Tuition Details

As with all institutions, at UConn there is a considerable amount of fine print associated with student financial matters. The following material is based on current Board of Trustees policies and Bursar's practices. The links at the top of the page take you to the corresponding information farther down the page.

General Payment Information
All fees are collected by the Office of the University Bursar in the Wilbur Cross Building. Fees pertaining to off-campus programs in social work and business administration are payable at those locations. After you register for classes you will receive a bill by e-mail from the Office of the University Bursar. Graduate student bills are sent out around the first day of the semester and can be viewed through the Student Administration System. They are payable on or before the tenth class day.

Failure to make payment on time will result in cancellation of registration and any residence hall assignment. You may apply for a limited deferment of the payment date for a semester fee bill at the Deferment Office in the Wilbur Cross Building. The Bursar cannot accept partial payment without an arrangement for a deferment.

Bad Checks
A $25 fee is charged on any check returned by the bank for any reason.

Refunds and Cancellations of Charges
To be eligible for a refund or cancellation of charges, a student must officially drop all courses currently being taken.

The University grants a full refund of tuition and fees to any graduate student who withdraws or is dismissed, provided that the event takes place prior to the end of the 10th class day of any semester. In certain other instances, including illness, full refunds or cancellations of charges may be made at the discretion of the Dean of the Graduate School.

A student inducted into military service will receive a prorated refund or cancellation of charges based on his or her date of separation. The student in this situation must furnish the Graduate School with a copy of the orders to active duty, showing this to be the reason for leaving the University.

Refunds or cancellations of charges are available on the following schedule for students whose programs are interrupted or terminated prior to or during a regular academic semester. When notice is received prior to the end of the tenth day of classes of a semester, full refund (less nonrefundable fees) will be made if the fees have been paid in full. Thereafter, refunds or cancellations of refundable charges will be made according to the following schedule:

  • 3rd week*.................................. 90%
  • 4th week* .................................. 60%
  • 5th and 6th week* ................... 50%
  • 7th and 8th week* ................... 25%

* Calendar weeks run Monday through Sunday; regardless of the day of the week that the semester begins, the following Sunday ends the first calendar week.

.For graduate degree-seeking students who paid fees to the Office of Credit Programs, Center for Continuing Studies, refunds are governed by the above schedule. If need-based financial aid is associated with enrollment, then refunds may be modified to comply with financial aid policies.

Summary of Nonrefundable and Refundable Fees

Nonrefundable fees:

Refundable fees:

**See "Residence Hall Fee and Room Deposit" for explanation.

Financial Responsibility
Failure to receive a bill does not relieve you of your responsibility for payment by the specified due date. If you fail to make timely payment of an outstanding balance, you may be barred from all privileges ordinarily given to a student in good standing. These include but are not limited to: advance registration (which if already completed will be subject to cancellation), registration, class attendance, advisement, dormitory room (for which any assignment will be cancelled), dining hall, library, Student Health Service, certification of status, and academic transcript privileges. Moreover, any pending University of Connecticut employment authorization either may not be processed or may be subject to cancellation. If there is a question concerning a bill, it is your responsibility to contact the Office of the University Bursar directly for clarification and resolution.

Application Processing Fee
A non-refundable fee of $55 for electronic submission or $75 for paper submission must accompany an application to the Graduate School. It may not be applied toward other charges. Exceptions include an application to a doctoral program following immediately on a master's degree program in the same field at this University, re-application requested by the Dean, and applications submitted as part of a consortium arrangement.

Tuition
All graduate students - except in Summer Sessions programs (Center for Continuing Studies) and those business administration programs conducted at centers away from Storrs - are subject to a tuition charge in addition to fees.

Students who are classified as Connecticut residents pay in-state tuition as listed in the current tuition table. Students who are classified as out-of-State students pay out-of-state tuition as listed in the same table. Newly-entering students eligible for the New England Regional Student Program pay tuition at 175% of in-state tuition while continuing students eligible for the Regional Student Program pay tuition at the rate of 150% of in-state tuition.

Tuition is pro-rated for students registering for fewer than nine credits per semester, according to the current tuition table.

Tuition (but not the associated fees) is waived for graduate assistants. If an assistantship begins or terminates during the course of a semester, tuition will be prorated on a weekly schedule - charged for that portion of the semester when the assistantship is not in force, and waived when it is in force. This can result in either a partial tuition assessment or a partial refund, depending on the circumstances.

Additionally, tuition (but not the associated fees) is waived for three groups of individuals:

  • any dependent child of a person whom the U.S. armed forces has declared either to be missing in action or to have been a prisoner of war while serving in the armed forces after January 1, 1960, provided that person was a resident of Connecticut at the time of entering the service of the armed forces of the United States or was a resident of Connecticut while so serving.
  • any veteran having served in time of war, as defined in section 27-103a of the Connecticut State Statutes, or who served in either a combat or combat support role in the invasion of Grenada (from October 25, 1983 to December 15, 1983), the invasion of Panama (from December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990), the peace-keeping mission in Lebanon (from September 29, 1982 to March 30, 1984), or Operation Earnest Will (escort of Kuwaiti oil tankers) (from February 1, 1987 to July 23, 1987), and is a resident of Connecticut at the time of acceptance for admission or readmission to the University. Eligible individuals should contact the Office of Student Financial Aid Services in the Wilbur Cross Building, Room 25, phone (860) 486-2819, for an application for the tuition waiver. Additional information on the Veterans Administration Educational Assistance and Training Waiver is located in the Financial Aid section of this Catalog.
  • any person sixty-two years of age or older who has been admitted into a degree-granting program or who wishes to take courses on a space available basis as a non-degree student. If any person who receives a tuition waiver in accordance with the provisions of this subsection also receives educational reimbursement from an employer, the waiver is reduced by the amount of the educational reimbursement.

In-State and Out-of-State Status
If you plan to qualify for in-state status you must complete and file a residence affidavit with your application for admission to the Graduate School. On the basis of this information, each entering student is classified as either a Connecticut student or an out-of-state student. Failure to file the form will result in your classification as out-of-state.

Questions concerning the classification of graduate students as resident (in-state) or nonresident (out-of-state) are resolved by the Graduate Admissions Office and the Associate Dean. If you believe that you have been incorrectly classified, contact the Graduate School and request a review.

New England Regional Student Program
The University of Connecticut participates in the New England Regional Student Program, administered by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). This program permits qualified residents of the New England states to study with reduced tuition privileges. The purpose of the program is to expand opportunities in higher education for New England residents by making available to all students those programs not commonly offered at every institution. This practice tends to reduce dupication of courses and thus utilizes more efficiently the higher educational facilities in each state. You can obtain detailed information about this program from the Graduate Admissions Office or from the New England Board of Higher Education.

International Sponsored Student Fee
A fee of $300 per semester is charged all international students who apply through, and are funded by, governmental, quasi-governmental, private, or public organizations.

Non-Credit Continuous Registration
Students not registering with the University for credit-bearing course work or other curricular offering in a given semester are required to maintain a continuing registration in the Graduate School by registering for one of the Graduate School's zero-credit Continuing Registration courses. These courses include GRAD 398 for nonthesis master's degree students, GRAD 399 for thesis master's degree students, GRAD 498 for doctoral students not yet engaged in dissertation research or writing, and GRAD 499 for doctoral students currently engaged in dissertation research or writing. Students who register for the zero-credit Continuing Registration courses are considered to be part-time students. They pay a reduced set of fees, but they are ineligible for need-based or merit-based financial aid.

If a graduate student does not complete payment for his or her Continuing Registration course to the Office of the University Bursar by the first day of the semester, the registration is cancelled and a reinstatement fee of $65 will be assessed when the student is reactivated.

Late Registration/Payment Fee
A late payment fee is charged students who fail to pay all their bills on or before the tenth day of classes of any semester. This fee is $6 for each weekday (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal State holidays) occurring after the tenth day of the semester. Students granted a limited deferment by the Deferment Office are charged the late fee if they fail to meet any of the terms of the deferment. Students whose semester bills are only for Continuing Registration courses (GRAD 398, 399, 498, or 499) are not eligible for a deferment.

This fee will accumulate to a maximum of $60, at which point the student's registration may be cancelled. To become reinstated, the student must apply for reinstatement and pay a reinstatement fee of $65. The registration process has not been completed unless the student has either received a fee bill receipt from the Bursar or has been granted a limited deferment of the payment date of the semester fee bill by the Deferment Office.

Reinstatement Fee
The Graduate School requires registration in each semester by all graduate degree and certificate program students. Students who fail to complete initial course registration by the end of the tenth day of classes of any semester will be dropped from active status and will be required to pay a reinstatement fee of $65 when they return. The reinstatement fee is added to a student's bill along with any late registration/payment fee that has accrued.

A student who has an unpaid reinstatement fee is not allowed to register, have an official transcript issued by the Registrar's Office, obtain a deferment of any fee payment date, or use the services of the Babbidge Library. A student with an unpaid reinstatement fee is not considered to be in good standing by the Graduate School.

Off-Campus M.B.A. and M.S. in Accounting Course Fee
Students registering in the Master of Business Administration programs in Hartford and Stamford and the Master of Science in Accounting in Hartford do not pay tuition, but do pay a per-credit fee, with no maximum for the semester. Information concerning this fee is available from the Program Director at each of the locations.

Stamford Ph.D. in Educational Administration Program Fees
Students enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Educational Administration at the Stamford campus should obtain fee information from administrators of that program.

Applied Music Fee
Information concerning non-refundable fess for applied music instruction can be obtained from the Department of Music.

Summer Sessions Fees
The bulletin published by the Center for Continuing Studies should be consulted for information on these fees and payment.

University-based Fees

General University Fee
The General University Fee is assessed each semester on the basis of the student's course load status (part-time, half-time, or full-time) as determined by course load. Students paying this fee at any level have access to the Student Health Service, recreational and fitness programs, Jorgensen Auditorium programs, and Student Union programs.

Audit Fees
Students auditing courses pay the same tuition and fees as those students who have enrolled for course credit. Tuition is charged on the basis of course credit hours, while the charge for the other fees (e.g., the General University Fee), is dependent on the student's total course load.

Graduate Matriculation Fee
Each degree-seeking student under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School pays a Graduate Matriculation Fee of $42 per semester. This fee is payable regardless of the credit load or the campus of registration, and applies to students registering for Continuing Registration or other zero-credit courses as well. Graduate students who enter graduate school with more than six credits of advanced course work and apply it to their degree requirements are responsible for payment of the Graduate Matriculation Fee for those semester(s) in which the excess non-degree work was taken, unless the fee is waived by the Dean of the Graduate School.

Graduate Activities Fee
A non-refundable fee of $13 per semester is charged all students taking courses at the Storrs campus. The entirety of this fee goes to the Graduate Student Senate and it used to fund its programs for graduate student welfare and recreation.

Infrastructure Maintenance Fee
All registered students are subject to an Infrastructure Maintenance Fee, used to defray the operating and maintenance costs related to new capital projects.

Student Transit Fee
Graduate students on the Storrs campus are charged a Transit Fee of $35 per semester. This fee supports the campus shuttle bus service.

Student Union Building Fee
All students pay a nonrefundable fee of $13 each semester to support the ongoing expansion and renovation of the Student Union.

Deposit Account
A deposit of $50 must be maintained by every registered student. This deposit, less deductions for breakage, fines, medicines charged at the Student Health Service pharmacy, and any other outstanding charges, will be refunded after you leave the University, either through graduation or other action.

Cooperative Bookstore Account
A one-time, refundable Cooperative Bookstore payment of $25 is required of all students, with the exception of Health Center students at Farmington, M.B.A. students at Hartford or Stamford, students registered solely for Summer Sessions, nondegree students, and students engaged exclusively in non-credit extension work. When students terminate their association with the University, the $25 Cooperative Bookstore Account is refunded.

Residence Hall Fee and Room Deposit
In 2007-2008, the fee charged all students living in a graduate residence hall is $2,672 per semester or approximately $8,000 per calendar year. Any student who has contracted for a room for the coming semester and then cancels the reservation prior to August 1 for the fall semester or January 2 for the spring semester will be held responsible for payment of a $60 room cancellation charge.

A room deposit of $140 is required to reserve a room in a graduate residence hall for the fall semester. A refund of $80 may be paid if the student cancels the reservation by the above deadlines. The room deposit will be applied toward the room fee or the room cancellation charge only. Failure to remit this payment will result in cancellation of the room assignment.

Newly entering students applying for a room must pay the $140 room deposit within fifteen days of the date stamped at the top of the room application form enclosed with the notification of admission.

Board Fee
Graduate students living in a graduate residence hall may purchase meals on a cash basis at restaurants located in the Student Union or at the guest rate in a University dining hall, or may choose to subscribe to one of the meal plans in the University dining halls.

Failure to pay the board fee as billed does not relieve you of your financial obligation. If you give notice of cancellation to the Department of Residential Life, you will be held responsible for payment of the board fee as indicated under "Refunds and Cancellations of Charges."

Student Identification Card
Each newly entering student is furnished with a personal identification card (One Card) which is revalidated each semester upon full payment of applicable fees. Should your card become lost or destroyed, a replacement will be issued for a fee of $15.

Students Attending Under Public Laws
Students attending the University for the first time under the auspices of the Veterans Administration must have a Certificate of Eligibility, which must be presented at the Office of Student Affairs prior to registration.

Degree Completion Fees
The Graduate School requires submission of two copies of a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation, which become the property of the Homer Babbidge Library. Binding of these two copies is arranged by the Library. There is no charge to the student for the binding of the two final copies of a thesis or dissertation.

All doctoral dissertations are sent to ProQuest for archiving. This is a requirement of the Graduate School. You are required to pay ProQuest's charge for this service, which is $55. This fee is subject to change. The master's thesis is not electronically archived at this time.

Upon presentation of a thesis or dissertation to the Graduate School, the office issues a bill for the above completion fees, payable by the student at the Office of the University Bursar.

There is an additional and separate charge ($65; subject to change) for the optional copyright of a doctoral dissertation.

Student Parking Fee
A parking fee is assessed to each student who has permission to park in University parking areas during the two semesters of the academic year. The fee is $40 per semester for commuting students and $51 per semester for students residing on-campus. The fee for graduate assistants is $41 per semester. In all cases, the parking fee is paid directly to Parking Services.

Mandatory Student Health Insurance
All full-time students must have adequate insurance coverage for accidents and illnesses. Students who currently are covered by personal or family health insurance do not need the student insurance provided by the University but must waive participation through the Student Administration System. Instructions for doing so are contained on the SHS website.

Full-time students should inform the Student Health Service whenever a change occurs in their health insurance coverage, including any termination of health insurance benefits provided to graduate assistants.

All non-immigrant international students will be required, at the time of registration, to show evidence of adequate insurance coverage for basic medical, major medical, and repatriation expenses. This requirement is a condition of admission and registration. International students should consult the Division of International Affairs, Department of International Services and Programs, regarding compliance with this requirement and assistance in enrolling in an approved insurance program, if necessary.

Study Abroad Supplemental Health Insurance
Students choosing to study abroad through the University's Office of Study Abroad may also be assessed an international health insurance premium that will cover them for the time period that they are abroad. This insurance is in addition to any other health insurance coverage that a student may have, including the university sponsored health insurance plan. Please call 486-5022 for further information or visit www.studyabroad.uconn.edu.

Telephone Service
All student residence rooms have been equipped with telephone jacks. Students who desire local and/or long distance services must register with the University Telephone and Telecommunications Services. UConnect will bill each student directly for the installation, monthly service charge, and toll calls.