Student Expenses

Full-time Undergraduate Semester Tuition

12 - 18 credit hours $7,836/semester

Overload fee (a charge to full-time students who take more than 18 hours in a term)

$453/credit hour

Part-time Tuition

Undergraduate semester $453/credit hour
Undergraduate quarter $375/credit hour

Housing & Meals

Undergraduate semester $3,787/term
Undergraduate quarter $3,142/quarter
Room fee during breaks $246/week
Meal charge (initial load) $25

Note: An additional charge may be added for all single rooms in the dormitories and/or apartment/house living quarters (as available).

Other Fees

Housing deposit (non-refundable) $300
Student health and activity fee $175/term
Communications fee (Residence halls) $150/term
Student email fee $30/term
Online surcharge 10%/course
Lab fee (in specified courses) $30-$75
Studio fee (general) $30-$75
Studio course fee* $85/course
Student teaching fee $250
Applied music course fee** $200/credit hour
Experiential learning fee (one-time) $300
Experiential learning credit $90/credit hour
Promissory note origination fee $25
Late payment fee (per month) $50
Culminating project extension fee $50
Graduation processing/diploma fee $100
Academic Integrity tutorial fee $25
Writing Proficiency Assessment (WPA) fee $5

*Studio course fees are applied to courses such as ceramics, color theory, photography, and figure drawing.

** Applied music fees are applied to individual lessons in piano, voice, orchestral instruments, and organ.

Note: (1) Provisions for “extended stay” housing and meals, degree programs, and tutoring and additional services are available upon request.

Students are expected to pay tuition charges prior to the beginning of each term. Students may use financial aid (grants and loans) as payment. Student Aid Reports and loan applications should be submitted to the Financial Aid Office prior to the beginning of each term.

The communications fee for residential students covers telephone service, voicemail, and cable TV services. The University provides complimentary Internet service to resident students living in the dormitories and some living in other campus housing.