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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Tuition, Fee, Tax And Housing Rates To Be Effective
Fall Semester 2009

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 the Matriculation and Energy Fee or Student Taxes. Certain lifelong education online courses may be assessed additional tuition fees of up to $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 RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
Undergraduate - Admitted Fall 2005 or after Lower Division (Freshman and Sophomores) $ 347.00 $ 895.75
Undergraduate - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 (Freshmen and Sophomores) 321.00 869.75
Undergraduate - Admitted Fall 2005 or after Upper Division (Juniors and Seniors) 380.50 925.00
Undergraduate - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 (Juniors and Seniors) 354.50 899.00
Graduate - Masters 478.25 966.50
Graduate - Doctoral 478.25 966.50
Graduate Certification 478.25 620.75
Lifelong Education 478.25 620.75

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 and Energy Fee - All degree students $ 166.00 $ 235.00
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 7.25
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 Programmatic 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 PROGRAMMATIC 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 289.00 475.00

Undergraduate Special Programs

The following undergraduate program is based on per credit hour rates. The Matriculation and Energy Fee and Student Taxes apply.

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
Accelerated Nursing B.S.N. - Admitted Fall 2005 or after in this program $ 525.00 $ 550.00
Accelerated Nursing B.S.N. - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 506.00 531.00

Graduate & Graduate Professional Special Programs

The following Graduate & Graduate Professional Program fees are charged per semester. Rates include the Matriculation and Energy Fee.

SPECIAL BLOCK PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
Teacher Certification Internship Year $ 5,503 $ 11,698
Broad MBA 10,845 16,500
Human & Osteopathic Medicine 10,714 23,203
Human & Osteopathic Medicine Extended Medical Curriculum 7,262 15,593
Human & Osteopathic Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program 7,405 15,681
Veterinary Medicine 10,822 22,564
Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Fall & Spring 9,568 20,088
Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Summer 6,780 13,405
Veterinary Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program 6,978 14,285

The following Graduate Programs are based on per credit hour rates. The Matriculation and Energy Fee and Student Taxes apply.

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
M.A. & M.S. in Education $ 511.25 $ 999.50
Education Specialists & Doctoral Programs 511.25 999.50
M.S. in Accounting 649.00 1,178.50

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

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
Executive MBA Program $ 76,000 $ 84,300
Weekend MBA Program 53,000 56,000
MS in Supply Chain Management (courses are both on-line & on campus) 41,500 43,250
Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program 31,090 47,940

On-line Programs

The following on-line programs are charged per credit hour rates. Student Taxes apply to students in degree programs. The Matriculation and Energy Fee does not apply.

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Lifelong $ 528.25 $ 620.75
Clinical Laboratory Sciences/Biomedical Laboratory Operations Masters 528.25 620.75
Criminal Justice Masters (includes Law Enforcement Intelligence and Judical Administration programs) 520.00 520.00
Criminal Justice Lifelong 478.25 620.75
Education Masters 615.00 615.00
Education Lifelong (includes on-line Kinesiology courses) 628.25 670.75
Food Safety - Master of Science (additional program fees apply to VM 810) 526.00 526.00
Food Safety Lifelong 478.25 620.75
Integrative Pharmacology Masters 620.75 620.75
Integrative Pharmacology Lifelong 620.75 620.75
International Food Law Distance Education Certificate Program 478.25 620.75
Packaging Masters 615.00 615.00
Packaging Lifelong 478.25 620.75

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

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
Nursing M.S.N./CNS-Education $ 578.25 $ 603.25
Nursing R.N. to B.S.N. - Admitted Fall 2005 or after 480.50 505.50
Nursing R.N. to B.S.N. - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 454.50 479.50
Nursing Lifelong Students 578.25 720.75

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

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
Youth Development through Great Plains IDEA Alliance Masters Degree $ 430.00 $ 430.00
Youth Development through Great Plains IDEA Alliance Masters Certificate Program 430.00 430.00

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.

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
M.S. in Supply Chain Management (courses are both on-line and on campus) $41,500 $43,250

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)
$ 3,997
Residence Halls Undergraduate Housing
  -  Double Room - Gold
    (incl. $150 Spartan Cash)
3,847
Residence Halls Undergraduate Housing
  -  Double Room - Silver
3,697
Owen Graduate Center - Permanent Single* 3,272
Owen Graduate Center - Designated Single* 3,687
University Apts - Family Monthly Rates
    Renovated One Bedroom Apartment
$ 767
University Apts - Family Monthly Rates
    Renovated Two Bedroom Apartment
857
University Apts - Family Monthly Rates
    Standard One Bedroom Apartment
700
University Apts - Family Monthly Rates
    Standard Two Bedroom Apartment
774
University Village
    Per Resident
663

*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 $3.00 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.