Cost of attendance

Your student budget is the amount of money we estimate you will need for tuition, books, and living expenses for the nine-month academic year (October-June). It is based on surveys of students’ costs, comparisons with other schools, input from housing and transportation agencies, and it reflects cost-of-living changes. The budget covers modest but adequate costs for most students attending UW Tacoma.

Student budgets can include only the student's educational costs; other family members' expenses cannot be included in the budget. The figures below are subject to change each academic year.

Students may submit a revision request form to have additional costs (childcare, uninsured medical/dental costs for the student, etc.) included in their individual budgets.

For detailed tuition rates, consult the tuition rates page.

2012-2013 Student Budget Nine-Month Living Expenses (Estimated)

*Tuition rates for 2012-13 have not yet been established. Tuition cost reflects full-time study (10-18 credits per quarter for undergraduates; 7-18 credits for graduate students).
**Figure shown is for Graduate Tier I programs. Graduate tuition varies by program.

Lives away from home: All single, undergraduate students without dependents (spouse or children) who are living away from parents’ home; undergraduate married students without children, whose spouses are also students.

Non-traditional: All graduate/professional students; undergraduates who have children; married undergraduates whose spouses are not also enrolled. Registered same-sex domestic partners may request consideration for additional living costs and will need to provide information about their partners’ financial resources when they make the request.

Room and board: This figure is intended to include food, utilities and housing.