Student Accounts
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Non-Resident Tuition, Fee and Tax Rates To Be Effective
Fall Semester 2018 and Spring Semester 2019
All Rates Below are Preliminary
Students are assessed tuition and fees each semester on the basis of their level, class, residency status, and number of credits carried. 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 and beginning with 2014-15 will differentiate between "Core" and "Professional and Other" units. Units are listed below in footnote 1.
Lifelong Education students are not assessed Student Taxes. Lifelong Education students in certain online courses may be assessed additional tuition fees of up to $150 per credit hour which are not reflected below.
NOTE: Certain courses may be assessed additional section fees, such as certain kinesiology courses, that are not reflected in the Tuition, Fees, and Student Voted Taxes tables below. Further information regarding additional section fees can be found in the Schedule of Courses in the course description content.
Graduate Students
| TUITION (per credit-hour basis) | NON-RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Core Units | |
| Masters | $1,484.50 |
| Doctoral | 1,484.50 |
| Professional and Other Units | |
| Masters | $1,484.50 |
| Masters - College of Engineering | 1,578.00 |
| Doctoral | 1,484.50 |
| Doctoral - College of Engineering | 1,578.00 |
| Graduate Certification | 968.25 |
| Graduate Lifelong Education | 968.25 |
1 Core units: Arts and Letters, Natural Science, Social Science, University Undergraduate Division, Lyman Briggs, James Madison, Residential College in Arts & Humanities, and Communication Arts & Sciences.
Professional and Other units: Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Eli Broad, Education, Music, Engineering, Osteopathic Medicine, and Human Medicine.
| SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES (per credit-hour basis) | NON-RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Education Specialists & Doctoral Programs | $1,517.50 |
| M.A. & M.S. in the College of Education | 1,517.50 |
| M.S. in Accounting | Not Available |
| ON-LINE PROGRAMS SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES (per credit-hour basis) | NON-RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| On-line Clinical Laboratory Sciences/Biomedical Laboratory Operations Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Criminal Justice Masters (includes Law Enforcement Intelligence and Analysis and Judicial Administration programs) | Not Available |
| On-line Education Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Educational Psychology and Educational Technology Hybrid PhD | Not Available |
| On-line Family Community Services Masters through Great Plains IDEA | Not Available |
| On-line Food Safety Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Foreign Language Teaching Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Human Resource Management & Development Graduate Certificate | Not Available |
| On-line Integrative Pharmacology Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Leadership & Managing Teams Graduate Certificate | Not Available |
| On-line Management, Strategy and Leadership Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Packaging Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Pharmacology & Toxicology Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Certificate | Not Available |
| On-line Public Health Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Public Health Graduate Certificate | Not Available |
| On-line Program Evaluation Masters | Not Available |
| On-line Nursing M.S.N./CNS-Education | Not Available |
| On-line Clinical Nurse Specialist Graduate Certification | Not Available |
| On-line Strategic Management Graduate Certificate | Not Available |
| On-line Supply Chain Management Masters - Spring 2017 Cohort | $1,400.00 |
| On-line Supply Chain Management Masters - Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 Cohort | 1,450.00 |
| On-line Supply Chain Management Masters - Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 Cohort | Not Available |
| On-line Youth Development Graduate Certificate through Great Plains IDEA | Not Available |
| On-line Youth Development Masters through Great Plains IDEA | Not Available |
| SPECIAL BLOCK PROGRAM FEES - (per semester) | NON-RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Teacher Certification Internship Year (based on 12 credits) | $17,361 |
| Broad MBA | 25,200 |
| Human & Osteopathic Medicine | 29,033 |
| Human & Osteopathic Medicine Extended Medical Curriculum | 19,365 |
| Human & Osteopathic Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program | 20,135 |
| Human Medicine (M.D.)/MBA Joint Degree | 29,938 |
| Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)/MBA Joint Degree | 29,869 |
| Veterinary Medicine | 28,235 |
| Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Fall & Spring | 25,138 |
| Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Summer | 16,773 |
| Veterinary Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program | 18,389 |
| SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES - (applies to entire program) | NON-RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Executive MBA Program | Not Available |
| MS in Business Analytics | Not Available |
| MS in Finance | Not Available |
| MS in Marketing Research - 2018 Cohort | Not Available |
| MS in Marketing Research - 2017 Cohort | $37,500 |
| M.S.N. Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program - Spring 2019 Cohort | Not Available |
| M.S.N. Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program - Spring 2018 Cohort | 88,840 |
| M.S.N. Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program - Spring 2017 Cohort | 85,425 |
| STUDENT VOTED TAXES (per semester) Subject to Student Referendum | AMOUNT |
|---|---|
| COGS Tax - all graduate students in degree programs | $11.00 |
| COMS Tax - all graduate professional medical 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 |
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 (Student Services Building, 556 E. Circle Dr Rm 252), 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.
