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Estimated tuition per semester
Fall 2011 and Spring 2012
Estimated costs for a traditional, undergraduate, full-time student attending WSU Tri-Cities for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Please note this chart includes only undergraduate and graduate resident and nonresident rates per semester. WSU has several different programs with different rates including studies in Veterinary Medicine, Doctor of Pharmacy, Graduate in Nursing, WWAMI, and a Special Masters in Business Administration. If you are interested in one of those areas, please contact those departments for their entrance requirements and tuition rates.
| UNDERGRADUATE | GRADUATE | |
| Resident | ||
| Full time (10-18 credits) | $ 4,943.00 |
$ 5,094.00 |
| Over 18 credits add per credit | $ 468.00 (per credit) |
$ 483.00** (per credit) |
| Part time (less than 10 credits) | $ 494.00 (per credit) |
$ 509.00 (per credit) |
| Nonresidents | ||
| Full time (10-18 credits) | $10,582.00 | $ 11,671.00 |
| Over 18 credits add per credit | $ 1032.00 (per credit) | $1,141 (per credit) |
| Part time (less than 10 credits) | $1,058.00 (per credit) | $1,167.00 (per credit) |
Note: There is a two credit minimum charge.
Full-time students are in 10 through 18 credit hours for fee paying purposes but Federal Financial Aid rules require a minimum of 12 credits for undergraduate students.
Other mandatory fees include Special Course Fees, which can be viewed at the following web site http://www.schedules.wsu.edu/Schedules/Apps/CourseFees.ASP
Other Fees and Charges
- WSU Tri-Cities new student orientation: $50.00
- Auditing a course per credit hour (charge does not apply for a full fee paying student): $158.00
- Challenging a course (limited to matriculated WSU students:) $478.00
- Checks not honored – Charge for each check returned: $30.00
- Chinook Yearbook: $48.46
- Graduate Application-Bachelor’s Degree: $41.00
- Cougar Card charge for replacement: $15.00
- Foreign Student Orientation - Undergraduate and Graduate $50.00
http://www.ip.wsu.edu/oiss/students/incoming-students/orientation.shtml - Copyright fee - Phd, Ed.D and D.DES only - Optional: $65.00
- Teacher’s Statutory Certificate: $37.00
- Transcript Request Fees-variable amounts- please go https://transcripts.wsu.edu/Default.asp
- Undergraduate Student Petition Fee: $10
http://www.ronet.wsu.edu/ROPubs/Apps/HomePage.ASP - State Employee, Staff and Faculty, Exempt, or Senior Citizen Registration: $5
http://www.ronet.wsu.edu/ROPubs/Apps/HomePage.ASP nonrefundable fee - Sports pass optional - undergraduate student only - $129
graudate & professional student - $175.50
Fees for late Registration and late Fee Payment
- Late registration fee for students registering on or after August 25, 2008 (Fall)--January 12, 2009 (Spring): $25.00
- Late registration fee for students registering after September 5, 2008 (Fall)--January 23, 2009 (Spring): $100.00
Late fee Payments on unpaid tuition and mandatory fees:
| FALL | SPRING | |
| 3% | September 6, 2011 | January 23, 2012 |
| 5% | September 20, 2011 | February 7, 2011 |
| 7% | October 5, 2011 | February 23, 2012 |
Anticipating your expenses
Indirect Costs (Resident and Non-Resident, for the academic 2010-11 year)
Books and supplies: $936**
Rent*: $5,782**
Food and utilities: $3,880**
Transportation expenses: $1,434**
Miscellaneous expenses: $2,108**
* WSU Tri-Cities does not currently offer on-campus housing. Housing costs vary by apartment lease.