Undergraduate Tuition Rates

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Illinois State University has locked tuition rates for undergraduate students. The Board of Trustees sets the locked tuition rate, the mandatory fees rate and outreach-fcr fee rate annually for the next upcoming school year.

Incoming undergraduate students enrolled in a degree-seeking program will pay the locked tuition rate for four continuous calendar years.  The calendar years may be extended for a year or two based on major/sequence. Upon expiration of the initial and additional two-year freeze periods, the prevailing rate shall apply.

The duration of the initial locked rate depends on the qualified primary major/sequence carried within the individual's catalog year as of the last day of the last undergraduate semester attended within the four continuous calendar years after being classified as first enrolled.¹ If during a future semester, a student becomes classified as a graduate, the prevailing graduate tuition and mandatory fee rates shall apply.²

Please Note: Mandatory Fees and Outreach-FCR fees (effective Fall 2017), Student Health Insurance, Installment Fees, University Housing and Campus Dining charges do NOT have locked rates.

Winter session courses are billed as part of the spring term at the same rate as other spring courses. Charges for winter session courses will appear on January 1st. 

Tuition, Mandatory Fees, and Differential Rates - For Undergraduate Students Starting:  FALL 2024, SPRING 2025, SUMMER 2025.

Fall 2022 due dates

Rates/Hour	In State	Out of State
Tuition Rates	$ 402.19	$ 804.38
Mandatory Fees	$ 117.21	$ 117.21
Total Per Credit Hour	$ 519.40	$ 921.59
Tuition Differential *	$ 60.33	$ 120.66 **
Total Per Credit Hour with Differential	$ 579.73	$ 1042.25

* Program Tuition Differential – an additional charge per credit hour depending on the course of study (program) that you choose. This charge per credit hour will vary based on the specific program selected. 
Programs included for the academic year 2024-2025: * College of Business * Mennonite College of Nursing * Computer Science * Cyber Security

** If you received the 2024 Preview Flyer, there was a misprint regarding the differential charge for Out of State.

These qualifications and rates reflect the latest Board of Trustees Resolution(s). Qualifications and rates are subject to change pending any future Board of Trustees, Legislative, or University Administrative action. Please contact the Student Accounts Office at stuaccts@illinoisstate.edu or (309) 438-5643 if you have any questions.

First enrolled before Fall 2015? View prior year tuition rates in our Tuition and Fee archive.

*Mandatory/Outreach-FCR fees are only frozen prior to Fall 2017 semesters.

¹ Definition of first semester enrolled - Must be an undergraduate student in a degree seeking program, including the General Student classification and in attendance as of the official '10th day census.' If carrying a primary major/sequence of unclassified (065.00) when first enrolled, the tuition freeze will not apply. If carrying a primary major/sequence in the Integrated Accountancy B.S./M.P.A. program (382.00, 382.01 or 382.02) or Integrated Languages, Literature & Cultures B.A./M.A. program (314.00, 314.12, 314.13 or 314.15) when first enrolled, the student is considered as an undergraduate student for purposes of this definition. Classification of graduate status in a prior semester does not disqualify eligibility for tuition freeze.

² Effective for semesters after summer 2005, the undergraduate rate shall apply for students carrying a primary major/sequence in the Integrated Accountancy B.S./M.P.A. program (382.00, 382.01 or 382.02). Effective for fall 2007 - spring 2012 semesters, the undergraduate rate shall apply for students carrying a primary major/sequence in the Integrated Languages, Literature & Cultures B.A./M.A. program (314.00, 314.12, 314.13 or 314.15).