Admissions & Cost

Indirect Costs

When budgeting for college, you’ll want to consider the indirect expenses as well. Here are estimated amounts you’ll spend on personal items such as books, transportation, clothing, entertainment and more. Personal expenses vary from student to student. Your books will not be billed directly through the University unless you purchase them at the UNI Bookstore and charge them to your U-bill.

Books & Supplies	$800
Personal Expenses	$1,774
Transportation to and from home	$700
Average Loan Fee	$76
Total Other Expenses	$3,350

Room and Board Costs

Room & Board is an allowance for the cost of housing and food, whether living on- or off-campus. If living on-campus, your Room & Board charges will be billed through the University. To check the costs of on-campus housing and meal plans, please refer to the Housing & Dining website. If living off-campus, your housing costs will not be billed through the University (unless you purchase an on-campus meal plan), but you may use financial aid to help cover off-campus housing and food costs. Your actual housing and food costs may vary.

Room and Board

$9,648

*Tuition and fees may be adjusted by the Iowa Board of Regents and are typically announced in the spring with increases occurring in the fall. Non-resident and supplemental tuition may be assessed for online courses and internships. Students enrolled at full-time status are charged a maximum of 12 units for undergraduate students and 9 units for graduate students. Students may incur additional fees and/or non-resident tuition for some course sections that do not begin with '6' (i.e. course sections offered to on-campus students as well as online students). More information about on-campus tuition and fees for these courses can be found at tuition.uni.edu.