paid by every student. It entitles
the student to the free use of the Library, and of the Gymnasium; to the
advice and direction of the Instructor in Physical Culture; to free medical
advice and attendance by the Health Officers of the University; to the
facilities of the University Hospital in case of need; and it covers all fees
for examinations, diplomas, and degrees.

The Department Fee is $90 for the First Year course, $75 for the
Second, $60 for the Third, $55 for the Fourth, and thus averages $70. It
covers the tuition and laboratory fees for all the classes (except Analytical
Chemistry). It entitles the student also to take over again without additional
charge any single course of the previous year which he may have
failed to complete. But students, who fail in two or more of the courses
of any year, are required to pay the fee of that year and take those courses
over. Only students who follow the regular programme of studies are
granted the reduced department fee. Virginians are entitled to free tuition
in the Academical Schools, and are therefore allowed a deduction of $45
a year.

The item of Living Expenses includes board, lodging, fuel, lights,
servant, and laundry. A fair average allowance is $25 a month. Severe

economy may reduce it to $18. Ample generosity would place it at $32,
but no higher.

The Books, Drawing Instruments, Drawing Materials and Stationery
will cost about $80 for the four-year course, an average of $20
a year. It is wise economy for the young engineer to buy good instruments
and to collect during his college life a few good books, as the
nucleus of his professional library.

The Incidental Expenses of the student ought to be kept within
modest bounds. The allowances made above are liberal enough. Large
expenditures as a rule promote idleness and attract companions of the
baser sort.

The items payable at entrance are the University Fee of $40, the
Department Fee, and a Contingent Deposit of $10 to cover library
fines and damage to apparatus, if such should occur. The last item is
credited in the student's final settlement with the Bursar. The First Year
Student of Engineering should bring with him about $200 to meet these
charges and cover the initial payments for books, instruments, room, furniture,
board, and so on.