MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Resident Tuition, Fee and Tax Rates for
Fall Semester 2024 and Spring Semester 2025
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. 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 particular kinesiology, animal science, and online 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 Class Search
Graduate Students
| TUITION (per credit-hour basis) | RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Masters - Core / Professional | 893.00 |
| Masters - College of Engineering | 992.25 |
| Doctoral - Core / Professional | 893.00 |
| Doctoral - College of Engineering | 992.25 |
| Graduate Certification | 893.00 |
| Graduate Lifelong Education | 893.00 |
| Law - Non Degree | 1,400.00 |
| Law - Non Degree (Audit) | 700.00 |
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.
| OTHER STUDENT CHARGES (per semester) | AMOUNT | |
|---|---|---|
| Part-Time2 | Full-Time | |
| Recreational & Wellness Center | 85.00 | 170.00 |
| SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES | AMOUNT | |
|---|---|---|
| Part-Time2 | Full-Time | |
| College of Music | 150.00 | 300.00 |
2 Part-time is 4 credits and below
| SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES (per credit-hour basis) | RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Education Specialists & Doctoral Programs | 926.00 |
| M.A. & M.S. in the College of Education | 926.00 |
| M.S. in Accounting | 1,103.00 |
| M.S. in Financial Planning & Wealth Management | 975.00 |
| Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.) in Intellectual Property, Information, and Communications Law | 950.00 |
| Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.) in the American Legal System | 1,215.00 |
| Master of Laws (LL.M.) in American Legal System | 1,215.00 |
| Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property, Information and Communications Law | 1,215.00 |
| Master of Legal Studies (LL.M.) | 1,215.00 |
| ONLINE PROGRAMS SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES (per credit-hour basis) | RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Hybrid Online MS Forestry Plan B | 938.00 |
| Hybrid School Psychology EdS Program | 1,000.00 |
| Online Accounting Graduate Certificate | 817.25 |
| Online Accounting & Data Analytics MS | 817.25 |
| Online Civil and Environmental Engineering Masters | 995.00 |
| Online Clinical Laboratory Sciences/Biomedical Laboratory Operations Masters | 893.00 |
| Online Clinical Nurse Specialist Graduate Certification | 889.75 |
| Online Criminal Justice Masters and Graduate Certificates (including M.S. in Law Enforcement Intelligence and Analysis, M.S. in Cybercrime and Digital Investigation, Graduate Certificate in Cyber Criminology and Cyber Security) | 857.00 |
| Online Customer Experience Management M.S. | 1,017.00 |
| Online Early Childhood and Family Policy Graduate Certificate through IDEA | 610.00 |
| Online Education Masters | 933.00 |
| Online Educational Psychology and Educational Technology PhD | 1,283.25 |
| Online Electrical & Computer Engineering Masters | 995.00 |
| Online Elements of Global Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate | 880.00 |
| Online Family Community Services Masters through IDEA | 610.00 |
| Online Food Safety Certificate | 991.00 |
| Online Food Safety Masters | 991.00 |
| Online Foreign Language Teaching Masters and Graduate Certificate | 700.00 |
| Online Forest Carbon Science, Policy & Management Certificate | 938.00 |
| Online Global Food Law (LL.M., M.J., and DL) | 950.00 |
| Online Global Health Masters | 995.00 |
| Online Global Health Graduate Certificate | 995.00 |
| Online Global Non-Profit Leadership (GNL) | 780.00 |
| Online Global Plant Breeding Plan B MS | 893.00 |
| Online Healthcare Compliance Graduate Certificate |
1,000.00 |
| Online Healthcare Leadership Graduate Certificate | 1,000.00 |
| Online Healthcare Management Masters | 1,000.00 |
| Online Human Resource Management & Development Graduate Certificate | 1,130.00 |
| Online Human Services Administration Graduate Certificate through IDEA | 610.00 |
| Online Integrative Pharmacology Masters | 900.00 |
| Online International Planning Studies Masters (MIPS) | 750.00 |
| Online Leadership & Managing Teams Graduate Certificate | 1,130.00 |
| Online Management, Strategy and Leadership Masters | 1,130.00 |
| Online Managerial Analysis for Decision Making Graduate Certificate | 817.25 |
| Online Mechanical Engineering Masters | 995.00 |
| Online Nanjing Agriculture University Masters | 893.00 |
| Online Nursing M.S.N./CNS and D.N.P./CNS | 889.75 |
| Online Nutrition and Dietetics Masters | 893.00 |
| Online Packaging Masters | 1,000.00 |
| Online Pharmacology & Toxicology Masters | 900.00 |
| Online Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Certificate | 900.00 |
| Online Public Health Masters | 725.00 |
| Online Public Health Graduate Certificate | 725.00 |
| Online Program Evaluation Masters | 870.00 |
| Online Program Evaluation Graduate Certificate | 870.00 |
| Online Real Estate Development & Construction Graduate Certificate | 1,090.00 |
| Online Sports Analytics Graduate Certificate | 1,250.00 |
| Online Strategic Management Graduate Certificate | 1,130.00 |
| Online Supply Chain Management Masters | 1,850.00 |
| Online Taxation Graduate Certificate | 817.25 |
| Online Transaction Services Graduate Certificate | 817.25 |
| Online Urban Resilient Redevelopment Graduate Certificate | 1,090.00 |
| Online Youth Development Graduate Certificate through IDEA | 610.00 |
| Online Youth Development Masters through IDEA | 610.00 |
| SPECIAL FLAT RATE PROGRAM FEES - (per semester) | RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Teacher Certification Internship Year (based on 12 credits) | 5,358.00 |
| Broad MBA | 17,898.00 |
| College of Law (Juris Doctorate) 10-17 credits. * | 21,341.00 |
| * Per credit of 1,400 for less than 10 credits, or additional 1,400 per credit for any credits over 17 | |
| Human & Osteopathic Medicine | 16,282.00 |
| Human & Osteopathic Medicine Extended Medical Curriculum | 10,860.00 |
| Human Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program | 11,447.00 |
| Osteopathic Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program | 11,447.00 |
| Human Medicine (M.D.)/MBA Joint Degree (Begin year 1 with MBA Course) | 17,968.00 |
| Human Medicine (M.D.)/MBA Joint Degree (Students Complete 2 years of M.D. before entering joint Degree) | 19,172.00 |
| Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)/MBA Joint Degree | 18,811.00 |
| Veterinary Medicine | 16,447.00 |
| Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Fall & Spring | 14,544.00 |
| Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Summer | 10,304.00 |
| Veterinary Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program | 10,799.00 |
| SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES - (applies to entire program) | RESIDENT |
|---|---|
| Executive MBA Program | 89,000.00 |
| MS in Business Data Science & Analytics | 36,000.00 |
| MS in Data Science | 39,000.00 |
| MS in Finance |
45,000.00 |
| MS in Marketing Research |
30,500.00 |
| D.N.P. Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program - Summer 2022 Cohort | 78,735.00 |
| D.N.P. Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program - Summer 2023 Cohort | 81,097.00 |
| D.N.P. Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program - Summer 2024 Cohort | 83,530.00 |
| D.N.P. Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program - Summer 2025 Cohort | 83,547.00 |
| PA Medicine | 77,999.00 |
| STUDENT VOTED TAXES (per semester) 5 | 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 | 5.00 |
| State News Tax - all degree students with 6 or more credit hours | 7.50 |
5 Students may request a refund of Student Voted Taxes within the first 10 class days of each academic semester by contacting the appropriate all-University student governing bodies and the on-campus residence governing groups
Cost of Attendance
In addition to tuition and fees, there are other expenses associated with your Cost of Attendance. A breakdown of budgets for Graduate, Medical and Law students can be found below. Questions should be directed to the Office of Financial Aid.
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.