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Billing & Payments

Tuition and Fees

2021–2022

All tuition and fees are subject to revision by Northeastern University’s Board of Trustees.

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Undergraduate

Program Per Term
Full-Time $28,250
Per Summer I or Summer II Session $14,125
Per-credit Hour Rate (see overload and reduced load policy) $1,766
N.U.in Fall Semester Programs $37,135
NU Immerse Program $22,175
Foundation Year $19,780
Study Abroad (for additional information around costs and programs, visit the GEO website) $28,250
Dialogue of Civilizations (for additional information around costs and programs, visit the GEO website) $14,125
6th Year PharmD (effective summer term 2021) $15,395
6th Year Physical Therapy (effective summer term 2021) $13,395
Accelerated BSN $1,186 (per credit hour)
Fee Type Semester Summer Session
International Student Fee (one-time) $350
Residential Student Fee $32 $16
Student Activity Fee (per year) $148
Student Center Fee $70 $35
Student Recreation Fee $60 $35
Undergraduate Student Fee (in class or during study abroad) $310 $155
Semester in Silicon Valley Program Fee (D’Amore-McKim School of Business) $1,500

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College of Professional Studies

Program Per Credit Hour
Undergraduate Courses (on-campus and online) $541
Lab Courses (science labs and writing labs) $781

For a complete list of tuition rates for College of Professional Studies Bachelor’s Completion programs, please visit the College of Professional Studies website.

Please note, courses taken outside of your home college may be billed at the per credit rate of the college offering the course.

Please note that tuition rates may vary slightly depending on when you entered the program. For a complete list of tuition rates for graduate programs in the College of Professional Studies, please visit the College of Professional Studies website.

Please note, courses taken outside of your home college may be billed at the per credit rate of the college offering the course.

Students entering program before 7/1/2018

 

Program Per Credit Hour
Graduate Courses (on-campus and online) (excluding Master of Education, Global Studies, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Communication, Commerce and Economic Development Programs, MPS Analytics, MPS Informatics, MPS Digital Media, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence) $785
MS Regulatory Affairs, MS Global Studies, MS Technical Communication $808
MS Commerce and Economic Development, MPS Analytics, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence $808
MPS Informatics and MPS Digital Media $785
Master of Education and Master of Arts in Teaching (excluding Higher Education Administration concentration) $646
CPS Master’s-Level Graduate Courses
Personal and Professional Enrichment (non-degree)
$785
Master of Education, Higher Education Administration Concentration $646
Doctorate in Education $932
Executive Doctorate in Law and Policy (students continuing in 48 q.h. program) $2,050

Students entering program between 7/1/2018 and 6/30/2019

 

Program Per Credit Hour
Graduate Courses (on-campus and online) (excluding Master of Education, Global Studies, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Communication, Commerce and Economic Development Programs, MPS Analytics, MPS Informatics, MPS Digital Media, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence) $785
MS Regulatory Affairs, MS Global Studies, MS Technical Communication $808
MS Commerce and Economic Development, MPS Analytics, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence $855
MPS Informatics and MPS Digital Media $830
Master of Education and Master of Arts in Teaching (excluding Higher Education Administration concentration) $646
CPS Master’s Level Graduate Courses
Personal and Professional Enrichment (non-degree)
$785
Master of Education, Higher Education Administration Concentration $683
Doctorate in Education $932
Executive Doctorate in Law and Policy (students continuing in 48 q.h. program) $2,050

Students entering program between 7/1/2019 and 6/30/2020

 

Program Per Credit Hour
Graduate Courses (on-campus and online) (excluding Master of Education, Global Studies, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Communication, Commerce and Economic Development Programs, MPS Analytics, MPS Informatics, MPS Digital Media, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence) $785
MS Regulatory Affairs, MS Global Studies, MS Technical Communication $808
MS Commerce and Economic Development, MPS Analytics, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence $888
MPS Informatics and MPS Digital Media $862
Master of Education and Master of Arts in Teaching (excluding Higher Education Administration concentration) $646
CPS Master’s Level Graduate Courses
Personal and Professional Enrichment (non-degree)
$785
Master of Education, Higher Education Administration Concentration $709
Doctorate in Education $932
Doctorate in Law and Policy (self-paced) $978
Executive Doctorate in Law and Policy (students continuing in 48 q.h. program) $2,050
Executive Doctorate in Law and Policy (students entering 69 q.h. program) $1,425

Students entering program between 7/1/2020 and 6/30/2021

 

Program Per Credit Hour
Graduate Courses (on-campus and online) (excluding Master of Education, Global Studies, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Communication, Commerce and Economic Development Programs, MPS Analytics, MPS Informatics, MPS Digital Media, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence) $785
MS Regulatory Affairs, MS Global Studies, MS Technical Communication $808
MS Commerce and Economic Development, MPS Analytics, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence $939
MPS Informatics and MPS Digital Media $912
Master of Education and Master of Arts in Teaching (excluding Higher Education Administration concentration) $646
CPS Master’s Level Graduate Courses
Personal and Professional Enrichment (non-degree)
$785
Master of Education, Higher Education Administration Concentration $709
Doctorate in Education $932
Doctorate in Law and Policy (self-paced) $978
Executive Doctorate in Law and Policy (students continuing in 48 q.h. program) $2,050
Executive Doctorate in Law and Policy (students entering 69 q.h. program) $1,425

Students entering program between 7/1/2021 and 6/30/2022

 

Program Per Credit Hour
Graduate Courses (on-campus and online) (excluding Master of Education, Global Studies, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Communication, Commerce and Economic Development Programs, MPS Analytics, MPS Informatics, MPS Digital Media, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence) $785
MS Regulatory Affairs, MS Global Studies, MS Technical Communication $808
MS Commerce and Economic Development, MPS Analytics, MPS Applied Machine Intelligence $975
MPS Informatics and MPS Digital Media $947
Master of Education and Master of Arts in Teaching (excluding Higher Education Administration concentration) $646
CPS Master’s Level Graduate Courses
Personal and Professional Enrichment (non-degree)
$785
Master of Education, Higher Education Administration Concentration $709
Doctorate in Education $932
Doctorate in Law and Policy (self-paced) $978
Executive Doctorate in Law and Policy (students continuing in 48 q.h. program) $2,050
Executive Doctorate in Law and Policy (students entering 69 q.h. program) $1,425
Fee Type
International CPS Fee (undergraduate, graduate, or certificate programs) $350 (one-time)
International Student Fee (moving from non-degree to degree program) $350 (one-time)
Graduate Student Center Fee (Boston campus only) $8.25 (per term)
Undergraduate Student Center Fee (Boston campus only) $11 (per term)
Graduate Student Recreation Fee (College of Professional Studies/Lowell Institute School) $18 (per term)
Undergraduate Student Recreation Fee $18 (per term)

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Graduate Programs

 Program Rate & Frequency
Applied Behavioral Analysis $1,285 (per credit hour)
Arts, Media and Design $1,718 (per credit hour)
MS in Media Advocacy $1,718 (per credit hour)
Bouvé College of Health Sciences $1,685 (per credit hour)
Cybersecurity $1,532 (per credit hour)
Data Science $1,690 (per credit hour)
Data Analytics $1,690 (per credit hour)
D’Amore-McKim School of Business Programs (excluding MSA/MBA combined program) $1,640 (per credit hour)
MSA/MBA (effective with cohort beginning summer 2021) $69,700 (full program)
Engineering $1,689 (per credit hour)
Health Informatics $1,315 (per credit hour)
Khoury College of Computer Sciences $1,626 (per credit hour)
Marine Biology $1,445 (per credit hour)
Applied Math $1,696 (per credit hour)
Bioinformatics $1,680 (per credit hour)
Biotechnology $1,672 (per credit hour)
MS in Experiential Biotechnology $1,400 (per credit hour)
Sciences $1,680 (per credit hour)
MS in Environmental Science and Policy $1,655 (per credit hour)
College of Social Sciences and Humanities (excluding MPA, MPP, MS CJ, MS Econ, MS Security) $1,250 (per credit hour)
College of Social Sciences and Humanities Master of Public Administration $952 (per credit hour)
College of Social Sciences and Humanities Master of Public Policy $946 (per credit hour)
College of Social Sciences and Humanities MS in Criminal Justice $1,011 (per credit hour)
College of Social Sciences and Humanities MS in Security and Resilience Studies $1,370 (per credit hour)
College of Social Sciences and Humanities MS in Economics $1,391 (per credit hour)
Physician Assistant $16,825 (per term)
Dissertation (flat rate equivalent to 1.5 of the college per credit hour rate listed above)  1.5 x per credit hour rate
Masters or Doctoral Continuation Fee (flat rate equivalent to the college per credit hour rate listed above)  1 credit hour rate
Direct Entry Nursing On-ground $20,225 (per term)
Direct Entry PharmD $26,108 (per semester)
Direct Entry PharmD Clinical $15,395 (per semester)
Post Baccalaureate Direct Entry Graduate DPT $19,625 (per semester)
Post Baccalaureate Direct Entry Graduate DPT (effective January 2020 new entries) $19,165 (per semester)
Nurse Anesthetist Clinical $4,225 (in addition to tuition)

Please note, courses taken outside of your home college may be billed at the per credit rate of the college offering the course.

 Fee Type Semester Summer Session
International Student Fee (one-time) $350
Residential Student Fee (per term) $32 $16
Student Center Fee (full-time students, per term, Boston campus only) $70 $35
Student Center Fee (part-time students, per term, Boston campus only) $10 $5
Student Recreation Fee (full-time students, per term) $60 $35
Student Recreation Fee (part-time students, per term) $30
Student Activities Fee (per term) $17 $8.50
Full-Time MBA Program Fee $3,000
MSA/MBA/MSF Program Fee $1,500

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School of Law

Program  Rate
School of Law Tuition $56,940 (per academic year)
FlexJD Program $42,703 (per academic year; tuition will be distributed between fall, spring, and summer semesters)
Master of Laws (LLM) Online $1,400 (per semester hour)
Master of Legal Studies Online Degree Program $1,094 (per semester hour)
Online Certificates $1,094 (per semester hour)
 Fee Type Per Term Summer Session
International Student Fee (one-time) $350
Residential Student Fee (per term) $32 $16
Student Recreation Fee $60
Student Activities Fee (first year) $17
Student Activities Fee (second and third year) $12

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Other

Fee Type One-Time
Undergraduate Day Admissions Application $75
Graduate Programs Visit the Graduate Programs website

Late fees can be placed on accounts any time after the due date, if the account remains fully or partially unpaid. The university typically waits, however, until after the conclusion of the add/drop period, for the specified semester, prior to assessment of late fees. These fees are based on the amount past due at the time of assessment, and can range from $75 to $200. Late fees are assessed once per semester.

If a student or payer wishes to dispute a late fee assessment, they must do so in writing, to [email protected]. Please be sure to include the student’s name, NU ID, and reason for the dispute in the email.

Fee Type Semester
Late Fee $75—$200
Returned Check Fee/Stop Payment $25
Fee Type Semester
Husky ID Replacement Fee $25
Music Lab Fee $731
Scuba Fee $50

 

Fee Type Annual
Health Plan Fee (Undergraduate Day and Law) $2,299
Health Plan Fee (CPS and Graduate Programs)
*Students are also charged the University Health and Counseling Fee
$2,299
University Health and Counseling Center Fee (CPS and Graduate) $225

For additional information regarding the Northeastern University Student Health Plan (NUSHP), including a complete list of rates for the academic year, visit the NUSHP website.