How Much It Would Cost to Attend Hogwarts, According to JK Rowling (2024)
Any Harry Potter fan who grew up with the series no doubt dreamed of receiving an invitation to attend Hogwarts on their 11th birthday. But once Potterheads reached adulthood, more practical matters—like whether they could even afford to attend the Witchcraft and Wizardry school—came into play. From the elaborate Great Hall meals to its world-famous professors (remember the infamous Gilderoy Lockhart?), Hogwarts provided its students with the very best of the best. These days, a school that features all those bells and whistles would surely cost a pretty penny—or a pretty Galleon.
Mic decided to crunch the numbers and calculated that the actual cost of attending Hogwarts would total a solid $43,000 per year. Add in the cost of wands, robes, and cauldrons, and they speculated that seven years of magical training would cost Harry and the gang more than $300,000 apiece.
Potterheads on Twitter have debated this subject as well, with most wondering how any student besides rich kid Draco Malfoy could even afford tuition at a school like that. But it took just one tweet from JK Rowling to clear up the matter for good.
@emmalineonline1 @micnews There's no tuition fee! The Ministry of Magic covers the cost of all magical education!
Mic replied to Rowling, suggesting that Muggles should follow in the footsteps of the Ministry of Magic when it comes to education legislation, and Rowling had to agree.
@micnews Far be it for me to tell you Muggles what to do - but yes. You do.
Mic decided to crunch the numbers and calculated that the actual cost of attending Hogwarts would total a solid $43,000 per year. Add in the cost of wands, robes, and cauldrons, and they speculated that seven years of magical training would cost Harry and the gang more than $300,000 apiece.
Hogwarts is completely ministry-funded, there is no school fee for Hogwarts, students only need to buy their school supplies like parchment, quills, cauldrons, wands and etc. Hogwarts professors get their salaries from the ministry.
A student in their seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was called a seventh-year (with a hyphen). Seventh-year students were usually seventeen to eighteen years of age.
At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, sixth years are typically 16 to 17 years of age, although some may be older, if they have had to repeat a year like Marcus Flint. The sixth year is the first year in which students take N.E.W.T. -level classes. Based off of their O.W.L.
Fifth-years were typically 15 to 16 years of age. At the end of the fifth year, students took Ordinary Wizarding Level examinations, in order to determine what subjects they were allowed to take at N.E.W.T. -level.
A student in their fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was called a fourth-year (with a hyphen). Fourth-years were typically 14 to 15 years of age.
There is only one way that a student is selected to go to Hogwarts, and that choice isn't made by a person. In fact, it is made by a book and quill. In a tower at Hogwarts, where no student goes, sits the Book of Admittance and Quill of Acceptance.
Harry was supposed to go 7 years to Hogwarts through age 11 to 17 (legal age for Wizards) but because of him being hunted by Voldemort and going around finding his battles, he never finished his final 7th year.
First Year: Students typically start their first year at Hogwarts when they are around 11-12 years old [1][2]. For example, Harry Potter was 11 years old when he started his first year. Second Year: Second-year students are usually 12-13 years old at the beginning of the school year [1].
Draco Malfoy's age in each Harry Potter movie is as follows: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001): Draco was 11 years old [1]. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002): Draco was 12 years old [1]. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): Draco was 13 years old [1].
A student in their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was called a third-year (with a hyphen). Third-years were 13 to 14 years of age.
It's actually £47 if you're buying a single adult ticket. After the cost of food (although you are allowed to bring your own) and being VERY restrained in the shop we actually spent nearly £300 in total.
Class size is typically thirty students, according to information in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This gives a total student population of about 840, or 210 in each House.
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