Cheapest And Most Affordable Federal And State Universities In Nigeria

When it comes to choosing a university of study, one of the things that bothers most students is the cost of the school fees students pay in such university. Most students prefer to study in public universities because of the exorbitant school fees charged in private universities.
However, among the public universities (Federal and State universities), some are still way more expensive than the others. Which explains the purpose of this post, which is to highlight the cheapest and most affordable federal and state universities In Nigeria.
Generally, students in Federal universities pay cheaper school fees than their counterparts in state universities. However, every one must not go to a federal university. So, whether you decide to go to a federal university or a state university, you likely would want to know the cheapest or most affordable universities in the three categories.
The essence of this post is to bring to you the list of the cheapest and most affordable federal, state and private universities in Nigeria.
But just before that, it is important to note that in most universities the school fees paid by students differ depending on the course of study and the level of study. Someone studying Medicine may pay higher than someone studying Accounting in the same university.
Similarly, someone in his or her 1st year of study will likely pay higher school fees than some one in 3rd or 4th year of study. Also, in most of the state universities, the school fees for indigenes of the state and non indigenes often differ.
Apart from few universities we have confirmed that they charge the same amount of school fees across board (that is same school fees from 100 level to final year), what we have here is an estimated range of the school fees paid in these universities. So, let’s get down to it.
Cheapest And Most affordable Federal Universities In Nigeria
(Federal Universities with school fees below ₦60,000)
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK): ₦20,000 – ₦25,000
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU): ₦20,000 – ₦30,000
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU): ₦ 27,000 – ₦35,000
University of Ibadan (UI): ₦ 20,000 – ₦35,000
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN): ₦20,000 – ₦40,000
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB): ₦25,000 – ₦45,000
University of Jos (UNIJOS): ₦ 45,000
Bayero University, Kano (BUK): ₦ 33,000
University of Calabar (UNICAL): ₦ 35,000
University of Lagos (UNILAG): ₦ 20,000 – ₦ 35,000
University of Abuja, Gwagwalada (UNIABUJA): ₦ 36,000
Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUSOK): ₦ 37,000
Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina (FUDMA) ₦ 43,000
University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT): ₦45,000
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU): ₦ 46,000
University of Benin (UNIBEN): ₦ 47,000
Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO): ₦40,000
Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA): ₦ 49,000
Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMINNA): ₦ 50,000
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN): ₦ 50,000
University of Uyo (UNIUYO): ₦ 55,ooo
Cheapest And Most affordable State Universities In Nigeria
(State Universities with school fees below ₦ 100,000)
Lagos State University (LASU): ₦ 25,000
Gombe State University (GOMSU): ₦ 25,000 – ₦ 30,000
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA): ₦ 31,000
Nasarawa State University (NSUK): ₦ 35,000
Taraba State University (TASU): ₦ 37,000
Benue State University (BSU): ₦ 45,000
Ekiti State University (EKSU): ₦50,000
Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU): ₦ 53,000
Kogi State University (KSU): ₦ 57,000
Delta State University (DELSU): ₦ 58,000
Kebbi State University of Science and Technology (KSUSTA): ₦ 60,000
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH): ₦ 65,000
Rivers State University of Sciences and Technology, (RSUST): ₦ 68,000.
Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED): ₦ 80,000
Cross River State University of Science &Technology, Calabar (CRUTECH): ₦ 85,000
So there you have it; the cheapest and most affordable federal and state universities in Nigeria. If you think any one of them is not correct probably because it has changed from what it was when this post was first published, please do notify us using the comment box so it can be updated.