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Tuition & Fees

Figures listed below are estimates based on one person enrolled as a full-time student. For information about terms of payment, deferred payment plans, and making payments go to the Bursar’s page in the College Services section.

Fall 2013 & Spring 2014 Tuition & Fees

Application fee:  

$30 undergraduate
$40 undergraduate (for fall 2014 and beyond)
$60 graduate
(application fees are nonrefundable)

Scheduling fee:   $100 undergraudate
$200 graduate
(nonrefundable, but are applied to tuition and fees. NOTE: payment may be reassigned to the following semster is a student defers, but not for semesters after that).
Scheduling fee deadlines:   First-year students: May 3, 2013 (for fall 2013) and Jan. 3, 2014 (for spring 2014)
Transfer students: June 3, 2013 (for fall 2013) and Jan. 3, 2014 (for spring 2014)
Graduate students: April 15, 2013
Tuition (BFA & MFA):   $28,872 per year; $14,436 per semester (12–18 credit hours)
Additional Credit hours:   $1,203 per credit hour for each additional hour over 18
Summer Tuition:   $620 per credit hour
Room & meal plan:   Schottenstein
$7,740 per year; $3870 per semester (shared double room and meal plan)

Design Square Apartments
Two bedroom: $7,240 per year; $3,620 per semester
Four bedroom: $6,700 per year; $3,350 per semester

Meal Plans
Gold plan: $2,910 per year; $1,455 per semester
Silver plan: $2,150 per year; $1,075 per semester
Bronze Plan: $1,740 per year; $870 per semester

Housing deposit:   $300 (deadline is May 3, 2013 for fall 2013 and Jan. 3, 2014 for spring 2014)
Registration Fee:   $120 per year; $60 per semester (nonrefundable)
General fee:   $300 per year; $150 per semester (nonrefundable)
Health & accident insurance:   $1,460 per year; $715 per semester
International student health insurance:   $1,248 per year; $624 per semester (those attending in spring 2014 will only pay $728 for coverage from mid-January through mid-August)
Lab fees:   Generally $600 per year; $300 per semester (will vary with schedule)
Art supplies and books:   New freshmen and transfer students will have an estimated charge of $995 added to their first-semester tuition bill. This one-time supply charge will cover your art supply kits and textbooks. However, throughout the course of the first year, students should anticipate the purchase of additional supplies. Returning students purchase their own textbooks and supplies throughout the year as directed by their instructors.
Area off-campus apartments:   Upper-division students will find that apartment rates range from $350 to $850 per month
Food and other costs average $250 to $550 per month

All students receive a 10 percent discount on most items in the CCAD Supply Store.

Fall semester 2013 bills payment arrangements must be made by Aug. 9, 2013.

Spring semester 2014 bills or payment arrangements must be made by Jan. 3, 2014.

One-Stop Student Services Contact: email (Bursar) | 614.222.3295 I fax 614.222.4034