Most Expensive Private Universities In Nigeria Unveiled

Encomium 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.
ENCOMIUM Weekly presents to you the second
part of
the most expensive private universities in
Nigeria.
1) 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.
2) 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.
3) 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.
4) 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.
5) 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.
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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.
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