Someone looking at my list of UK Biblical Studies programs and their NT lectures asked about the cost of the programs. Being curious myself, I thought I’d pull together the list and add it to the page of programs. Focusing primarily on the 2007-2008 rates, I found a few interesting things.
1) The average home rate is ~£3,200, while the international rate ranged from ~£8,000-£11,000. The average international rate seemed about £9,500.
2) Ox-bridge is not as expensive as I thought, relative to the other schools. However, counting college fees of ~£2,000, they were the two most expensive schools, but Oxford was more so at ~£12,775. For some reason I thought they both were another £5,000 more expensive, or more.
3) London School of Theology came in the lowest at £6,513 (a 2006-2007 rate).
I think I heard once that in Scotland the departments get to keep a higher share of the international premium, rather than it just going into the general pot. Can anyone confirm or challenge this?
Sunday, 1 April 2007 at 10:43 pm
Thanks Ben for answering this question.
Monday, 2 April 2007 at 2:16 am
Ben,
This blog is a great service to those of us looking into the UK for post-grad research. I was wondering if you could address two issues. First, what is your take concerning the job prospects coming out of the UK with a PhD? What are you hearing or seeing about getting work in seminaries or private colleges in NA? Second, what is the competition like for admissions to the programs there? Is is 200 applicants with MA’s/MDiv’s applying for 8 slots (as is the case with US programs)? Are there marked differences between programs with reference to competitive admissions practices?
Thanks and regards,
Dru Johnson
Wednesday, 4 April 2007 at 2:31 pm
Dru, I’m doing up a post on admission stuff and I’ll ask around about jobs and do one on that too. I’ve just got to get a paper done by this weekend, and then I’ll finish up the posts. — Ben
Wednesday, 4 April 2007 at 10:50 pm
Ben, thank you very much for your effort. I do not mean to impose on your full schedule, but any words of wisdom would be helpful.
Regards,
Dru
Thursday, 5 April 2007 at 5:58 am
No problem at all.