Admissions & Cost

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees*

Tuition and Fees per Board of Regents, State of Iowa Approval

	Tuition per unit of credit	Technology fee per course	Records & Documents fee charged once at graduation	Enrollment Fee fee per course
Undergraduate Online Programs	$350	$42	$115	-
Management: Business Administration BA Online and Accounting Hybrid BA**	$430	$42	$115	-
Graduate Online Programs	$558	$42	$115	-
Guided Independent Study (GIS)	$277	$42	-	$10
Master of Business Administration (MBA)	$731	$42	$115	-
International	$492-$1,182	$42	$115	-

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.

**The UNI College of Business has a supplemental tuition ($80/unit of credit) for students who are a declared major in the College of Business and are classified as a junior, senior or graduate student. Students in the online Management: Business Administration (BA) program will be charged supplemental tuition.

Bachelor of Liberal Studies distance students are limited to registering for 4 credit hours of on-campus coursework. If you wish to register for more than 4 credit hours of on-campus coursework, you will be charged all UNI mandatory fees based on total credit hours.

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Guided Independent Study

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Financing Your Degree

Financial aid is available for degree-seeking students who have financial need and enroll in a minimum number of credits per semester.
Payment plans are available for semester-based courses.
Scholarships are offered by Online & Distance Education for select programs for professionals and education alumni.

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