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Tuition, Fee, Tax And Housing Rates To Be Effective
Spring Semester 2009 (after offset)

The following tuition, fee, tax and housing rates are those that are reflected on students' spring semester 2009 registration bills. Note that the rates listed below include an offset equal to the spring semester 2009 increase resulting in no additional cost to the student for the spring semester.

Click HERE to review the rate schedule which reflects spring semester 2009 tuition and fee rates increased by 1.2% before offset applied.

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) $ 311.00 $ 826.25
Undergraduate - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 (Freshmen and Sophomores) 286.75 802.00
Undergraduate - Admitted Fall 2005 or after Upper Division (Juniors and Seniors) 342.75 853.75
Undergraduate - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 (Juniors and Seniors) 318.25 829.25
Graduate - Masters 434.00 892.75
Graduate - Doctoral 434.00 892.75
Graduate Certification 434.00 568.00
Lifelong Education 434.00 568.00

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 $ 312.00 $ 442.00
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 281.00 461.00

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 481.00 506.00
Accelerated Nursing B.S.N. - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 462.00 487.00

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 $ 5,070 $ 9,826
Broad MBA 10,219 14,576
Human & Osteopathic Medicine 10,136 21,874
Human & Osteopathic Medicine Extended Medical Curriculum 6,946 14,775
Human & Osteopathic Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program 7,057 14,835
Veterinary Medicine 10,238 21,272
Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Fall & Spring 9,052 18,938
Veterinary Medicine Clinical Year - Summer 6,415 12,636
Veterinary Medicine - Medical Scientist Training Program 6,653 13,519

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 $ 467.00 $ 925.75
Education Specialists & Doctoral Programs 467.00 925.75
M.S. in Accounting 599.50 1,094.75

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 50,500 53,500
MS in Supply Chain Management (courses are both on-line & on campus) 39,000 40,600
Nursing Anesthesia (CRNA) Program 29,550 45,570

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 $ 534.00 568.00
Clinical Laboratory Sciences/Biomedical Laboratory Operations Masters 478.75 478.75
Criminal Justice Masters 520.00 520.00
Criminal Justice Lifelong 434.00 568.00
Education Masters 585.00 585.00
Education Lifelong (includes on-line Kinesiology courses) 584.00 618.00
Food Safety - Master of Science (additional program fees apply to VM 810) 500.00 500.00
Food Safety Lifelong 434.00 568.00
Integrative Pharmacology Masters 590.00 590.00
Integrative Pharmacology Lifelong 590.00 590.00
International Food Law Distance Education Certificate Program 434.00 568.00
Packaging Masters 585.00 585.00
Packaging Lifelong 434.00 568.00

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./Education 534.00 559.00
Nursing R.N. to B.S.N. - Admitted Fall 2005 or after 442.75 467.75
Nursing R.N. to B.S.N. - Admitted prior to Fall 2005 418.25 443.25
Nursing Lifelong Students 534.00 668.00

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 $ 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.

SPECIAL PROGRAM FEES RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
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)
$ 3,813
Residence Halls Undergraduate Housing
  -  Double Room - Gold
    (incl. $150 Spartan Cash)
3,663
Residence Halls Undergraduate Housing
  -  Double Room - Silver
3,513
Owen Graduate Center - Permanent Single* 3,109
Owen Graduate Center - Designated Single* 3,503
University Apts - Family Monthly Rates
    Remodeled One Bedroom Apartment
$ 665
University Apts - Family Monthly Rates
    Remodeled Two Bedroom Apartment
735
University Village
    Per Resident
630

*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.