University Park, Hershey, Dickinson, and Great Valley Tuition
Rates Effective 2003 Fall Semester
                 
        Per Academic Year   Per Semester   Part-Time
Per
Credit
Pennsylvania Residents:
 
 
Undergraduate:          
  Lower Division including Associate:              
  1st year students (a)   9,296   4,648   387
  All others   8,796   4,398   367
  Upper Division: (b)              
    Business, science & engineering programs (c)   10,048   5,024   419
    IST and IST Related (d)   10,048   5,024   419
    Nursing   11,468   5,734   478
    All other programs (e)   9,422   4,711   393
Graduate:              
  MBA - 1st year students (a)     12,498   6,249   521
  MBA - other     11,498   5,749   479
  Business, science & engineering programs (c)     10,636   5,318   443
  IST and IST Related (d)     10,636   5,318   443
  All other programs (e)  10,010   5,005   417
  Great Valley Graduate Center     -   -   540
  Graduate assistantships, fellowships     8,350   4,175   -
                 
Law:              
  Dickinson School of Law     24,300   12,150   1,106
                 
Medical:              
  College of Medicine at Hershey     26,062   -   -
                 

                 
        Per Academic Year   Per Semester   Part-Time
Per
Credit
Non-Pennsylvania Residents:
 
 
Undergraduate:              
  Lower Division including Associate:              
    1st year students (a)   18,918   9,459   788
    All others   18,418   9,209   767
  Upper Division: (b)              
    Business, science & engineering programs (c)   19,724   9,862   822
    IST and IST Related (d)   19,724   9,862   822
    Nursing   21,206   10,603   884
    All other programs (e)   19,070   9,535   795
Graduate:                
  MBA - 1st year students (a)     22,382   11,191   933
  MBA - other     21,382   10,691   891
  Business, science & engineering programs (c)     20,484   10,242   854
  IST and IST Related (d) 20,484   10,242   854
  All other programs (e) 19,830   9,915   826
  Great Valley Graduate Center     -   -   925
  Graduate assistantships, fellowships     8,350   4,175   -
                 
Law:                
  Dickinson School of Law     24,300   12,150   1,106
                 
Medical:                
  College of Medicine at Hershey     36,232   -   -
                 
Dissertation Fee:   Per Semester
     
  PhD Dissertation Fee (601 & 611)         1,090  
  PhD Dissertation Fee 601 or 611 & Courses for Audit         1,090  
  PhD Dissertation Fee 601 or 611 & Courses for Credit       1,535  

           
(a) Admitted for Summer 2003 and after.
(b) The upper division tuition rate will apply to undergraduate students with a minimum of 59.1 credits, regardless of how earned.
(c) Includes upper division and graduate programs in the Smeal College of Business Administration (excluding MBA), the Colleges of Engineering, Earth and Mineral Sciences, and the Eberly College of Science. Also includes the intercollege programs of Acoustics, Bioengineering, Materials, Operations Research, and Quality and Manufacturing Management. 2002-03 tuition includes $570 per academic year for laboratory and clinical surcharges which will be folded into tuition effective Fall 2003 as approved by the Board of Trustees in July 2002.
(d) Includes upper division and graduate programs in the School of Information Sciences and Technology and Computer Engineering and Computer Science programs in the College of Engineering. 2002-03 tuition includes $1,500 per academic year for laboratory and clinical surcharges. For 2003-04, laboratory and clinical surcharges will be folded into tuition at the rate of $570 per academic year, similar to business, science, and engineering programs.
(e) Includes programs in the colleges of Agriculture Sciences, Arts and Architecture, Communications, Education, Liberal Arts, and Health and Human Development (excluding  the upper division undergraduate program in nursing at University Park), and Liberal Arts. Also includes all intercollege programs not reflected in footnote d.  Laboratory and clinical surcharges for Agricultural Engineering, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture will be eliminated.    
               
               
NOTE: Specific tuition rates for each student by campus, level and program can be accessed at the following web site: http://tuition.psu.edu