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.
6) 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.