Private Universities School Fees In Nigeria 2024/2025 full list

As much as we don’t want to join millions of Nigerians in the argument of “which one is better between government or private universities,” it won’t be out of place to say that the private-owned universities are in a class of their own.

They arguably offer the best form of education to students when compared to the quality of lectures rendered by government schools.

Why You Should Choose a Private Over Government-owned Universities

• Laudable Learning Facilities : In terms of learning facilities, the private-owned institutions arguably have upper hand over their government-owned counterparts. This is because the proprietor of every university is always ensuring that learning facilities are provided and replaced as at when due unlike the other category where government will delay the provision of learning equipments for a long period of time.

• Uninterrupted Academic Calender : This is another reason why most parents prefer enrolling their children into private schools ahead of Federeal or state universities.

Private schools won’t be affected by ASUU strike or any national crisis, which helps them to stay glue to their academic calendar without any change or delay. This ensures that students have a speedy academic program during their stay at school.

In contrast to the private-owned tertiary institutions, federal and state universities in Nigeria are characterized by regular ASUU strike and other financial-imposed breaks. Thereby, leading to a slow-down in academic calendar and students academic schedule.

• High Competition Amongst Students Which Leads To Higher Success Rate : It is believed that intense competition brings out the best out of every individual because he/she would do everything possible to come out first.

Competition forces every student to read and prepare well for all examinations in order to come up with impressive result. This phenomenon has played a key role in lowering the rate of failure in private schools, and many parents always want to see their children succeed.

One Major Reasons Why Parent Often Ignore Private Institutions

Expensive Tuition Fees: This aspect is one major reason why most parents, especially the low-salary earners, will never think of sending their wards or children to private universities.

These institutions are known for their enormous amount of money that are being paid as school fees. Though the quality of education obviously worth its financial value, many parents aren’t financially buoyant enough to shoulder the responsibilities.

List Of Private Universities In Nigeria and their tuition fees

Having discussed how expensive a private-owned university can be, we are very sure that many parents and students are waiting to know the exact figure in order to schedule how to raise the fund.

This is why we are set to reveal a conclusive list of private universities in the country and their respective tuition fees below:

Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (School Fees)

The list is definitely incomplete without the mention of one of the most reputable private universities in Nigeria. Here are the fees:

Law

• Tuition: N1,000,000
• Other fees sum it all up to be N1,500,000

Medicine and Surgery

• Tuition: N1,250,000
• Other fees sum it all up to be N1,753,000

Engineering

• Tuition: N1,250,000
• Other fees sum it all up to be: N1,752,750

Health Sciences and Agriculture

• Tuition: N902,750

Benson Idahosa, Benin City (School fees)

Tuition fees: N500,000

 Covenant University, Ota (School fees)

Tuition fees: N432,000

Caleb University, Lagos (School fees)

Tuition fees: N505,000

Crescent University Abeokuta, Ogun State (School fees)

Tuition fees: N480,000

Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji (School fees)

Tuition fees: N506,000

Lead City University, Ibadan (School fees)

Tuition fees: N550,500

Novena University Delta State (School fees)

Tuition fees: N400,000

Obong University Nigeria, Obong Ntak (School fees)

Tuition fees: N190,000

Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu – Osun state (School fees)

Tuition fees: N164,000 Naira

Rhema University (School fees)

Tuition fees: N350,000

Veritas university, Abuja (School fees)

Tuition fees: N450,000

Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo (School fees)

The tuition fee and other charges are stated below

• Faculty of Humanities: N500,000
• Faculty of Social and Management sciences: N492,000
• Faculty of Natural Sciences: N507,000
• Acceptance: N50,000

Igbinedion University, Okada (School fees)

The tuition fees ranges from N540,000 to N3 million. Students are responsible for their feeding.

• Medicine: N3million
• Pharmacy: N610,000
• Law: N610,000
• Engineering: N610,000
• Accommodation: N100,000
• Other charges: N110,000.

Crawford University, Igbesa (School fees)

The school fee ranges from N480,000 to N600,000.

Redeemer’s University (School fees)

Break down of fees by department.

• Natural Science – N593,000,
• Management Sciences – N595,000
• Humanities – N553,000
• Law – N813,000

The school only provides accommodation without feeding,

Caritas University, Amorji-Nike, Enugu State (School fees)

Caritas University Enugu School Fees break down.

Management and Social Sciences

• 1st Year – N248,000.
• 2nd Year – N398,000.
• 3rd Year – N398,000.
• 4th Year – N398,000.

Faculty of Engineering

All Engineering courses offered.

• 1 Year – NGN298,000 (annually)
• 2 Year – NGN450,000
• 3 Year – NGN450,000
• 4 Year – NGN450,000
• 5 Year – NGN450,000

Department of Natural Sciences

• 1st Year – N248,000
• 2nd Year – N398,000
• 3rd Year – N398,000
• 4th Year – N398,000

Environmental Studies

• 1st Year – N248,000
• 2nd Year – N398,000
• 3rd Year – N398,000
• 4th Year – N398,000

Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin (School fees)

Tuition fees: N487,000

Paul University, Awka (School fees)

Tuition fees: N300, 000

Wellspring University, Benin, Edo state (School fees)

Tuition fees: N213,750

 McPherson University, Abeokuta (School fees)

Tuition fees: N491, 000

Fountain University, Osogbo (School fees)

Tuition fees: N341, 500

Achievers University, Owo School Fees

Medical Lab science and Nursing Science

• 100 – 200 level: N500,000
• 300 – 400 level: N550,000
• 500 level: N650,000

Natural and Applied Sciences

• 100 – 200 level: N400,000
• 300 – 400 level: N500,000

Social and Management Sciences

• 100 – 200 level: N400,000
• 300 – 400 level: N500,000

  College of Law (New)

• 100 Level: N700, 000

Registration fee per session: N10,000

Accommodation per session: N45,000 – N80,000 (Depending on the number of bed space per room)

Development Levy per session: N20,000

Vocational Training fee per session (100L and 200L): N20,000

American University of Nigeria, Yola School Fees

When converted to Nigerian currency, the school fee is between N1,590,000 to N3,000,000 per session

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Criteria Required To Gain Admission Into One Of The Country’s Private Universities

There is no special way to gaining admission into private university in the country. Just like every other university, you must have a qualified 0-level and UTME results.

Though your Post-utme result is equally important, many private universities currently don’t use it as one of the criteria for admission.