 | University of Virginia record February, 1910 |  |
EXPENSES.
All tuition fees, University fees, the contingent deposits, rents of
rooms in the University Buildings, and charges for service in the same,
are payable upon entrance. Under special conditions the President is
authorized to allow credit; but these deferred payments are in all cases
to be properly secured.
Students permitted to register during a term are required to pay
the full fees for the term in which they register.
Under no circumstances will there be a return of fees except upon
certificate from the University Physician that withdrawal from the
University is necessary on account of the student's illness, which must
not be due to dissolute conduct. Upon receipt of the University Physician's
certificate, the President will return the fees, pro rata.
A student's necessary expenses are as follows:
I. University Charges, which are the same for all students, except
College and Graduate students from Virginia, as stated in a following
paragraph;
II. School Fees, which depend upon the course of study pursued;
III. Cost of Living, board, etc.
I. University Charges.—Under the first head are included (a)
University fee, $40 ($10 for Virginians in Academic Departments), and
(b) the contingent deposit, $10; as well as (c) the special Entrance
Examination fee of five dollars, (d) the delinquent registration fee of
three dollars, and (e) a fee for reöxamination in any subject where any
of these is incurred.
(a) The University Fee goes to the fund intended to defray the
general expenses of the University. Payment of this fee entitles the
student, without additional charge, to the use of the Library; to the
privileges of the Gymnasium, with baths, private lockers, etc., and the
advice and aid of the Instructor in Physical Culture; and to free medical
attendance by the University Physician in cases of illness, including,
if needed, care and nursing in a well-equipped hospital maintained
on the University grounds, under the limitations stated in a preceding
paragraph. It also covers all regular examination and diploma fees.
(b) The Contingent Deposit is liable for any damage to the University
property for which the student is responsible, or for violations of
session, less any charges that may have been made against it; it is,
therefore, not necessarily an expense, although mentioned in this connection.
From this deposit there will be deducted the sum of $2 for the
support of the Chapel Services and General Religious Work of the
University, unless within one month after registration the student shall
request the Bursar not to deduct this contribution. It will be observed that
this amount also (which is less than the average contribution made by
the students who have given toward the Chapel Fund in past years)
is not a necessary expense, as the support of the religious work of the
University is left entirely to the option of the students and professors.
This method of collection is intended merely as a substitute for the canvass
formerly made, and it is the desire of the Faculty that the students
will thus unite with them in sustaining the religious work of the University.
(c) The Special Entrance Examination Fee of five dollars is required
of all applicants for admission to the University by examination
who for good reason are unable to be present at the regular entrance
examinations on the dates as set forth on p. 70 of the catalogue,
All candidates who take entrance examinations on the regular dates,
are examined free of charge.
(d) The Delinquent Registration Fee of three dollars is charged
where the student or candidate, through carelessness or other inadequate
reason, fails to present himself for registration, during the first
three days of the session; or where the student fails to register with
the Dean of his Department, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m.
on the first week day after the expiration of the Christmas Recess,
unless his late return be due to illness or like providential cause.
(e) The Re-examination Fee: A student of the College who attains
in any course a grade below 75 per cent. but not below 65 per
cent. may, upon the written recommendation of the Professor in
charge, be admitted by the Faculty at their final meeting in June, to
re-examination upon that course, during the registration week of
the following September. The fee for each re-examination shall be
$5.00 payable to the Bursar on or before the 15th day of July.
II. School Fees.—Under the second head is comprised the charge
for instruction, including the Tuition Fees proper, and in some cases,
the cost of apparatus and materials consumed in laboratory work.
In the Academic Departments the tuition fee for one School is $50;
for two, $30 each; for three or more, $25 each; except that in
Analytical Chemistry the charge for tuition and materials for one
and for apparatus, about $15. In the Chemistry courses for undergraduates,
a laboratory fee of $10 is charged, and apparatus and
materials are furnished at cost. The charges for a graduate course in
Chemistry are: Tuition, $50; laboratory fee, $10; apparatus and material
are furnished at cost. In the Physics Courses a laboratory fee
of $5 is charged. The fee for agricultural Chemistry is $15, but this
course is free to students in the Schools of Chemistry, to Virginia
students, and to unmatriculated farmers; and in Zoölogy or Comparative
Anatomy there is a laboratory fee, for materials, of $10 in the
undergraduate courses and $20 in the graduate courses.
Students from Virginia.—In compliance with the statute (Virginia
Code 1887, Ch. 68, Sec. 1554), the University offers to white male
students from Virginia who are sixteen years or more of age, instruction,
without charge for tuition, in all the Schools of the Academic
Departments (excepting the laboratory courses in Chemistry
and Physics), subject to the conditions stated below. Such students
are required to pay the University fee for Virginia students in the
Academic department of $10 and make the usual contingent deposit.
They are also required to pay the regular laboratory charges for
materials, etc., in the courses of study where such charges occur. If
they occupy rooms on the University grounds they are of course
subject to the usual charges for rent and service. The saving to
Virginia students varies from $90 to $130, according to the number of
Schools elected.
To be entitled to free tuition as a Virginia student under the above
mentioned statute, it is necessary that the applicant's parents be
domiciled in the State if he be under twenty-one years of age; if he
has attained his majority, it is necessary that he himself be domiciled
here. One is domiciled in the State who is living in it at the time the
application is made and has no present intention of removing therefrom
in the future, or who, though absent from the State, has not lost
his former domicile by acquiring one elsewhere. No other person
can honestly avail himself of this privilege.
White Male Teachers and Superintendents of the Public Schools
of Virginia will be admitted, during the last three months of the session,
to the Schools of the Academic Departments of the University
without payment of fees, upon presentation of certificates that they
have been teachers in the Public Schools of the State during the year.
Immediately after the Spring Examinations any of the following
courses may be entered upon with profit by an applicant prepared for
them: Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, German, English, English Literature
and Rhetoric, History, Moral Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy,
Botany. Special courses for teachers will be offered in English and
Mathematics, and perhaps in several other subjects during the approaching
spring term, if the demand for them is sufficient.
Applicants for admission as teachers are required to send in their
names to the President of the University not later than March 5th.
Lodgings can be had near the University. The only necessary expense
will be for board, lights, and washing, which will together cost
from $5 to $7 a week.
Privileged Students.—Ministers of the gospel may attend any of
the Academic Schools of the University without the payment of tuition
fees. The same privileges will be extended to any young man
who submits testimonials that he is an approved candidate for the
ministry, and unable to meet the expenses of education at the University
without aid.
| FOR VIRGINIANS | FOR NON-VIRGINIANS | |||||
| Low | Aver. | Liberal | Low | Aver. | Liberal | |
| University Fee | $ 10 | $ 10 | $ 10 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 |
| Tuition (three courses) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
| Room, Heat, Light and Janitor Service |
30 | 66 | 90 | 30 | 66 | 90 |
| (Two in room) |
(Two in room) |
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| Board | 113 | 135 | 171 | 113 | 135 | 171 |
| Books | 10 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 26 |
| Laundry | 14 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| Furniture | 10 | 13 | Furnished | 13 | 13 | Furnished |
| $187 | $259 | $315 | $295 | $364 | $420 | |
For students registered in certain courses laboratory fees should be added to
estimate above made as follows:
| Analytical Chemistry | $10 | (about) |
| Chemistry | 10 | |
| Physics | 5 | |
| Zoölogy or Comparative Anatomy | ||
| Undergraduate | 10 | |
| Graduate | 20 |
A breakage deposit of $5 is also required in each of the chemistry courses for
undergraduates. Graduate courses in Analytical Chemistry are not included in those
courses in which tuition is free to Virginia Students.
In the Department of Law the tuition fee for each regular year's
course is $100, in addition to the University fee of $40. The privilege
of free tuition to Virginians, is confined, by legislative act, to students of
the Academic Department. For selected courses, the fee is estimated according
to the proportion which the work chosen bears to the whole.
For such irregular courses, the fee may be estimated approximately,
by multiplying the number of lecture periods in the courses taken,
by 30, and dividing by 100. The result will approximately represent
the fee in dollars.
| LOW | AVERAGE | LIBERAL | |
| University Fee | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 |
| Tuition (Regular Course) | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Room, Heat, Light, and Janitor Service. | 30 | 66 | 90 |
| (Two in room) |
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| Board | 113 | 135 | 171 |
| Books | 45 | 55 | 65 |
| Laundry | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| Furniture | 10 | 13 | Furnished |
| $352 | $427 | $484 |
In the Department of Medicine the fee first year is $110; for the
second year, $100; for the third year, $80, and for the fourth year, $60.
| LOW | AVERAGE | LIBERAL | |
| University Fee | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 |
| Tuition (average for four years) | 88 | 88 | 88 |
| Room, Heat, Light, and Janitor Service. | 30 | 66 | 90 |
| (Two in room) |
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| Board | 113 | 135 | 171 |
| Books | 15 | 20 | 25 |
| Laundry | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| Furniture, etc., | 10 | 13 | Furnished |
| $310 | $380 | $432 |
In the Department of Engineering the fee for Applied Mathematics
the same as in the Academic Departments—except for students who
attend the regular course of instruction for a degree in Engineering as
laid down in the programme, pp. 213-223. For these students the fee
for tuition is $90 for the first year, $80 for the second, $70 for the
third, and $60 for the fourth. A laboratory fee of $10 is charged in
General Chemistry Course 1; an additional charge of $60 is made for
materials and instruction in Analytical Chemistry to students of Mining
Engineering. The payment of the Department fee entitles the
student not only to attend all the regular courses for one year, but also to
take over, without additional charge, such courses of any previous
year as he may have failed to complete. Virginians are entitled to a
reduction of $45 a year from the charges.
| FOR VIRGINIANS | FOR NON-VIRGINIANS | |||||
| Low | Aver. | Liberal | Low | Aver. | Liberal | |
| University Fee | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 |
| Tuition (aver. for four yrs.) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
| Room, Heat, Light and Janitor Service |
30 | 66 | 90 | 30 | 66 | 90 |
| (Two in room) |
(Two in room) |
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| Board | 113 | 135 | 171 | 113 | 135 | 171 |
| Books & Drawing Materials | 18 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 25 |
| Laundry | 14 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| Furniture (Rented) | 10 | 13 | Furnished | 10 | 13 | Furnished |
| $255 | $322 | $374 | $300 | $367 | $419 | |
For students registered in certain courses, laboratory fees should be added to
estimate above made as follows:
| Analytical Chemistry | $10 | (about) |
| Chemistry | 10 | |
| Physics | 5 |
A breakage deposit of $5 is also required in each of the chemistry courses for
undergraduates. Tuition in graduate courses in Analytical Chemistry is not free
to Virginia Students.
In the Department of Agriculture the fees are the same as in the
Academic Departments.
III. Cost of Living.—Under the third head fall the expenses of
living and the cost of books and stationery.
A student may, either alone or with a room-mate, rent a dormitory,
and take his meals in the University Commons, or in an approved
private boarding-house; or he may take both room and board in such
boarding-house, in which case he pays no room-rent or servant's hire
to the University. The price of University rooms ranges, according
to their desirability, from $30 to $50 for the session, exclusive of heat
and light; the large majority rent for $40; but there are a few single
rooms at $30, and a few whose price is above that of the majority. If
two students occupy one room, each pays half the rent; the University
charge for service is $9 per session for each student, whether there be
one or two in a room.
The minimum cost of furnishing a room may be placed at $15,
fuel and lights combined cost $25 for the session, and washing from
$1.50 upward per month. With strict economy the cost of board, fuel,
lights, service, and laundry can be brought within $15 a month as an
average for the session. Rooms and board may be had in private
families or boarding-houses at varying prices.
The cost of books and stationery varies much with the branches
studied. It is probably greatest in the Department of Law, where, for
the entire three years' course, it amounts to about $165. But in this
department as in that of Medicine, the books purchased form the necessary
nucleus of a professional library, and their cost does not belong
to transient expenses.
Virginia Students' Loan Fund.—The Virginia Students' Loan
Fund was established by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia,
approved March 14, 1908, and amounts each year to one per cent (1%)
of the annual appropriation made by the Legislature for the support
of the University. In accordance with the terms of this act, loans will
be made "to needy and deserving students of talent and character, from
Virginia, in the Academic Departments," in amounts not to exceed
$100 in any one session to the same student, at an annual rate of
interest of 4 per centum. The applicant for such loan must have complied
with all the requirements for admission to the College or to the
Department of Graduate Studies. For further information regarding
such loans, apply to the Bursar, University, Virginia.
The Harvard Loan Fund.—The Harvard Loan Fund was established
in February, 1909, by an alumnus of Harvard University, who
gave to the University of Virginia the sum of $5000, as an evidence of
the friendship and kindly relation existing between the two institutions.
Loans from this fund will be made to needy and deserving
of the University, in amounts not to exceed $100 in any one
session to the same student, at an annual rate of interest of 4 per centum.
The applicant must have complied with all requirements for admission
to the University. Further information regarding such loans
will be furnished on application to the Bursar, University, Virginia.
Student Self-Help.—In addition to the Loan Funds above mentioned,
opportunity is also afforded as far as possible to those who are
desirous of helping themselves by their own industry, and it may be
safely stated that any student with sufficient resources to carry him
through the first half of the session, can be reasonably sure of obtaining
work enough to pay living expenses and university fees for the remainder
of the college year. While it is difficult for any student to be
assured of remunerative work before he reaches the University, correspondence
with reference to such employment may be had by addressing
the Secretary of the Committee on Student Self-Help, Madison
Hall.
The University Commons.—This building conveniently situated
near the center of the University, provides an attractive Dining Hall,
with accommodations for more than 250 students at once. Board is
furnished at a rate not exceeding $15 per month, which means that
students in straitened circumstances need not be deprived of daily association
with their more fortunate fellows. The Commons is the
means of greatly reducing a student's living expenses at the University.
| University of Virginia record February, 1910 | |