Student Expenses
Full-time Undergraduate Semester Tuition
| 12 - 18 credit hours |
$7,615/semester |
|
Overload fee
(a charge to full-time students who take more than 18 hours in a term)
|
$440/credit hour |
Part-time Tuition
| Undergraduate semester |
$440/credit hour |
| Undergraduate quarter |
$364/credit hour |
Housing & Meals
| Undergraduate semester |
$3,760/term |
| Undergraduate quarter |
$3,120/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** |
$150/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.
*** This content has been added as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Notes: (1) The undergraduate or graduate contract degree rate will be determined at the time of admission into the program.
(2) 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.