Student Expenses

Note: The tuition and fees listed below have been updated to reflect rates for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Full-time Undergraduate Semester Tuition

12 - 18 credit hours $8,150/semester

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

$460/credit hour

Part-time Tuition

Undergraduate semester $460/credit hour
Undergraduate quarter $395/credit hour

Residential Charges

Undergraduate semester $4,250/term
Undergraduate quarter $3,242/quarter
Single room upcharge per semester $250
Single room upcharge per quarter $125

Other Fees

Application fee $30
Application fee - International $100
New International Student fee - one time $100
Enrollment deposit $200
Housing deposit (non-refundable) $200
Student health and activity fee $180/term
Communications fee (Residence halls) $300/year
Technology fee - full time semester $150/term
Technology fee - part time semester $75/term
Technology fee - summer semester session $40/term 
Technology fee - quarter $75/term
Lab fee (in specified courses) $5-$625/course
Studio fee (general) $30-$75/course
Studio course fee* $85/course
Student teaching fee $300
Applied music course fee** $200/credit hour
Experiential learning/Portfolio 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

*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.

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

(2) 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.

(3) 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 in certain other campus housing.