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Tuition, Fee, Tax And Housing Rates To Be Effective
Summer Semester 2008

Students are assessed tuition each semester on the basis of their level, class, residency status, number of credits carried, and beginning year of enrollment. Tuition is assessed on a per credit-hour basis except for graduate-professional students who are assessed on a semester basis and selected Masters program students who are assessed on a semester, annual, or program basis.

NOTE: Lifelong Education and Graduate Certification students are not assessed Matriculation Fees, Student Taxes, or the Energy Charge. Certain lifelong education virtual university courses may be assessed additional tuition fees of $100 or $150 per credit hour that are not reflected in the Tuition, Fees, and Student Voted Taxes tables below.

Tuition

Tuition is based on per credit-hour basis.

TUITION IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE
Undergraduate - Admitted Fall 2005 or after Lower Division (Freshman and Sophomores) $ 277.50 $ 739.50
Undergraduate - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 (Freshmen and Sophomores) 254.75 716.75
Undergraduate - Admitted Fall 2005 or after Upper Division (Juniors and Seniors) 307.00 765.25
Undergraduate - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 (Juniors and Seniors) 284.25 742.25
Graduate - Masters 376.25 797.50
Graduate - Doctoral 376.25 797.50
Graduate Certification 376.25 376.25
Lifelong Education 376.25 376.25

Fees

The following fees are charged per semester. Part-time is based on 1-4 credits and Full-time is based on 5 or more credits.

FEES PART-TIME FULL-TIME
Matriculation Fee - All degree students $ 380.00 $ 506.00
Energy Charge - All students 57.00 114.00
International Registration Fee - All international students 25.00 25.00

Student Voted Taxes

Student Voted Taxes are charged to students in degree granting programs as noted below:

TYPE OF TAX AMOUNT
ASMSU Tax - all undergraduate students $ 16.75
COGS Tax - all graduate students 4.50
COMS Tax - all graduate professional students 1.50
FM Radio Tax - all degree students 3.00
State News Tax - all degree students with 6 or more credit hours 5.00

Special Program Fees

Special program fees are charged to undergraduate juniors and seniors per semester (Engineering Program Fee also assessed to graduate engineering students). Part-Time is based on 1-4 credits and Full-Time is based on 5 or more credits. See table below:

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES PART-TIME FULL-TIME
Science and Technology Intensive Majors $ 50.00 $ 100.00
Health Sciences Majors 50.00 100.00
Broad College of Business 100.00 200.00
Engineering Program 0 448.00

Graduate & Graduate Professional Programs

The following Graduate & Graduate Professional Program rates are charged per semester. Rates include Matriculation Fees and the Energy Charges.

PROGRAM IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE
Teacher Certification Internship Year $ 4,583 $ 9,860
Broad MBA 9,404 13,129
Human & Osteopathic Medicine 9,285 20,245
Human & Osteopathic Medicine Extended Medical Curriculum 6,438 13,748
Human & Osteopathic Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program 6,508 13,753
Veterinary Medicine 9,380 19,682
Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Fall & Spring 8,296 17,503
Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Summer 5,783 11,592
Veterinary Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program 6,133 12,530

The following Graduate Programs are based on per credit hour rates.

PROGRAM IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE
M.A. & M.S. in Education $ 409.25 $ 830.50
Accelerated Nursing B.S.N. - Admitted Fall 2005 or after in this program 427.50 452.50
Accelerated Nursing B.S.N. - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 408.50 433.50
Education Specialists & Doctoral Programs 409.25 830.50
M.S. in Accounting 533.75 990.00

The following Graduate Programs rates apply to the entire program, and will be billed in increments for each semester of instruction.

PROGRAM IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE
Executive MBA Program $ 72,500 $ 80,300
Weekend MBA Program in Integrative Management (PIM) 48,000 50,900
MS in Supply Chain Management (courses are both on-line & on campus) 39,000 40,600
Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program 27,500 42,500

On-line Program Rates

The following programs are charged per credit hour rates. Energy Charges and Student Taxes apply to students in degree programs. Matriculation Fees do not apply.

PROGRAM IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE
Clinical Laboratory Sciences Masters $ 476.25 $ 476.25
Clinical Laboratory Sciences Lifelong 476.25 476.25
Criminal Justice Masters 517.50 517.50
Criminal Justice Lifelong 516.25 516.25
Education Masters 582.50 582.50
Education Lifelong (includes on-line Kinesiology courses) 526.25 526.25
Food Safety - Master of Science (additional program fees apply to VM 810) 482.50 482.50
Integrative Pharmacology Masters 590.00 590.00
Integrative Pharmacology Lifelong 526.25 526.25
International Food Law Distance Education Certificate Program 476.25 476.25
Molecular Diagnostics and Immunodiagnostics (Lifelong Students) 476.25 476.25
Packaging Masters 507.50 507.50
Packaging Lifelong 476.25 476.25

The following programs are charged per credit hour rates. Matriculation Fee, Energy Charge, and Student Voted Taxes apply to all students except lifelong students.

PROGRAM IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE
Nursing M.S.N./Education $ 476.25 $ 501.25
Nursing M.S.N./Management 476.25 501.25
Nursing R.N. to B.S.N. - Admitted Fall 2005 or after 407.00 432.00
Nursing R.N. to B.S.N. - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 384.25 409.25
Nursing Lifelong Students 476.25 476.25

The following programs are charged per credit hour rates. Master's Degree students are charged Student Voted Taxes, but not Matriculation or Energy Fees. Certificate students are charged taxes and fees depending on level.

PROGRAM IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE
Youth Development through Great Plains IDEA Alliance Masters Degree $ 415.00 $ 415.00
Youth Development through Great Plains IDEA Alliance Masters Certificate Program 415.00 415.00

The following program rates apply to the entire program and will be billed in increments for each semester of instruction. Student Voted Taxes will apply.

PROGRAM IN-STATE OUT-OF-STATE
M.S. in Supply Chain Management (courses are both on-line and on campus) $39,000 $40,600

University Housing Rates - Other University Housing rates.

UNIVERSITY HOUSING RATES PER SEMESTER PER MONTH
Residence Halls Undergraduate Housing
  -  Double Room - Platinum
    (incl. $300 Spartan Cash)
$ 3,638
Residence Halls Undergraduate Housing
  -  Double Room - Gold
    (incl. $150 Spartan Cash)
3,488
Residence Halls Undergraduate Housing
  -  Double Room - Silver
3,338
Owen Graduate Center - Permanent Single* 2,954
Owen Graduate Center - Designated Single* 3,328
University Apts - Family Monthly Rates
    Remodeled One Bedroom Apartment
$ 630
University Apts - Family Monthly Rates
    Remodeled Two Bedroom Apartment
699

*Includes a $300 cafeteria prepayment amount.

In addition, students living in undergraduate housing will be charged a RHA tax of $25.00 per semester. Students living in Owen Graduate Center will be assessed an OGA tax of $5.00 per semester and students in University Apartments will be charged a UA tax of $2.00 per semester.

Financial Aid Awards

Those students who have applied and who are eligible for financial assistance should be aware that increases in educational costs have been provided for in their financial aid awards. For further information, students should contact the Office of Financial Aid, by phone, email, in person (252 Student Services Building), or through their web site at www.finaid.msu.edu.

Important Note

The University reserves the right to make changes in the types, structures, and rates for fees, deposits, tuition, and housing.  Every effort will be made to give as much advance notice as possible.