University of Virginia Library

EXPENSES.

The University fee, tuition and laboratory fees, the contingent deposit, rent
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 that term.

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 ill health, 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 Virginians
in the College, the Department of Graduate Studies, and the Department
of Engineering;

II. Department Fees, which depend upon the course of study pursued;

III. Board and Lodging, the cost of which varies according to the degree
of economy the student is inclined to practice.

I. UNIVERSITY CHARGES.

Under the first head are included (a) the university fee, $40 ($10 for Virginians
in the Academic Departments, $20 for Virginians in the Department of
Engineering), and (b) the contingent deposit, $10; as well as (c) certain
special fees which may or may not be incurred, namely: 1. The special entrance
examination fee of five dollars; 2. The delayed registration fee of three dollars;
3. The reëxamination fee of five dollars.

(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 Physical Training
Staff; and to free medical attendance by the University Physician in case of
illness (see page 13). It also covers all regular examination and dilpoma fees.

(b) The contingent deposit is intended to cover any damage to university
property for which the student is responsible, and any fines incurred by violating
the rules of the Library. It is returned at the end of the session, less any
charges that may have been made against it.

From this deposit there will be deducted the sum of two dollars 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 amount. It will be observed that this sum (which is less than
the average contribution made by the students who have subscribed to the
chapel fund in past years) is not a necessary expense, as the support of the
religious work of the University is entirely optional. 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 thus unite with them in maintaining the
religious work of the University.

(c) 1. The special entrance examination fee of five dollars is required
of any candidate admitted to a special entrance examination.

2. The delayed registration fee of three dollars is required of any student
who fails to register promptly at the beginning of the session or after the
Christmas recess.

3. The reëxamination fee of five dollars is required of any student admitted
to reëxamination in the college.

II. DEPARTMENT FEES.

Under this head are comprised the charges for instruction, which include
the tuition fee and laboratory fees. As these differ in different departments,
they are set forth below in tabular form, and for the sake of convenience the
university charges above specified are grouped with them.

Students from Virginia.—In accordance with the statute (Virginia Code
1887, Ch. 68, Sec. 1554), the University remits to Virginia students in the
Academic Departments the tuition fee (except in Analytical Chemistry) and
all but $10 of the university fee; and to Virginia students in the Department
of Engineering the tuition fee in those courses (except Analytical Chemistry),
which are also offered in the College, and one-half the university fee.

In order to be considered a Virginia student, 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 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
Academic Schools of the University without payment of fees (except those
charged in laboratory courses), upon presentation of certificates that they have
been teachers in the public schools of the State during the year.

At the beginning of the third term any of the following courses may be
entered upon with profit by an applicant prepared for them: Latin, Greek,
French, Spanish, Italian, German, English, English Literature and Rhetoric,
Biblical History and Literature, Public Speaking, History, Economics, Political
Science, Education, Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry,
Industrial Chemistry, Geology, Biology, Botany, and Zoölogy. 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 5.

Ministerial Students.—Ministers of the gospel may attend any of the
Academic Schools of the University without payment of the tuition fee. The
same privilege will be extended to any young man who submits testimonials
that he is an approved candidate for the ministry, and unable to meet without
aid the expense of an education at the University.

TABULATED STATEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY CHARGES AND DEPARTMENT FEES.

A. The College.

         

	Students from Virginia	Students from Other States
University Fee	$10	$ 40
Tuition Fee	0	95
Contingent Deposit	10	10
	$20	$145

Students from other States than Virginia, who, by special permission of the
faculty, take courses aggregating less than fifteen session-hours in any one session,
must pay for tuition, in one School $50, in two Schools $60, in three
Schools $75, in four Schools $95.

In addition to the charges above stated, students taking certain laboratory
courses pay for each course the following fees:[1]

                   

Astronomy B3	$ 5
Biology	5
Botany	5
Chemistry	15[2]
French 1	3
Geology B4	3
German 1	3
Physics	5
Spanish 1	3
Zoölogy	5

B. The Department of Graduate Studies:

         

	Students from Virginia	Students from Other States
University Fee	$10	$ 40
Tuition Fee	0	75 (Average)[3]
Contingent Deposit	10	10
	$20	$125

In addition to the charges above stated, students taking graduate courses in
the natural sciences pay for each course the following fees:

       

Botany	$ 5
Chemistry	[4] 15
Physics C1 or C2	5
Zoölogy	5

C. Courses in Analytical Chemistry:

The courses in Analytical Chemistry, being professional courses, are not
provided for by the regular department fees in the Academic Departments, nor
are they included among the courses in which free tuition is given to Virginias
and other privileged students. The fees for each course in Analytical Chemistry
are:

       

Tuition	$40
Laboratory	10
Apparatus (contingent)	10 (for two courses, $15)
	$60

Students from other states than Virginia taking one or both courses in
Analytical Chemistry in connection with other courses in the College or the
Department of Graduate Studies pay a total tuition fee of $100.

D. Department of Law:

       

University Fee	$ 40
Tuition Fee	100
Contingent Deposit	10
	$150

Students taking an irregular course pay for tuition according to the relation
which the amount of work taken bears to the regular course. For such course
the tuition fee may be estimated approximately in dollars as three-tenths of the
total number of lecture periods.

E. Department of Medicine:

       

University Fee	$ 40
Tuition Fee	100
Contingent Deposit	10
	$150

Students taking courses in Organic and Physiological Chemistry are required
to deposit, in addition to the charges above stated, $10 as a contingent
laboratory fee.

F. Department of Engineering:

         

	Students from Virginia	Students from Other States
University Fee	$20	$ 40
Tuition and Laboratory Fee	65 (Average)	105 (Average)
Contingent Deposit	10	10
	$95	$155

The tuition fee for each collegiate course is $25, with the addition of the
prescribed laboratory charges, which are $5 for each course in Physics and $15
for each course in Chemistry. For courses in Analytical Chemistry, see above.
Virginians are relieved of tuition in collegiate courses. The fee for each technical
lecture course is $30; for each practice course in Drawing, $15; for each
laboratory or practice course in Applied Mechanics, Engineering, Shop-work, or
Field-work, $5. These fees include all charges for laboratory materials, but the
student is held further responsible for breakage.

III. BOARD AND LODGING.

A student may rent a room in one of the university dormitories and take his
meals either 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-hire to the University. A list of private
boarding and lodging houses, with rates, may be had upon application to the
Registrar.

The University Commons.

This building, conveniently situated near the center of the University, provides
an attractive dining hall, with accommodations for seating three hundred
students at one time. Table board is now furnished at $18 per single calendar
month, or, if taken for the entire session, at $17 per month. It is hoped that
it will be possible to continue these rates.

University Dormitories.

Rules.—The rules governing the rental and occupancy of rooms in the
university dormitories are as follows:

Students desiring rooms should apply to the Bursar, enclosing a reservation
fee of $5, which will be returned should there be no room to let.

The occupant of a room may reserve it for the next session by applying to
the Bursar and depositing $5 (which is in no case returnable), not later than
May 1. The balance of the rent must be paid not later than the first registration
day of the session, otherwise such preference or other right shall be forfeited.

No room may be sublet.

Two students may occupy a room together, each paying half the rent.

Rates.—All rooms are rented unfurnished, but the University has arranged
with a local dealer to place in each room the necessary articles, consisting of one
three-piece enameled bed with comfortable springs, one thoroughly sanitary all-cotton

mattress, one good feather pillow, one solid oak six-drawer chiffonier with
mirror, one student rocker with cane seat and back, one student straight chair
and one student table with 24 × 36-inch top. This furniture will be placed in the
room before the opening of the session, thereby having the room ready for
occupancy immediately upon arrival. The student will pay the local dealer $15
per session as rent for the furniture. The rental for the necessary furniture
for a room occupied by two students will be $20. Additional furniture may be
rented if desired. The student should bring bed linen, towels, blankets, etc., or
be prepared to purchase them here.

All rooms are provided with either steam or hot-water heat and electric
light, except where otherwise specified. Janitor service is included in the rate
given, except in the case of the Randall Building.

The rooms on East and West Lawn (with the exception of Bachelors'
Row), East and West Range, and Dawson's Row, are commodious, and are frequently
occupied by two students.

The rates given below are for the session of nine months.

Randall Building.

     

Single rooms, 10 × 14, 10 × 15, 10 × 16 (32)	$35
Double rooms, 14 × 15, 15 × 15, 15 × 17 (9)	40
Double room with study, 9′ 6″ × 11′ 6″ (1)	50

East Range.

   

Rooms in old gymnasium building (8)	$60
Other rooms (26)	72

West Range.

   

Rooms, no heat, but provided with grate (4)	$60
Other rooms (20)	72

East and West Lawns.

   

Rooms in Bachelors' Row (9)	$70
Other rooms (27)	75

Dawson's Row.

 

Rooms (56)

$75

APPROXIMATE SUMMARY OF ALL EXPENSES.

The figures in the following tables may be taken as fairly accurate approximations
of all necessary expenses for a session of nine months. As necessary
expenses are reckoned here university and tuition fees, laboratory fees, lodging,
board, laundry, and books, but not clothing, traveling expenses, or pocket money.
For each department three estimates are given—a low, an average, and a liberal
estimate. The difference in the three depends on the difference of expenditure
for board, lodging, books, and laundry—in other words, on the scale of living
of the individual student. By sharing a room with another student, and by
practicing the strictest economy, a student's expenses may possibly be reduced
below the low estimate.

A.
ESTIMATE OF NECESSARY EXPENSES IN THE COLLEGE.

                   

	Virginians			Non-Virginians
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 10	$ 10	$ 10	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40
Tuition Fee				95	95	95
Laboratory Fees (Average Three Years)	5	5	5	5	5	5
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service	50	90	105	50	90	105
Board	150	200	225	150	200	225
Books	15	25	30	15	25	30
Laundry	15	20	25	15	20	25
Total for Session of Nine Mos.	$245	$350	$400	$370	$475	$525

B.
ESTIMATE OF NECESSARY EXPENSES IN THE GRADUATE DEPARTMENT.

                   

	Virginians			Non-Virginians
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 10	$ 10	$ 10	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40
Tuition Fee				75	75	75
Laboratory Fees (Average Three Years)	5	5	5	5	5	5
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service	50	90	105	50	90	105
Board	150	200	225	150	200	225
Books	15	25	30	15	25	30
Laundry	15	20	25	15	20	25
Total for Session of Nine Mos.	$245	$350	$400	$350	$455	$505

C.
ESTIMATE OF NECESSARY EXPENSES IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF LAW AND MEDICINE.

                 

	Department of Law			Department of Medicine
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40
Tuition Fee (regular course)	100	100	100	100	100	100
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service	50	90	105	50	90	105
Board	150	200	225	150	200	225
Books	45	55	65	25	30	35
Laundry	15	25	30	15	25	30
Total for Session of Nine Mos.	$400	$510	$565	$380	$485	$535

D.
ESTIMATE OF NECESSARY EXPENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING.

                 

	Virginians			Non-Virginians
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 20	$ 20	$ 20	$ 40	$ 40	$ 40
Tuition and Laboratory Fees (Average Four Years)	80	80	80	120	120	120
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture, and Service	50	90	105	50	90	105
Board	150	200	225	150	200	225
Books and Materials	15	20	25	15	20	25
Laundry	15	25	30	15	25	30
Total for Session of Nine Mos.	$330	$435	$485	$390	$495	$545

Student Self-Help.—Every possible opportunity for obtaining remunerative
employment is afforded to students who are desirous of helping by this
means to pay their way through the University, 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 which will pay his
living expenses and university charges for the remainder of the academic
year. While it is difficult for any student to be assured of remunerative work
before he reaches the University, information as to such employment may be
had from the Secretary of the Committee on Student Self-Help, Madison Hall.

For Loan Funds for deserving students, see page 30.