Tuition and fees for graduate and law students
Tuition and fees for law students
Tuition for graduate students
- Tuition for graduate courses in the College of Business
- Tuition for other graduate courses:
- Arts and Sciences,
- School of Education,
- College of Engineering and Polymer Science,
- College of Health and Human Sciences, and
- Special tuition and fees are in place for the following programs:
- master of public health,
- master of fine and applied,
- joint audiology,
- nursing anesthesia,
- the Saturday MBA program, and
- the English Language Institute.
Fees for graduate students
Some fees below do not apply to graduate students. Expand the dropdown to see the groups that are charged.
Out-of-state surcharge: Out-of-state students who select an online major will be assessed $1 per credit. Out-of-state students with an online major will be exempt from the non-resident surcharge.
Akron Fees $100.00 (per credit hour, plateau $1,200)
Included in this fee (previously billed separately):
General Service Fee - supports student services and operations. Examples include athletics, student services, and student organizations.
Facilities Fee – supports student facilities such as the Jean Hower Taber Student Union and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
Transportation Fee – supports new and enhanced computers labs, equipment and software; high-speed wireless networking throughout Akron and Wayne campuses; availability of wireless, state-of-the-art laptop computers for checkout; academic support software; technology-enhanced classrooms; and distance learning classrooms.
Library Fee - enables University Libraries to build collections to support the curriculum. The collections include journals, books, online electronic resources and media collections.
Career Advantage Fee - supports opportunities for internships, co-operative education, practicum, clinical/field-based experiences, student teaching, service learning, and other professional-level, experiential learning for qualified students.
Administrative Fee - supports costs associated with processing registration.
Some courses carry an additional course fee.
Who pays? Students who enroll in certain courses that require an additional fee. Generally, these fees pay for lab supplies and equipment, field trips, visiting artists, software for the course, required national exams, one-time use equipment or consumables
Amount: The fees vary by course. Please see Course Material Fee Schedule inside the Undergraduate Bulletin (search for "fee"). Please note that fees may change without notice.
For workshops and special-topics courses offered irregularly, the fees may not be listed in the bulletin. Please consult with the sponsoring department to learn about required course material and fees for those classes.
Engineering and Polymer Science Program Fee - supports a number of College of Engineering and Polymer Science programs/services, including:
- the Co-operative Education Office,
- the IDEAs program that provides scholarships for diversity students and an active tutoring program,
- the Women in Engineering program that provides mentorship to young women and significant outreach for the college,
- student design teams, and
- a machine shop whose personnel maintain equipment, provide safety and specific machine training for students and provides machined parts for faculty research projects and student design teams.
Who pays? All majors in the College of Engineering and Polymer Science above 30 hours.
Amount: $15 per credit hour, up to a maximum of 12 hours per semester.
Engineering Infrastructure Fee - supports the purchase or update of software required to train students appropriately in this highly technical discipline with rapidly changing technology needs.
Who pays? Students taking engineering
Amount: $26 per credit hour
Engineering Co-operative Education Fee - supports the services provided by the for Co-operative Education Office in the College of Engineering.
Who pays? Engineering students on a co-op assignment.
Amount: $125 per semester for students
Selective Service Surcharge - Ohio Law (Section 3345.32 O.R.C.) requires that male students between the ages of 18 and 26 who are Ohio residents must register for Selective Service and verify that they have registered with the Selective Service in order to be considered in-state residents to attend Ohio public colleges and universities. Failure to register with the Selective Service and provide verification of such will result, as the law stipulates, in the assessment of the Nonresident Tuition Surcharge.
Affected students may have the Nonresident Tuition Surcharge removed by providing the required Selective Service number in person to the Office of the University Registrar located in Simmons Hall or by e-mail at registrar@uakron.edu. To register for the Selective Service or to locate a lost or non-received Selective Service number, you may contact the Selective Service System on the web at or call 1-847-688-6888.
Who pays? All selective service eligible students that have not registered for selective service.
Amount: Out of state tuition per credit hour.
On-line Fee - supports the services provided for online courses.
Who pays? All students taking online courses.
Amount: $15 per credit hour, up to a maximum of 12 hours per semester.