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 2024 and Spring 2025 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, personal expenses, and federal loan fees). You will only incur loan fees if you borrow federal loans.
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 ($9,878 for two semesters) and the average cost of our four meal plan options ($6,382 for two semesters).
Freshman on-campus housing costs are usually lower because most freshman live in less expensive multiple-occupancy rooms ($8,502 for two semesters) in the Glen Complex, Richmond, Newell, Prettyman, Scarborough, or the Residence Tower.
All of our 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 a lower "Living with Parent" housing and food allowance.
All the rates below are estimated. The USM Board of Regents will set our final rates in June 2023. For more details, see housing and meal plan rates or our 2023-2024 tuition and fee rates.
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.
2024-2025 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 | $11,728 | $29,820 | $11,728 | $29,820 |
| Housing and Food Allowance | $16,260 | $16,260 | $3,120 | $3,120 |
| Books and Supplies | $ 960 |
$ 960 | $ 960 | $ 960 |
| Personal Expenses | $ 1,190 | $ 1,190 | $ 1,190 | $ 1,190 |
| Transportation Expenses | $ 2,330 | $ 2,330 | $2,330 | $2,330 |
| Loan Fees Allowance | $ 262 | $ 262 | $ 262 | $ 262 |
| Total | $ 32,730 | $50,822 | $19,590 | $37,682 |
The Housing & Food Allowance for students who live on-campus or off-campus not with parents includes $4,939/semester ($9,878 total) based on Premium Housing and $3,191/term ($6,382 total) based on the average of our four meal plan rates. See housing and meal plan options.
2024-2025 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 | $9,036 | $22,626 |
| 6 Units Tuition/Fees | $6,024 | $ 15,084 |
2024-2025 Graduate Student Rates
Graduate tuition and fee 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) | $702 | $1,270 |
2024-2025 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 | $12,636 |
$22,860 | $12,636 |
| Books and Supplies | $ 720 |
$ 720 | $ 720 |
| Housing and Food Allowance | $16,260 | $ 16,260 | $ 3,120 |
| Personal Expenses | $ 1,730 | $ 1,730 | $ 1,730 |
| Transportation Expenses | $ 2,330 | $ 2,330 | $ 2,330 |
| Loan Fees Allowance | $ 260 | $ 260 | $ 260 |
| Total | $33,936 | $ 44,160 | $ 20,796 |
2024-2025 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 | $8,424 | $15,240 |
2024-2025 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 | $8,424 |
$15,240 | $8,424 |
| Books and Supplies | $ 480 |
$ 480 | $ 480 |
| Housing and Food Allowance | $16,260 | $ 16,260 | $ 3,120 |
| Personal Expenses | $ 1,730 | $ 1,730 | $ 1,730 |
| Transportation Expenses | $ 2,330 | $ 2,330 | $ 2,330 |
| Loan Fees Allowance | $ 260 | $ 260 | $ 260 |
| Total | $29,484 | $ 36,300 | $ 16,344 |
2024-2025 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 | $4,212 | $7,620 |
2024-2025 Budgets
2024-2025 Cost of Attendance budgets are available as a PDF file.