About this dataset
Published school fee schedules are frequently incomplete. The headline figure covers tuition, and then development levies, examination fees, uniform costs, ICT charges and assorted one off payments arrive separately. Parents and students routinely budget for the published number and pay considerably more.
This dataset records what people actually paid, including the extras where they know them. Each entry lists the institution, the level, the location and the total. Submissions are anonymous, no account is required, and everything is reviewed before publication.
Fees change every session and vary by course, faculty and whether a student is from the state in question. Use these figures to set expectations, then confirm the current amount with the institution before you rely on it.
How to read these figures
We publish the median rather than the average. The median is the middle value, so it is not dragged around by one unusually high or low entry in the way an average is. Where a single luxury property or one exceptional salary appears in a small sample, the average moves a long way and the median barely shifts.
Alongside every median we show how many entries it is based on and the range between the lowest and highest. Those two numbers matter as much as the median itself. A median drawn from forty entries across a city tells you something real. A median drawn from two tells you what two people paid, and should be read that way.
Dates matter too. Every entry carries the month it was reported. In categories where prices move quickly, a figure from eighteen months ago is a historical record rather than a current one, and should be weighted accordingly.
Limits worth keeping in mind
- This is self reported data, not an audited statistic. We review every entry for plausibility but cannot verify any individual figure.
- The people who submit are not a representative sample of Nigeria. They are readers of this site, which skews the picture in ways we cannot fully measure.
- Local variation within a city can be larger than variation between states, and a city level location cannot capture that.
- Where a location has only a handful of entries, treat the figure as an anecdote rather than a market rate.
- Nothing here is a valuation, an offer or professional advice. Confirm anything important directly with the relevant party.
Add your own
Every entry makes the next person better informed. The form takes under a minute, needs no account, and collects no name, email address or anything else that identifies you. Submissions are reviewed before publication, which is what keeps the data usable.
Report what you pay for school fees, or see the other datasets.