reported gifts above $100,000 received during 1917-18, amounting The total value of all property owned by universities, colleges, and professional schools is shown for biennial dates in Table 1. These totals lack significance unless per capitas or average values are secured. Figure 16 shows the average value of all property per student (total enrollment) and the corresponding average per institution. In 1890 the average value of property per student was only $542, while in 1918 it had increased to $1,396. (The last average is unusually high, since the war reduced the student body slightly.) The increase per student has been, therefore, 158 per cent within this period. In other phraseology, the average value of property per student is now over two and one-half times what it was 28 years ago. The average value of property per institution increased from AVERAGE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY PER STUDENT. : $129,183 in 1890 to $945,530 in 1918. The increase in the importance of an institution as measured by property values has been 632 per cent within the last 28 years. The average college or university of to-day has property valued at about $1,000,000, exclusive of productive endowment funds. FIG. 16.-The average value of property in universities, colleges, and professional schools, 1917-18. PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. As shown in Table 15, in schools of theology, 8,574 men and 780 women were enrolled; 10,998 men and 822 women in schools of law; 13,160 men and 643 women in schools of medicine; 1,250 men, in veterinary medicine, 8,185 men and 129 women in schools of dentistry, and 3,597 men and 456 women in schools of pharmacy. These totals include all students in professional departments of colleges and universities and in independent professional schools. In 1916 the schools of theology enrolled 11,291 men and 760 women; schools of law, 22,306 men and 687 women; schools of medicine, 14,105 men and 662 women; schools of veterinary medicine, 3,064 men; schools of dentistry, 10,521 men and 194 women; and schools of pharmacy, 5,688 men and 346 women. Within this period of two years the number of students in schools of theology decreased by 2,797; in law schools, by 15,173; in medical schools, by 965; in schools of veterinary medicine, by 1,814; in schools of dentistry, by 2,041; and in schools of pharmacy, by 1,981. These enormous decreases were undoubtedly due to war conditions. The medical schools were least affected of any of the professional schools during this period. An order of the War Department permitted medical and dental students to complete their course and exempted them temporarily from the operation of the draft laws. As shown in Table 21, schools of theology conferred 816 degrees on men and 12 on women; schools of law, 2,272 degrees on men and 97 on women; schools of medicine, 2,339 degrees on men and 84 on women; schools of veterinary medicine, 475 degrees on men; schools of dentistry, 2,601 degrees on men and 33 on women; and schools of pharmacy, 1,037 degrees on men and 13 on women. The number of degrees conferred by these professional schools is considerably less than the number conferred in 1916, as shown below, except in dentistry; in theology, 2,090; in law, 4,323; in medicine, 3,436; in veterinary medicine, 759; and in pharmacy, 1,796. In dentistry the number of degrees conferred in 1918 was greater than the number conferred in 1916, which was only 1,852. The total number of degrees conferred by these professional schools in 1916 was 14,256, while the corresponding number conferred in 1918 was only 9,863, or a decrease of almost 31 per cent. TUITION FEES IN LAW, MEDICINE, AND DENTISTRY. The annual tuition rates charged in schools of law, medicine, and dentistry are exhibited in figure 17. The most usual fee charged in schools of law is in the $100 group; while the most frequent ones charged for medical courses and courses in dentistry fall in the $150 group. One school charges $200 for a law course, a school of medicine charges $250, and a school of dentistry charges $210. The tuition fees charged in schools of law and schools of medicine are scattered over a wide range, while greater uniformity prevails among schools offering courses in dentistry. |