Education Was Not Expensive

In 1886 Mr. Ferris advertised his fees for attending Ferris Industrial School in a newspaper he termed Useful Education.

Tuition (payable in advance) was:
Common English
One term, 12 weeks $8.00
For less than one term, per week
.75 Industrial Science and Mathematics
One term, 12 weeks $10.00
For less than one term, per week 1.00 Business
One term, 12 weeks $25.00
Two terms 35.00
Three terms 50.00
For less than one term, per week 1.50 Shorthand
One term, 12 weeks $15.00
For less than one term, per week 1.50 Typewriting
For four weeks $3.00
For less than four weeks, per week 1.00

For a single subject in any one of the regular courses the Principal determined the rate at the time of the student's admission.