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Expenses.
A student's expenses consist of (1) those University charges which are the same
for all students; (2) those, also of the University, which depend upon the course
of study pursued; and (3) the cost of living.
1. Under the first head are included:
| Matriculation fee | $40.00. |
| Contingent deposit | 10.00. |
The Matriculation or 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 members
of the Medical Faculty in case of illness, including, if needed, care and nursing
in a well equipped Infirmary maintained on the University grounds for students
only. It also covers all diploma fees.
The Contingent Deposit is liable for any damage to University property for
which the student is responsible, or for violations of Library or other University
rules. It is returned at the end of the ses-ion, less any charges that may have
been made against it: it is, therefore, not necessarily an expense, although mentioned
in this connection.
2. 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 for
laboratory work.
In the Academic Department 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 is $50 and for apparatus about $10 for one course, and
for both courses pursued the same year $100 for tuition and materials and about
$15 for apparatus; the charges for a graduate course in Chemistry are, tuition
$50, materials about $10, apparatus about $10; the fee for Agricultural Chem-
istry is $15, but this course is free to students in the School of Chemistry and
to unmatriculated farmers; and there is a laboratory fee for materials of $10 in
the B. A. course and of $20 in the M. A. course in Comparative Anatomy. The
tuition fees in the Academic Department are remitted to Virginia students, to
public school teachers of the State, and to ministers of the gospel under conditions
which are stated at length at the close of this section.
In the Department of Engineering the fee for Applied Mathematics is $50; for
other subjects, the same as in the Academic Department.
In the Department of Agriculture the fees are the same as in the Academic
Department.
In the Department of Medicine the fee for the first year is $120; second year,
$100; third year, $60. The special fees for single subjects are, Medical Chemistry,
$30; Biology (including materials), $40; Anatomy (including materials), $50;
Regional Anatomy (including materials), $10; Pathology (including Pathogenic
Therapeutics, $15; Obstetrics (with manikin work), $20; Gyecology (with
clinics), $15; Surgery (with clinics), $35; Practice of Medicine (with clinics),
$30; Hygiene, $10; Medical Jurisprudence, $10.
In the Department of Law the fee for each regular year's course or for any five
classes is $100; more than five classes (combining first and second year's courses),
$115; four classes, $85; three classes, $65; two classes, $40; one class, $25; except
that the fee for Constitutional Law is $20, and for International Law and Criminal
Law, each $15.
3. 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 with a Mess Club, or in a University Hotel, 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 nor servant's hire to the University. The price
of University rooms ranges, according to their desirability, from $25 to $40 for
the session: the large majority rent for $30; but there are a few single rooms at
$25, 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 $20; fuel and lights
cost about $25 for the session, and washing from $1.50 upward per month. With
the strictest economy the cost of board, fuel, lights, service, and laundry can be
bought within $18 a month as an average for the session. Rooms and board may
be had in private families or boarding houses at varying prices, but good accommodations
cannot be obtained at a cost materially below the estimate just given.
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 two years
course, it amounts to about $90. 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.
The following table will enable the prospective student to form an approximate
estimate of the cost of a year at the University. It of course makes no account
of clothing and other personal expenses, or of the cost of travel. The contingent
fee is omitted, as not necessarily involving expenditure.
| Univ. Fee. | Tuition. | Books, etc. | Living. | Total. | |
| Academic: | $40 | [1] $75 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | [1]$265 to $400 |
| (for three schools) | |||||
| Engineering: | $40 | $100 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | $290 to $425 |
| Agriculture: | $40 | $75 | $15 to $25 | $135 to $270 | $265 to $400 |
| Medicine: | $40 | $120 | $20 | $135 to $270 | $315 to $450 |
| (the first year) | |||||
| Law: | $40 | $100 | $45 | $135 to $270 | $320 to $455 |
Matriculation fees, the contingent deposits, rent of rooms in the University
buildings, and service for the same are payable upon entrance.
Students from Virginia.—In compliance with the statute (Virginia Code 1887,
Ch. 68, § 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 Department (excepting in the special courses in
Chemistry), subject to the conditions stated below. Such students are required
to pay the Matriculation fee and make the usual Contingent deposit. They are
also required to pay the regular laboratory charges for materials, etc., in 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 $60 to $100 according to the number of
Schools elected.
The Faculty are required by the law above referred to to satisfy themselves in
the case of each applicant, either by actual examinations or by a diploma or certificate
from some college or preparatory school, that he has made such proficiency
in each branch of study which he proposes to pursue as will enable him to avail
himself of the advantages offered by the University. Examinations for admission
in accordance with the terms of this law are required as follows. The examinations
are held at the beginning of the session; due announcement is made of the
hour and place of each:
1. For admission to the School of Latin, on forms, syntax, and Books i, ii of Cæsar's
Commentaries, with Cicero's Orations against Catiline.
2. For admission to the School of Greek, on forms, syntax, and three Books of
Xenophon.
3. For admission to the School of Mathematics, Geometry, Algebra, and Plane
Trigonometry.
For admission to the other Schools, a good English education is alone required.
To be entitled to free tuition as a Virginia student it is necessary that the
applicant's parents be bona fide residents of the State if he be under twenty-one
years of age; if he has attained his majority it is necessary that he be a bona fide
resident. A resident of the State is one who is living in it at the time the application
is made and has no present intentions of removing therefrom in the future.
No other person can honestly avail himself of this privilege.
Privileged Students.—Ministers of the gospel may attend any of the Literary
or Scientific Schools of the University without the payment of tuition fees. 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 the expenses of
education at the University without aid.
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 Department 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. Applicants for admission are requested to send in their
names to the Chairman of the Faculty not later than March 5. Lodgings can be
had near the University. The only necessary expenses will be for board, lights,
and washing, which will together cost from $5 to $7 a week.
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