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Below is a comprehensive list of the
ten most affordable and cheapest state
universities (for first-year students) in
Nigeria and their school fees.
Please note that many of the state
universities charge less tuition fees for
indigenes of the state and most of the
universities charge different school
fees for different courses, so the school
fees range being listed here is just an
estimation.
1. Lagos State University (LASU) LASU
Entrance Lagos State University – also
known as LASU – was established in
1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos
State of Nigeria, for the advancement
of learning and establishment of
academic excellence. The university
caters for a population of over 61,000
students enrolled for full-time and
part-time programmes. The university
also offers courses at Diploma,
Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels.
Lagos State University is located in Ojo,
a town in Lagos State, Nigeria. LASU is
the only state university in the former
British colony. Lagos State University
offers diploma, degree and post
graduate programmes including a MBA
programme.
School Fees Range: ₦ 25,000
2. Adekunle Ajasin University,
Akungba- Akoko (AAUA) AAUA Campus
Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) is a
state government owned and operated
Nigerian university. The university is
in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State,
Nigeria. Adekunle Ajasin University
was first established as Obafemi
Awolowo University in March 1982 by
the government of the old Ondo State,
headed by the late Chief Michael
Adekunle Ajasin. Adekunle Ajasin
University offers undergraduate and
post-graduate programmes in fields of
specialization ranging from Science,
Arts, Education, Law, Social
Sciences,Management Sciences and
Agricultural Sciences.
School Fees Range: ₦ 31,000
3. Nasarawa State University (NSUK)
Nasarawa State University (NSUK) PG
School Nasarawa State University is
located in Keffi Nigeria. Nasarawa
State University, Keffi is a young
university situated in the middle belt
region of Nigeria. The University has
accomplished incomparable goals
within its short time of birth, this is as
a result of its determination and
diligence in administration.
School Fees Range: ₦ 35,000
4. Taraba State University (TASU) TASU
Campus Taraba State University is
located in Jalingo, Taraba State Nigeria.
The Taraba State University, Jalingo
was established by the Taraba State
Government in 2008, to widen access
to University education for Taraba
State indigenes and promote economic
development in the country. Right from
inception, the University set out for
itself a goal that is captured in its
motto – HARNESSING NATURES GIFT.
The University is guided, by the
national and international manpower
needs usually accredited by the
National Universities Commission,
Abuja.
School Fees Range: ₦ 37,000
5. Benue State University (BSU) Benue
State University Campus Benue State
University is a state-owned in Makurdi,
Benue State, Nigeria. Its 2006 student
enrollment was over 19,000 served by
429 faculty. It offers undergraduate
and graduate programs with a catalog
of over 50 graduate programs across
seven colleges. It is accredited by the
National Universities Commission. The
university was founded in 1992 and
served 306 students with 149 faculty.
The state government felt that the
community needed a conventional
university to augment the specialized
academic offerings of the Federal
University of Agriculture. In 1991, the
state government formed a 13- member
steering committee to plan for and
obtain approval for the university. The
university began offering classes for
the 1992/1993 school year in four
colleges: Arts, Education, Sciences, and
Social Science.
School Fees Range: ₦ 45,000
6. Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU)
Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU)
Campus Akwa Ibom State University
(AKSU) was conceived and funded by
the Akwa Ibom State, government of
Nigeria. At conception, the university
was to be located within Akwa Ibom
State’s Technology Triangle at th
University Town. However, the
administration of the Akwa Ibom State
Government have changed the
enabling law of the university into a
multi- campus institution with the
main campus at Ikot Akpaden, Mkpat
Enin L.G.A and a second campus
situated at Obio Akpa, Oruk Anam
L.G.A.
School Fees Range: ₦ 53,000
7. Kogi State University (KSU) Kogi
State University Campus Kogi State
University has been named by many
multinational corporate bodies as one
of Africa’s best universities based on
the exceptional intellectual pedigree of
its employed graduates, even very
often better than their counterparts
from such popular universities like the
University of Lagos, University of
Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University,
and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Kogi State University, located at
Anyigba, is the university of Kogi,
Nigeria. It was established in 1999 by
Prince Abubakar Audu, the former
governor of the state.
At the time of its establishment, it was
known as Kogi State University, It was
named Prince Abubakar Audu
University (PAAU) in 2002 and later
renamed Kogi State University in 2003
(KSU).
School Fees Range: ₦ 57,000
8. Delta State University (DELSU) DELSU
Hostel The Delta State University,
Abraka – popularly known as DELSU, is
a State government university with a
main campus located at Abraka, Delta
and a campus at Anwai, Asaba. With
the 1995 Amended Edict, we now have
a campus at Oleh. The University runs
a multi- campus system with three
campuses within a distance of about
200 km apart.
School Fees Range: ₦ 58,000
9. Kebbi State University of Science and
Technology (KSUSTA) KSUSTA Campus
The Kebbi State University of Science
and Technology, Aliero was established
under the Kebbi State law No. 6 in
December 2006. The case for the
establishment of the University was
made as a result of the ever increasing
number of qualified indigenes of the
State yearning for University education
and who, more often than not, find it
difficult to secure admissions into
Nigerian Universities due mainly to
their limited carrying capacities.
School Fees Range: ₦ 60,000
10. Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology (LAUTECH) LAUTECH Gate
Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology (LAUTECH) is a technology
university in Ogbomosho, Oyo State,
Nigeria. The university enrolls 25,000
students and employs more than 3,000
people. The university enrolls nearly
20,000 students in six faculties and a
college. For two consecutive seasons, in
2003 and 2004, the Nigerian
Universities Commission (NUC) rated
LAUTECH as the best state university
in Nigeria.
School Fees Range: ₦ 65,000
11. Rivers State University of Sciences
and Technology, (RSUST) Rivers State
University of Sciences and Technology,
(RSUST) Campus Rivers State University
of Science and Technology (RSUST) is a
University located in the Diobu area of
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The University has staff strength of
3,000 and a student population of
17,000. RSUST is the first Technological
University in Nigeria and was
established in 1980 from the Rivers
State College of Science and
Technology, itself established in 1972.
It was the first university to be
situated within the Niger Delta region.
RSUST has seven faculties: Faculty of
Agriculture, Engineering, Law,
Management Sciences, Environmental
Sciences, Technical & Science
Education, Sciences and College of
Medicine.
School Fees Range: ₦ 68,000
12. Tai Solarin University of Education
(TASUED) TASUED Entrance Tai solarin
university of Education (TASUED) is an
Ogun State Government owned Public
University University established on 29
January, 2005, by the Ogun State
Government. The first of its kind in
Nigeria, the University is committed to
the training of highly qualified,
competent and disciplined teachers
who are specialists in their chosen
subjects and experts in the teaching
skill.
School Fees Range: ₦ 80,000
13. Cross River State University of
Science &Technology, Calabar
(CRUTECH) CRUTECH Entrance Cross
River University of Technology with
the acronym CRUTECH was established
in August 2002 by Cross River State Bill
No. 9, which was amended as Bill No. 6
of 2004. The University is the outcome
of the merger of three former tertiary
institutions: The Polytechnic of
Calabar, Calabar, The College of
Education, Awi, Akamkpa and the
Ibrahim Babangida College of
Agriculture, Ovonum, Obubra, all
owned by the Government of Cross
River State of Nigeria.
School Fees Range: ₦ 85,000
14. Ekiti State University (EKSU) Ekiti
State University Entrance Ekiti State
University Ado Ekiti (EKSU) was
established as Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ado- Ekiti on 30 March
1982 by the administration of late Chief
Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the first
civilian governor of Ondo State. The
university is a member of
theAssociation of Commonwealth
Universities. It is located about 12
minutes drive from the center of the
city of Ado- Ekiti, Ekiti State in
Western Nigeria.
School Fees Range: ₦ 100,000
15. Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
(AAU) AAU Ekpoma Ambrose Alli
University is a university in Nigeria
established in 1981. It was established
by the then governor of Bendel State
(now Edo and Delta States), Professor
Ambrose Folorunsho Alli (1979–1983).
First known as Bendel State University,
then Edo State University, it was later
changed to its present name in
commemoration of Professor Ambrose
Folorunso Alli .
School Fees Range: ₦ 110,000
16. Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago
Iwoye (OOU) OOU Entrance Olabisi
Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye is a
state- owned and -operated university
in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. The
university was founded July 7, 1982 as
Ogun State University (OSU) and was
renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University
on May 29, 2001 in honour of Chief
(Dr.) Olabisi Onabanjo, whose efforts
as the then civilian governor of Ogun
State gave birth to the university.
Meanwhile, many students still refer to
the institution as OSU, an acronym for
the former name. The university has
had a total output of 10,291 graduates
and 1,697 postgraduates. Olabisi
Onabanjo University has multiple
campuses. The Main Campus in Ago
Iwoye is popularly called Permanent
Site (PS) by the students and a Mini
Campus which was the home of the
Faculty of Science till it was moved to
the permanent site in January 2013.
School Fees Range: ₦ 115,000
17. Imo State University (IMSU) IMSU
Gate The Imo State University (IMSU) in
Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria was
established in 1981 through law No. 4
passed by the Imo State House of
Assembly. The university admitted the
first intake of 392 pioneer students on
October 23, 1981. After the creation of
Abia State in 1991, the Uturu campus
of the university became the Abia State
University. Imo State University is a
fully functional University. Most of the
programmes of the University have
obtained full accreditation from
National Universities Commission of
Nigeria.
School Fees Range: ₦ 120,000
18. Enugu State University of Science
and Technology (ESUT) ESUT Campus
The Enugu State University of Science
and Technology (ESUT) was founded in
1979 by Chief Jim Nwobodo as the
Anambra State University of Science
and Technology (ASUTECH) Enugu. It
was the first ever state owned
university in Nigeria. It was conceived
with three campuses at Awka,
Abakaliki, and Enugu. It had the first
state funded Teaching hospital in
Nnewi.
School Fees Range: ₦ 125,000
19. Anambra State University (ANSU)
Anambra State University (ANSU) Gate
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
University
formerly Anambra State University is a
Nigerian
tertiary institution located in Uli, a
suburb in
Anambra State.
On 11 September 2014, the university
was
changed to its current name after a bill
was
passed by the Anambra State House of
Assembly
with the aim of mortalizing
Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu Ojukwu, a politician and
leader of the
breakaway Republic of Biafra.
School Fees Range: ₦ 130,000
20. Osun State University, Oshogbo
(UNIOSUN) Osun State University
(UNIOSUN) Osun State University is a
multi-campus university established by
Osun State Government under the
administration of Governor Prince
Olagunsoye Oyinlola. The university
currently operates six campuses
distributed across the six
administrative/ geopolitical zones of
the state. Nigeria’s National
Universities Commission approved
Osun State University on December 21,
2006, as the 30th State University and
the 80th in the Nigerian university
system. It has its campuses in Osogbo,
Ikire, Okuku, Ifetedo, Ipetu Ijeshaand
Ejigbo which serves as campuses for
Health science, Humanities and
Culture, Social science and
Management, Law, Education and
Agriculture respectively.
School Fees Range: ₦ 135,000
21. Abia State University (ABSU) Abia
State University (ABSU) Gate Abia State
University is one of the state owned
universities in Nigeria. These state
academic institutions were created to
expand admissions and bring
professional skills, expertise and
modern research facilities close to the
city and rural dwellers, and have
helped talented students to obtain
higher education. Abia State University
offers undergraduate, graduate and
doctorate degrees. It has two campuses,
its main campus in Uturu, and the
College of Agriculture and Veterinary
Medicine housed by the campus in
Umuahia, Abia State capital.
School Fees Range: ₦ 160,000


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Most of the prices there are for the indigenes, what abt non indigene.

I'm okay with where I'm studying.

ajokebelle:
Most of the prices there are for the indigenes, what abt non indigene.

i don't think there is any difference when it comes to aaua school fees. The school fees only varies on departmental basis.

ajokebelle:
Most of the prices there are for the indigenes, what abt non indigene.

general Fee's.

MrOlihilistic:
I'm okay with where I'm studying.

Where??

YhungPablo:
Where??

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