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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. 

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.

  • Enrolled in 2021-2022

The rates for the following table are: Initial rate is Table S and Additional rate is (Not yet determined). Click on the table name to see the rate details.

2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Tuition Locked Rate and Duration Table
First Semester Enrolled1 Majors / Sequences Initial Rate Locked Through Rate for Additional 2 Years Locked Through
Summer 2022 Six-year Programs Spring 2028 (6 years) Spring 2030
Five-year Programs Spring 2027 (5 years) Spring 2029
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Spring 2026 (4 years) Spring 2028
Spring 2022 Six-year Programs Fall 2027 (6 years) Fall 2029
Five-year Programs Fall 2026 (5 years) Fall 2028
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Fall 2025 (4 years) Fall 2027
Fall 2021 Six-year Programs Summer 2027 (6 years) Summer 2029
Five-year Programs Summer 2026 (5 years) Summer 2028
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Summer 2025 (4 years) Summer 2027
  • Enrolled in 2020-2021

The rates for the following table are: Initial rate is Table R and Additional rate is Table S. Click on the table name to see the rate details.

2020 - 2021 Undergraduate Tuition Locked Rate and Duration Table
First Semester Enrolled1 Majors / Sequences Initial Rate Locked Through Rate for Additional 2 Years Locked Through
Summer 2021 Six-year Programs Spring 2027 (6 years) Spring 2029
Five-year Programs Spring 2026 (5 years) Spring 2028
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Spring 2025 (4 years) Spring 2027
Spring 2021 Six-year Programs Fall 2026 (6 years) Fall 2028
Five-year Programs Fall 2025 (5 years) Fall 2027
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Fall 2024 (4 years) Fall 2026
Fall 2020 Six-year Programs Summer 2026 (6 years) Summer 2028
Five-year Programs Summer 2025 (5 years) Summer 2027
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Summer 2024 (4 years) Summer 2026
  • Enrolled in 2019-2020

The rates for the following table are: Initial rate is Table Q and Additional rate is Table R. Click on the table name to see the rate details.

2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Tuition Locked Rate and Duration Table
First Semester Enrolled1 Majors / Sequences Initial Rate Locked Through Rate for Additional 2 Years Locked Through
Summer 2020 Six-year Programs Spring 2026 (6 years) Spring 2028
Five-year Programs Spring 2025 (5 years) Spring 2027
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Spring 2024 (4 years) Spring 2026
Spring 2020 Six-year Programs Fall 2025 (6 years) Fall 2027
Five-year Programs Fall 2024 (5 years) Fall 2026
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Fall 2023 (4 years) Fall 2025
Fall 2019 Six-year Programs Summer 2025 (6 years) Summer 2027
Five-year Programs Summer 2024 (5 years) Summer 2026
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Summer 2023 (4 years) Summer 2025
  • Enrolled in 2018-2019

The rates for the following table are: Initial rate is Table P and Additional rate is Table Q. Click on the table name to see the rate details.

2018 - 2019 Undergraduate Tuition Locked Rate and Duration Table
First Semester Enrolled1 Majors / Sequences Initial Rate Locked Through Rate for Additional 2 Years Locked Through
Summer 2019 Six-year Programs Spring 2025 (6 years) Spring 2027
Five-year Programs Spring 2024 (5 years) Spring 2026
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Spring 2023 (4 years) Spring 2025
Spring 2019 Six-year Programs Fall 2024 (6 years) Fall 2026
Five-year Programs Fall 2023 (5 years) Fall 2025
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Fall 2022 (4 years) Fall 2024
Fall 2018 Six-year Programs Summer 2024 (6 years) Summer 2026
Five-year Programs Summer 2023 (5 years) Summer 2025
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Summer 2022 (4 years) Summer 2024
  • Enrolled in 2017-2018

The rates for the following table are: Initial rate is Table O and Additional rate is Table P. Click on the table name to see the rate details.

2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Tuition Locked Rate and Duration Table
First Semester Enrolled1 Majors / Sequences Initial Rate Locked Through Rate for Additional 2 Years Locked Through
Summer 2018 Six-year Programs Spring 2024 (6 years) Spring 2026
Five-year Programs Spring 2023 (5 years) Spring 2025
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Spring 2022 (4 years) Spring 2024
Spring 2018 Six-year Programs Fall 2023 (6 years) Fall 2025
Five-year Programs Fall 2022 (5 years) Fall 2024
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Fall 2021 (4 years) Fall 2023
Fall 2017 Six-year Programs Summer 2023 (6 years) Summer 2025
Five-year Programs Summer 2022 (5 years) Summer 2024
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Summer 2021 (4 years) Summer 2023
  • Enrolled in 2016-2017

The rates for the following table are: Initial rate is Table N and Additional rate is Table O. Click on the table name to see the rate details.

2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Tuition/Mandatory Fees Locked Rate and Duration Table
First Semester Enrolled1 Majors / Sequences Initial Rate Locked Through Rate for Additional 2 Years Locked Through
Summer 2017 Six-year Programs Spring 2023 (6 years) Spring 2025
Five-year Programs Spring 2022 (5 years) Spring 2024
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Spring 2021 (4 years) Spring 2023
Spring 2017 Six-year Programs Fall 2022 (6 years) Fall 2024
Five-year Programs Fall 2021 (5 years) Fall 2023
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Fall 2020 (4 years) Fall 2022
Fall 2016 Six-year Programs Summer 2022 (6 years) Summer 2024
Five-year Programs Summer 2021 (5 years) Summer 2023
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Summer 2020 (4 years) Summer 2022
  • Enrolled in 2015-2016

The rates for the following table are: Initial rate is Table M and Additional rate is Table N. Click on the table name to see the rate details.

2015 - 2016 Undergraduate Tuition/Mandatory Fees Locked Rate and Duration Table
First Semester Enrolled1 Majors / Sequences Initial Rate Locked Through Rate for Additional 2 Years Locked Through
Summer 2016 Six-year Programs Spring 2022 (6 years) Spring 2024
Five-year Programs Spring 2021 (5 years) Spring 2023
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Spring 2020 (4 years) Spring 2022
Spring 2016 Six-year Programs Fall 2021 (6 years) Fall 2023
Five-year Programs Fall 2020 (5 years) Fall 2022
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Fall 2019 (4 years) Fall 2021
Fall 2015 Six-year Programs Summer 2021 (6 years) Summer 2023
Five-year Programs Summer 2020 (5 years) Summer 2022
All other qualified Majors / Sequences Summer 2019 (4 years) Summer 2021

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.

**Rates beyond Summer 2024 currently undetermined.

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).