Full-Time Undergraduate Tuition & Fees 2023-2024

Direct Costs

Direct Costs (items found on billing statement/account activity) are charges billed to you by the Office of Student Accounts.

Tuition/Fees Direct Cost
Full-Time Undergraduate Tuition
12-18 Credits (fall & spring only)		 $24,080/semester*
Credit Overload Tuition (19 or more credits) $1,175/credit
Winter, Late Spring & Summer classes:
$115 Registration fee required per semester		 $650/credit
Audit Fee $985/class
Full-Time to Part-Time Undergraduate Tuition
(change in status from Full-Time to Part-Time after 84 completed credits)		 $1,605/credit
Study Abroad Program Costs Visit Study Abroad website

*Incoming First-year/Freshman Resident's $1,500 admission deposit is applied as follows: $1,350 to their Student Tuition Account (first semester) and $150 is held as a Housing Damage Security Deposit.

Fee Direct Cost
Athletic & Recreation Fee $150/semester

Health Insurance (review enroll/waiver process)

Billed one-time in fall semester for coverage for the full year, August 2023 to May 2024

  • Waiver Deadline: August 1, 2023
 $2,646/full year
Program/Course Fees Direct Cost
Art Lab 1: AR110, AR111, AR120 & AR161 $75/course
ART Lab 2: AR114, AR220, AR221, AR320, AR229, AR230, AR231, AR330, AR250, AR260, AR261, AR392, AR211, AR225, AR250, AR251, AR252, AR271, AR280, AR390, AR370, AR270 & AR276 $175/course
Biology Lab: BI109, BI113, BI114, BI127, BI129, BI162, BI203, BI204, BI208, BI209, BI211, BI230, BI241, BI 246, BI255, BI260, BI265, BI277, BI279, BI303, BI313, BI314, BI315, BI320, BI333, BI345, BI351, BI355 $200/course
Chemistry Lab: CH153, CH154, CH223, CH224, CH254, CH333, CH334, CH343, CH344 & CH353 $205/course
Chemistry UG Research: CH395 $255/course
Engineering Lab  $250/course
Exercise Science: EX102 $90/course
Exercise Science Program Fee 
Sophomores/Juniors/Seniors declared Exercise Science		 $575/semester
Health Science Program Fee
Students declared Health Science		 $175/semester
Welch College of Business & Technology Fee
Sophomores/Juniors/Seniors with an active program in the Welch College of Business & Technology		 $750/semester
Media Studies 1: CM101, CM121, CM122, CM123, CM124, CM125, CM128, CM131, CM132, CM133, CM135, CM201, CM212, CM301, CM351, CM353, CM354, CM355 $40/course
Media Studies 2: CM102, CM171, CM211, CM226, CM229, CM252, CM253, CM254, CM299, CM301, CM354, CM221, CM222, CM223, CM225, CM227, CM228, CM229, CM230, CM231, CM235, CM258, CM271, CM272, CM274, CM276, CM277, CM280, CM311, CM321, CM322, CM325, CM331, CM356, CM357, CM371, CM372, CM391, CM397, CM398 $140/course
Media & Performing Arts: MU181, MU281, MU282 & MU300 $140/course
Music Lab (1 credit) $300/course
Music Lab (2 credits) $600/course
Nursing Assessment: NU215, NU216 $680/course
Nursing Differential: NU205, NU206, NU215, NU216, NU300, NU301, NU340, NU341, NU360, NU361, NU380, NU381 $685/semester
Nursing Lab: NU205, NU206, NU215, NU216, NU220, NU221, NU300, NU301, NU330, NU333, NU340, NU341, NU360, NU361, NU373, NU374, NU380, NU381, NU394, NU395 $285/course
Nursing Online Clinical Oversight RN: NU376, NU387 $200/course
Nursing Online Technology RN: NU325 $200/course
Physics Lab: PY101, PY103, PY104L, PY113, PY114, PY153, PY154, PY300 $205/course
Psychology Research: PS201, PS302, PS380 & PS397 $125/course
Social Work Assessment Fee: SW276 $215/course
Social Work Program Fee: SW278, SW378, SW380 $350/course
Residence Hall Direct Cost (Per Semester)
Angelo Roncalli Hall $6,160
Christian Witness Commons $6,160
Elie Wiesel Hall $6,760
Elizabeth Ann Seton Hall $6,160
Frances X Cabrini Hall $6,760
Jorge Bergoglio Hall $6,160
Mother Teresa Hall $6,760
Oakwood Gardens $6,160
Pier Giorgio Frassati Hall $6,760
Pierre Toussaint Hall $6,160
Pioneer Gardens $6,160
The Ridge $6,160
Scholars Commons $6,160
Thomas Merton Hall $6,160
Thea Bowman Hall $6,760

Summer 2024 Housing

See Residential Life's website for detailed information.

Residence Hall Cost Per Week
Christian Witness Commons $150
Meal Plans Direct Cost Structure of Plan
Executive/Premium Meal Plan
Available by request		 $3,655/semester

$500
240 swipes
Big Red Meal Plan
Required by Housing Assignment
Mandatory plan for all first-year residents		 $3,065/semester

$875
190 swipes
Pioneer Meal Plan
Required by Housing Assignment		 $2,315/semester

$950
125 swipes
Red & White Meal Plan
Required by Housing Assignment		 $1,325/semester $1,325
Black Rock Meal Plan
Available by request		 $665/semester

$350
25 swipes
Jefferson Meal Plan
Required for Commuters		 $320/semester $320
Fees Direct Cost
Full-Time Undergraduate Application $50
Payment Plan (available fall & spring only) $65/semester
Returned Payment Fee $40
Transcript $10 each
Replacement Diploma Fee $75 pick-up
$80 by mail

Indirect Costs

Indirect costs are not billed by the university. Indirect costs represent average estimates for education-related expenses incurred outside the billed charges from the university. These estimated costs are for students attending full-time (12 credits and above for full-time undergraduate students) per semester.

Full-Time Undergraduate Indirect Costs Living On Campus
Fall/Spring Semester		 Living Off Campus
Fall/Spring Semester		 Living with Parent(s) or Relative(s)
Fall/Spring Semester

Living Expenses (Housing & Food)
A reasonable estimate of what it costs to live while attending school. Actual costs may way by individual student choices. Typically includes rent, food, household supplies and utilities.

 N/A $7,015/semester $1,699/semester

Books, Course Materials, Supplies & Equipment
An allowance for books, course materials, and equipment, including a reasonable allowance for the rental or upfront purchase of a personal computer. Course material expenses vary each semester by program of study and types of materials required and preferred (i.e. new, used, ebook, rental, etc.).

 $1,425/semester $1,425/semester $1,425/semester

Transportation
An allowance which may include transportation between campus, residences and place of work.

 $500/semester $750/semester $750/semester

Miscellaneous Personal Expenses
An allowance for a student attending school on at least a half-time basis. Estimated costs for clothing, haircuts, toiletries and other miscellaneous expenses. What you spend on these types of item may be higher or lower depending on your own lifestyle.

 $915/semester $915/semester $915/semester

Professional licensure, certification, or first professional credential
An allowance for the costs associated with obtaining a license, certification, or first professional credential, for a student in a program that prepares the student to enter a profession that requires such a qualification. Costs for a professional licensure vary depending on program of student and license, certification, credential required.

 Varies Varies Varies

Federal Student Loan Fees
Only if borrowing federal student loans on at least a half-time basis. An allowance for the costs of any Federal student loan fees and/or origination fees. Loan fees will vary depending on a student’s exact loan amounts.

 $40*/Semester $40*/Semester $40*/Semester

*The amount listed here is the average federal student loan fee. Actual Student Loan fees will be adjusted based on amount borrowed.

Important

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All rates are subject to Board of Trustee approval. Charges listed above are subject to audit and do not constitute an official bill.