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Undergraduate Programs

Tuition and fees for Undergraduates listed here are for 2009 – 10, excluding Summer Sessions and Undergraduate programs in the School of Continuing Studies. These include all Undergraduate programs in:
  • Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
  • Bienen School of Music
  • Kellogg School of Management
  • McCormick School of Engineering
  • Medill School of Journalism
  • School of Communications
  • School of Education and Social Policy
Increases should be expected in subsequent years.

For tuition purposes the term course refers to course credit. Some course offerings carry more than one course credit.
Fee Charges Amount

Non-refundable application fee

$65
Associated Student Government (ASG) activity fee
  • Required of all full-time degree candidates except those enrolled in Teaching Newspaper or foreign study
$46 (each quarter)
Athletic Events Fee
  • Fee is charged to all full-time students
  • Provides free admission to all Northwestern home games
$37 (each year)
Field Trip Fees
  • Required for courses where field trips are required for credit.
Varies
Health Services Fee
  • Required of all full-time degree candidates except those enrolled in Teaching Newspaper or foreign study
  • Charged to all entering undergraduates students, beginning with the Fall 2007 term
$67 (each quarter)
Annual Health and Hospitalization Premium
  • Student coverage is required by Northwestern for all full-time students who do not have another insurance plan. Returning full-time students who have previously participated in the Aetna Student Health Plan, will be automatically re-enrolled at the beginning of each academic year.
  • All full-time students whose first registration is for the Fall quarter must log in to CAESAR and submit the online Coverage Selection Form (CSF) to either participate in or waive the Aetna Student Health Plan. The deadline to submit the CSF is October 1. If your first full-time registration is mid-year, please refer to the Aetna Student Health website to determine the deadline.
  • Students who do not comply with the insurance requirement by the deadline will automatically be charged for the Aetna Student Health Plan and will not be able to cancel coverage until the next academic year.
  • Students who waived the Aetna Student Health Plan and wish to enroll after the deadline can apply only if a life-changing event occurs (loss of coverage through a parent policy, marriage, withdrawal from the university, etc.).

$2,360 (Student)

Optional Coverage:
$4,720 (Spouse / same-sex partner)
$2,952 (Dependent child)

* See Aetna Student Health for more details.

Laboratory Breakage and Makeup-Time Fees

Varies
Late Payment Penalty
  • Late fees are assessed each quarter on amounts remaining unpaid (whole or in part) after the due date.
  • Students may petition to have late fees removed if they feel the charge was unfairly assessed. A late fee caused by delayed financial aid may be cancelled, as long as the remaining balance is paid by the original due date.
$100
Monthly Maintenance Fee
  • Charged to inactive tuition and fee accounts remaining open after last term of registration has ended
$5/month

Non-refundable 9PAY Payment Plan Application Fee

$45 (each year)

9PAY Payment Plan Late Payment Fee

$10/late payment
Late Registration Fee
  • Fees are assessed for registering at times other than the scheduled time.
  • Payment is due at registration; a $5 surcharge will be added if billing is necessary
$25 (with possible $5 billing surcharge)
Publication Fees: Varies:
  • Daily Northwestern subscription mailing fee
$175 (only if mailed)
  • TriQuarterly Magazine Fee
$24/year (optional)
  • Syllabus Yearbook Fee, if elected during fall registration
$50/year (optional)
Retroactive Registration Fees
  • For registering after the quarter has ended.
  • Fee is charged following registration for the following quarter.
$225

Returned Payment Fee

$35
Non-refundable Study Abroad Enrollment Fees
  • For students receiving credit for study abroad participation. Exception: Students participating in Northwestern's exchange programs (ETH-Zurich, Sciences Po, IIT-Bombay).
  • Fee is billed on the first regular quarterly billing cycle after the study abroad program begins.
$2,265/term (semester or quarter)
$3,700/year (academic or calendar)
Non-refundable Study Abroad Dual Program Fee
  • For enrollment in two programs in one year.
  • Fee is billed on the first regular quarterly billing cycle after the study abroad program begins.
$2,990
Transcript Fees
  • Optional rush service fee is applied to each request (in addition to the cost of transcripts)
$5/transcript (with possible $7 rush service fee/request)

WildCard Replacement Fee

$15