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Tuition, Fees & Typical Student Expenses

Undergraduate | Graduate

On this page we present some typical student expense budgets for the 2009–10 school year. While the tuition and fees included in these budgets are fixed, other expenses—books, housing and food, etc.—are estimates used by the Financial Aid Office to calculate student need.  For detailed information about housing and meal plans, go to the Tuition and Fees page.

Undergraduate

A typical full-time budget for an undergraduate living on campus in the 2009–10 academic year, includes the following:

Tuition $35,196
Room and Board
(Based on single room and 19 meals per week plan)
$11,480

Student Activity Fee

$140
AC Transit Fee         $96
Campus Comprehensive Fee $896

Health Insurance *
(Unless you are an international student, you can waive out of this fee if you are covered by a family plan.) 

$2,024
Books and Supplies (estimate) $1,400
Personal and Miscellaneous Expenses (estimate) $2,000
TOTAL EXPENSES $53,232

* Non-immigrant international students' health insurance fee is $2,200. 

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Graduate

A typical budget for an independent graduate student living on campus includes:

Tuition (full-time, except for Studio Art) $26,326
Room and Board $11,480
Campus Comprehensive Fee $896
   
Health Insurance
(Unless you are an international student you can  
waive out of this fee if you are covered by a family plan)
$2,200
Books $1,400
Personal and Miscellaneous Expenses (estimate) $2,000
TOTAL EXPENSES $44,302



A typical budget for a commuting graduate student includes:

Tuition (full-time, except for Studio Art) $26,326
Housing, Food and Personal Expenses (estimate) $10,350
Campus Comprehensive Fee $896
Personal & Miscellaneous Expenses (estimate) $2,000
Health Insurance
(Unless you are an international student, you can
waive out of this fee if you are covered by a family plan)
$2,200
Books $1,400
Local Transportation $1,170
TOTAL EXPENSES $44,342


Graduate Tuition Charges:

Full-time (2 or more credits) See exceptions below

$26,326
Part-time (1.0 - 1.75 credits) $6,584 per course credit


Exceptions:

Graduate Full-time Studio Art Tuition 

Full-time Doctorate in Education Tuition

 

Full-time Post-Bac Pre-Med Tuition

 

$31,576

 

$27,580

 

$25,698




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