Special Fees
Fuel. — Wood was charged at cost in the early dormitories. The use of college buildings as dormitories was discontinued in the 1850's.
The University of Michigan, an encyclopedic survey ... Wilfred B. Shaw, editor.
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- The University of Michigan, an encyclopedic survey ... Wilfred B. Shaw, editor.
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- 1941-
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"The University of Michigan, an encyclopedic survey ... Wilfred B. Shaw, editor." In the digital collection The University of Michigan, An Encyclopedic Survey. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AAS3302.0004.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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| Year | Room | Board | Board and Room |
| 1847-48 | $5.00-$7.50* 1.1 | ..... | ..... |
| 1859-60 | ..... | ..... | $2.00-$3.60 |
| 1867-68 | ..... | ..... | 3.00- 6.00 |
| 1870-71 | 0.75- 2.00 | $1.50- 2.00 | 3.00- 5.00 |
| 1905-6 | 0.75- 2.00 | 2.50- 3.00 | 3.50- 6.00 |
| 1910-11 | 0.75- 2.75 | 3.00- 4.00 | 3.50- 6.00 |
| 1915-16 | 1.00- 3.00 | 3.50- 4.50 | 4.00- 6.00 |
| 1917-19* 1.2 | 2.00- 4.00 | 4.00- 5.00 | 6.00- 8.00 |
| 1925-26 | 4.50 | 7.00 | ..... |
| 1931-32 | 4.50 | 8.00 | ..... |
| 1933-34 | 2.00- 4.00 | 3.50- 6.50 | ..... |
| Year | Room | Board | Board and Room |
| 1936-37 | $120 | $195 | |
| 1940-41 | 150 | 230 | |
| 1945-46 | 170 | 340 | |
| 1950-51* 1.3 | $560 | ||
| 1951-52 | 630 | ||
| 1952-63 | 650 | ||
| 1954-55 | 700 | ||
| 1955-56 | 750 |
Matriculation Fee. — Until 1880-81 this was called the "admission fee." In the beginning it was ten dollars for all students. The Catalogue of 1864-65 announces a change to ten dollars for residents of Michigan and twenty dollars for all others; that of 1866-67 gives the figures as ten dollars and twenty-five dollars, respectively. These rates were charged until 1935-36, when the matriculation fee was absorbed in the semester fee.
Diploma. — A general diploma fee of ten dollars, which appears in the 1882-83 Catalogue, was charged until 1935-36, when it was also absorbed in the semester fee. Previously, two dollars had been charged for a medical diploma (Cat., 1851-52); the teacher's certificate, two dollars, was first mentioned in the 1907-8 Calendar, Business Administration certificates in 1918-19, and Journalism and Geology certificates in 1922-23.
Deposits against Damage. — In the early years a deposit of one dollar was required of medical students.
Laboratory Fees. — These were first mentioned in the Calendar for 1880-81. "Demonstration courses" in Medicine at ten dollars per course were listed in catalogues from 1898-99 through 1915-16.
Summer Session Fees. — These fees first appeared in the Calendar of 1897-98. A ten dollar fee for a summer surveying course first appeared in the 1905-6 Calendar.
Gymnasium Locker Fees. — A fee of two dollars first appeared in the Calendar of 1898-99. A special Palmer Field fee of one dollar was charged in 1909-10. Beginning in 1912-13 an outdoor physical education fee of five dollars was charged for all students; this was absorbed in the annual fee in 1913-14. Locker fees are still charged.
Library Fees. — A fee of two dollars was charged law students, according to the Calendar of 1903-4, and all students from 1910-11; this was absorbed in the annual fee in 1913-14.
Health Service Fee. — A fee of two dollars (fifty cents for the summer session) was listed in the 1911-12 Calendar. This was absorbed in the annual fee in 1913-14.
Notes
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* 1.1
Yearly charge for rent and janitor service in the college dormitories until discontinued.
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* 1.2
No rates for board, room, and the like are listed in the catalogues from 1920-21 through 1924-25; only an estimate of total expense is given.
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* 1.3
As of 1948-49 room and board amounts were not segregated.