Gone are the days when university education was
free! It now costs a fortune to have your child educated in a private
university. Parents part with as much as N3 million per year for their
child to earn a degree in a private university. The advent of missionary
schools has not even helped matters.
BABCOCK UNIVERSITY
This
is a private Christian co-educational university owned and operated by
the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Nigeria. The university was
established as the Adventist College of West Africa (ACWA) in 1957.
Their school fee ranges from N620,000 to N3 million.
In Babcock
University, your meal and hostel defines your fee. It offers two and
three daily meal services. And for accommodation, there are three to
seven students in a room. When it comes to accommodation, it depends on
your choice. Either it is regular (7 in a room), premium (4 in a room)
or classic (3 or 2 in a room).
Here is a breakdown of Babcock
school fees: Medicine: N3 million, Law: N2 million, Accounting: N1.5
million, Nursing: N1 million, other faculties: N860,000 – N620,000.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA (ABTI)
ABTI
is the first Nigerian university with American structure and
curriculum. It is in north eastern Nigeria, Yola, capital of Adamawa
State. At ABTI, students pay as much as N1,378,500 to receive quality
education. Parents, however, pay in dollars.
For tuition: $6,600
(N990,000), meals: $1,900 (285,000), four in a room: $500 (N75,000),
private room: $1,900 – N285,000). In total, it amounts to N1,378,500 per
annum.
Accommodation and feeding are taken care by the school.
AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY
Afe
Babalola University is a private higher institution in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti
State. It was established in 2009 by Nigeria’s foremost lawyer and
legal icon, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN). The fee covers tuition,
development levy, ICT, ID card, medical, sports, PTCF levy, course
registration, caution fee and accommodation which is either four per
room or two per room.
Here is a breakdown of their school fees:
For Engineering: N925,000 (4 beds) and N1,075,000 (2 beds).
Health Science: N725,000 (4 beds) and N875,000 (2 beds)
Sciences: N675,000 (4 beds) and N825,000 (2 beds)
Social Management Science: N675,000 (4 beds) and N825,000 (2 beds)
The fee ranges from N675,000 to N1,075,000 annually. There is no provision for feeding.
IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY
The
university came into existence following the presentation of
certificate of approval on May 16, 1999. Thus, it became the first
licensed private university in Nigeria. The tuition ranges from N540,000
to N820,000 without feeding.
For Medicine, Pharmacy, Law and
Engineering, they pay a tuition of N610,000, accommodation: N100,000 and
other facilities: N110,000.
BOWEN UNIVERSITY
It
is owned and operated by the Nigerian Baptist Convention, at Iwo in
Osun State and opened November 4, 2002. The tuition fee ranges from
N500,000 to N750,000 per annum. The university is only responsible for
accommodation and tuition. Students are made to buy their food from the
cafeteria.
CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY
Crawford
University is a private Christian institution in Igbesa, Nigeria. It was
established in 2005. The school provides accommodation for students but
does not provide feeding. Parents only pay for tuition, accommodation
and some additional charges. The school fee ranges from N400,000 to
N600,000.
REDEEMER’S UNIVERSITY
Redeemer’s
University is a Christian school located in Redemption City, Ogun State,
Nigeria. It was opened in 2005. At Redeemers, Natural Science pays
N605,000, Management Sciences; N575,000 and Humanities pays N545,000.
All this fees are paid without feeding but tuition and accommodation. We
can see that the fees range from N500,000 to N650,000 per annum.
