Cost of Attendance
If you apply for financial aid, the Financial Aid Office will calculate your eligibility for aid based on the costs below. (Also see How Awards Are Determined.)
These Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 budgets include estimated direct TU charges (tuition/fees, campus housing, and meal plans) and allowances for indirect costs (books and supplies, off-campus housing/food, transportation, and personal expenses).
For students who live on-campus or off-campus not with parents, the housing and food allowances are based on the cost for Premium on-campus housing ($9,544 for two semesters) and the average cost of our four new meal plans ($6,100 for two semesters).
Freshman on-campus housing costs are usually lower because most freshman live in less expensive multiple-occupancy rooms ($8,214 for two semesters) in the Glen Complex, Richmond, Newell, Prettyman, Scarborough, or the Residence Tower.
All of our new meal plans include unlimited daily visits to our three campus dining halls, but offer different options at our other campus restaurants. If you commute from your parents' home, you will receive lower "Living with Parent" housing and food allowances.
The TU rates below have been approved by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, but remain subject to change as deemed necessary by TU and the regents. For more details, see housing and meal plan rates or our 2022-2023 tuition and fees.
Enrollment Requirements
- For all our initial aid offers, we assume full-time enrollment status and budgets. If you plan to enroll part-time, you must notify us. Follow these award notification instructions.
- If you enroll less than half-time, your budget can only include tuition/fees and books/supplies and can’t include room/board, transportation, or personal expenses.
- For information about aid program enrollment requirements, see Minimum Credits.
Differential Tuition Costs
In addition to the cost below, juniors and seniors with majors in Nursing, the College of Business and Economics, and the Computer and Information Sciences Department must pay an additional $63 per unit in Differential Tuition charges for their courses in these departments. The estimated average annual differential tuition charges for full-time juniors and seniors are $1,178 for Nursing, $1,428 for the College of Business and Economics, and $1,112 the Computer and Information Sciences Department. Total Differential Tuition charges are capped at $750 per semester and $3,000 total during all your semesters at TU.
2023-2024 Full-time Undergraduates (12-15 units)
| MD Resident On/Off Campus | Out-Of-State On/Off Campus | MD Resident Living with Parents |
Out-of-state Living with Parents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition and Fees |
$11,306 | $28,326 | $11,306 | $28,326 |
| Housing and Food Allowance1 | $15,644 | $15,644 | $3,080 | $3,080 |
| Books and Supplies | $960 |
$960 | $960 | $960 |
| Personal Expenses | $1,360 | $1,360 | $1,360 | $1,360 |
| Transportation Expenses | $2,120 | $2,120 | $2,120 | $2,120 |
| Total | $31,390 | $48,410 | $18,826 | $35,846 |
1 The Housing & Food Allowance for students who live on-campus or off-campus not with parents includes $4,772/semester ($9,544 total) based on Premium Housing and $3,050/term ($6,100 total) based on our average new meal plans. See housing and meal plan options.
2023-2024 Part-time Undergraduates
If you will enroll part-time, we must reduce your budget to match the 3/4 time (9-11 units) or half-time (6-8 units) tuition/fee budgets below.
| Enrollment Level | MD RESIDENT | OUT-OF-STATE |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Units Tuition/Fees | $8,820 | $21,600 |
| 6 Units Tuition/Fees | $5,880 | $14,400 |
2023-2024 Graduate Student Rates
Graduate rates don't vary based on full-time or part-time status. Most graduate courses are charged per unit rates except for Applied Information Technology (AIT) courses which have per course rates. For more information, see tuition and fees.
| EXPENSES | MD RESIDENT | OUT-OF-STATE |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition and Fees (Cost per Unit) | $669 | $1,210 |
2023-2024 Full-time Master’s Degrees and Graduate Certificates
These full-time budgets assume 9 units of tuition and fees per term.
| MD Resident On/Off Campus | Out-Of-State On/Off Campus | MD Resident Living with Parents |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition and Fees |
$12,042 |
$21,780 | $12,042 |
| Books and Supplies | $720 |
$720 | $720 |
| Room/Board Allowance | $15,644 | $15,644 | $3,080 |
| Personal Expenses | $1,920 | $1,920 | $1,920 |
| Transportation Expenses | $2,120 | $2,120 | $2,120 |
| Total | $32,446 | $42,184 | $19,882 |
2023-2024 Half-time Master’s and Graduate Certificates
If you enroll for 6-8 units, we must reduce your budget to 6 units of Tuition/Fees.
| Budget Item | MD Resident | Out-of-State |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Units Tuition/Fees | $8,028 | $14,520 |
2023-2024 Full-time Doctoral Students
At least 6 units/term.
| MD Resident On/Off Campus | Out-Of-State On/Off Campus | MD Resident Living with Parents |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition and Fees |
$8,028 |
$14,520 | $8,028 |
| Books and Supplies | $480 |
$480 | $480 |
| Room/Board Allowance | $15,644 | $15,644 | $3,080 |
| Personal Expenses | $1,920 | $1,920 | $1,920 |
| Transportation Expenses | $2,120 | $2,120 | $2,120 |
| Total | $28,192 | $34,684 | $15,628 |
2023-2024 Half-time Doctoral
If you will enroll for 3-5 units, we must reduce your budgets to 3 units of Tuition/Fees.
| Budget Item | MD Resident | Out-of-State |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Units Tuition/Fees | $4,014 | $7,260 |
2022-2023 Budgets
2022-2023 Cost of Attendance budgets are available as a PDF file.