Table A.3.5 Mean and median costs spent by Canadians aged 18 to 64 on most recent full-time program taken between July 2007 and June 2008
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| Cost of tuition and other required fees | Cost of books, supplies and equipment | Total educational expenses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |
| dollars | ||||||
| High school | ||||||
| 18 to 24 | 398E | 60E | 137 | 50 | 641E | 160E |
| 25 to 34 | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| 35 to 44 | x | x | F | 0 | F | F |
| 45 to 64 | F | F | x | x | F | F |
| Non-university postsecondary education | ||||||
| 18 to 24 | 3,321 | 2,500E | 811 | 500 | 4,001 | 3,000 |
| 25 to 34 | 2,331E | 800E | 843E | 400E | 3,195E | F |
| 35 to 44 | 2,186E | F | 528E | F | 2,693E | F |
| 45 to 64 | F | F | F | F | 6,292E | F |
| University | ||||||
| 18 to 24 | 6,707 | 6,000 | 1,316 | 1,000 | 8,014 | 7,000 |
| 25 to 34 | 7,146 | 6,000 | 1,777E | 1,000 | 8,878 | 6,500 |
| 35 to 44 | 5,192 | 5,000E | 1,285E | 1,000E | 6,237 | 5,500E |
| 45 to 64 | 4,213E | 3,000 | 674E | F | 4,844E | 3,000 |
| Professional association diploma | ||||||
| 18 to 24 | 6,822 | 6,000 | 1,944E | F | 8,767 | F |
| 25 to 34 | 6,969E | F | 728E | F | 7,735E | F |
| 35 to 44 | F | 2,100 | F | 0 | F | F |
| 45 to 64 | F | F | F | 0 | F | F |
| Other | ||||||
| 18 to 24 | 3,943E | F | 272E | F | 4,215E | F |
| 25 to 34 | F | F | F | 80E | F | F |
| 35 to 44 | F | 0 | F | 0 | F | 0 |
| 45 to 64 | F | F | F | 0 | F | F |
| x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Source: Access and Support to Education and Training Survey (ASETS), 2008. |
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