Most Expensive And Popular University Courses In Kenya

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) announced the window for 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates to revise and select university courses, with the cost of every program disclosed.

On the online portal, KUCCPS listed the hundreds of courses offered, the institutions, fees per year, and the cut-off points. The cost for the programs ranges between Ksh67,000 and Ksh612,000 for an academic year.

Medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy are the most expensive courses students pursue in Kenyan public universities, data from the government reveals, with the highest amount being Sh612,000 in the first year alone in some institutions.

In popularity, education, and business administration are the most sought-after courses and take almost half the population of students admitted.

A report of the courses declared reveals that Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenyatta University, and Moi University have the highest fees for Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBCHB) respectively at Sh612,000 in the first year, with the amount expected to change as they progress.

It will cost a student Sh592,500 to pursue MBCHB at Uzima University, Sh559,000 at Kenya Methodist, Sh539,750 at the University of Nairobi, and Sh510,000 at Mount Kenya University while the lowest amount the students will pay in the first year is Sh306,000 at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.

For a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, a student will be required to pay Sh612,000 at Moi University and Sh521,050 at the University of Nairobi in the first year alone. It takes about five years to pursue these courses.

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For Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, the program cost for universities offering the course ranges from Sh396,000 at Multimedia University and the lowest is Sh300,000 at Technical University of Kenya in the first year alone.

Students who will be pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce in over 40 public and private universities will be required to pay between Sh130,000 and Sh227,500.

For Bachelor of Law, at least 14 universities are offering this program with Daystar University being the highest at Sh335,000 and the lowest at Mount Kenya University with Sh170,000.

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Nairobi (UoN) charging Ksh442,850. The University of Nairobi offers a Bachelor of Science (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) at Ksh374,850.

Bachelor of Arts is among the cheapest programs in all 18 universities offering it, the cost ranging from Sh122, 400 and Sh160,000. Other costly courses are Bachelor of Actuarial Science, Architecture, Engineering, and Bachelor of Science in Geology among other STEM courses.

Bachelor of Science (Biosystems Engineering), at the UoN for Ksh375,700, and a Bachelor of Nursing, offered at the Uzima University costs Ksh367,100.  On the other hand, a Bachelor of Science (Geomatic Engineering) at JKUAT costs Ksh336,600 while UoN charges Ksh316,200 Bachelor of Science (Agribusiness Management).

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