2026-27 School of Professional Studies (Graduate Programs) Tuition and Fees
A clear look at the costs.
These are the charges you can expect to see on your tuition bill. Understanding your total estimated costs now can help you plan ahead and budget confidently. After you apply, you'll be able to see how our various financial aid options help cover expenses and help make Northwestern affordable for everyone.
For a full estimate of all static and incidental costs, see Cost of Attendance. Keep in mind, you may encounter additional possible charges, such as late fees, depending on your program. For the billing schedule, see Payment Due Dates.
If you have questions about tuition, fees or your bill, please contact Student Finance or visit our FAQ page. View tuition and fees from previous years.
Accelerated 1-Year Master's Certificate
- Information Systems: $15,420/term
- Data Science: $16,215/term
- Public Policy and Administration: $14,375/term
Charged to Students in the following full time programs:
- Information Systems (Accelerated 1-year)
- Data Science (Accelerated 1-year)
- Public Policy & Admin (Accelerated 1-year)
Non-refundable. Covers necessary technology resources and services to enhance online student learning experiences.
Charged in Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
For graduate and professional students, the health services fee will now be charged to students with regular access to on-campus health services. The student health fee, and other funding sources, provides Northwestern students with equitable access to a variety of health services at the university including: Northwestern Medicine Student Health Service, Counseling & Psychological Services, TimelyCare services, and other on-campus health and wellness initiatives.
All degree-seeking students are required to have health insurance coverage either through the Northwestern All degree-seeking students are required to have health insurance coverage either through the Northwestern University/Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan or the student's own health insurance carrier. Students who take no action will default to the Northwestern University/Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan and be charged accordingly. See Student Health Insurance and Annual NU-SHIP Enrollment/Waiver Process for more information.
Master's Certificate
- Clinical Research & Reg Admin $4,785/unit
- Creative Writing $4,000/unit
- Data Science $5,098/unit
- Data Science for MIT Micromast $5,098/unit
- Data Science Programme $1,083/unit
- Enterprise Risk Management $4,042/unit
- Global Health $3,410/unit
- Health Analytics $4,760/unit
- Health Informatics $5,131/unit
- Healthcare Administration $3,495/unit
- Healthcare Data Science $4,760/unit
- Information Design and Strategy $4,115/unit
- Information Systems $5,037/unit
- Liberal Studies $3,768/unit
- Literature $3,768/unit
- Predictive Analytics $5,098/unit
- Prose and Poetry $4,000/unit
- Public Policy & Admin $4,080/unit
- Quality Assurance & Reg Sci $4,785/unit
- Regulatory Compliance $4,785/unit
- Sports Administration $4,500/unit
Non-refundable. Covers necessary technology resources and services to enhance online student learning experiences.
Charged in Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
For graduate and professional students, the health services fee will now be charged to students with regular access to on-campus health services. The student health fee, and other funding sources, provides Northwestern students with equitable access to a variety of health services at the university including: Northwestern Medicine Student Health Service, Counseling & Psychological Services, TimelyCare services, and other on-campus health and wellness initiatives.
All degree-seeking students are required to have health insurance coverage either through the Northwestern All degree-seeking students are required to have health insurance coverage either through the Northwestern University/Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan or the student's own health insurance carrier. Students who take no action will default to the Northwestern University/Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan and be charged accordingly. See Student Health Insurance and Annual NU-SHIP Enrollment/Waiver Process for more information.
Graduate Certificate
- Analytics and Modeling $5,098/unit
- Analytics Management $5,098/unit
- Clinical Research $4,785/unit
- College Sports Management $4,500/unit
- Communication with Data $4,115/unit
- Content Strategy $4,115/unit
- Creative Writing $4,000/unit
- Data Engineering $5,098/unit
- Database & Internet Technologies $5,037/unit
- E-Sports $4,500/unit
- Global Health Leadership $3,410/unit
- Global Health Research $3,410/unit
- Health Data Science $4,760/unit
- Healthcare Administration $3,495/unit
- Health Informatics $5,131/unit
- Healthcare Industry $3,471/unit
- Information Systems Management $5,037/unit
- Information Systems Security $5,037/unit
- Learning Design $4,115/unit
- Literature $3,768/unit
- Project Management $5,037/unit
- Public Policy and Administration $4,080/unit
- Regulatory Compliance $4,785/unit
- Regulatory Policy and Health Systems $3,103/unit
- Sports Analytics $4,500/unit
- Sports Communication $3,015/unit
- Sports Management $4,500/unit
- Technology Entrepreneurship $5,098/unit
Non-refundable. Covers necessary technology resources and services to enhance online student learning experiences.
Charged in Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
For graduate and professional students, the health services fee will now be charged to students with regular access to on-campus health services. The student health fee, and other funding sources, provides Northwestern students with equitable access to a variety of health services at the university including: Northwestern Medicine Student Health Service, Counseling & Psychological Services, TimelyCare services, and other on-campus health and wellness initiatives.
All degree-seeking students are required to have health insurance coverage either through the Northwestern All degree-seeking students are required to have health insurance coverage either through the Northwestern University/Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan or the student's own health insurance carrier. Students who take no action will default to the Northwestern University/Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan and be charged accordingly. See Student Health Insurance and Annual NU-SHIP Enrollment/Waiver Process for more information.
Post-Graduate Certificate
- Artificial Intelligence $3,568/unit
- Climate Change Communication $2,861/unit
- Creative Writing $2,800/unit
- Data Science and Analytics $2,800/unit
- Global Health $2,385/unit
- Health Informatics Clin $3,592/unit
- Healthcare Data Science & AI $3,330/unit
- Healthcare Regulatory Compliance $3,350/unit
- Information System Management $3,526/unit
- Interdisciplinary Studies for Liberal Studies $2,637/unit
- Interdisciplinary Studies for Literature $2,637/unit
- Interdisciplinary Studies in Sports Administration $3,150/unit
- Predictive Analytics $3,568/unit
- Public Policy $2,855/unit
Non-refundable. Covers necessary technology resources and services to enhance online student learning experiences.
Charged in Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
For graduate and professional students, the health services fee will now be charged to students with regular access to on-campus health services. The student health fee, and other funding sources, provides Northwestern students with equitable access to a variety of health services at the university including: Northwestern Medicine Student Health Service, Counseling & Psychological Services, TimelyCare services, and other on-campus health and wellness initiatives.
All degree-seeking students are required to have health insurance coverage either through the Northwestern All degree-seeking students are required to have health insurance coverage either through the Northwestern University/Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan or the student's own health insurance carrier. Students who take no action will default to the Northwestern University/Aetna Student Health Insurance Plan and be charged accordingly. See Student Health Insurance and Annual NU-SHIP Enrollment/Waiver Process for more information.
Additional Fees
We'd like to give you a transparent and thorough understanding of charges that you might be responsible for in any given year as a Northwestern student.
Outside of the tuition and fees listed above, there are potential costs you may encounter during your time at Northwestern, such as field trip fees, subscription fees and fines among others. These charges are based on your activities and your specific program.