Tuition and Student Fees

Your state/province/country of residence is one of the primary factors in determining your assigned tuition rate. Please note that specific eligibility criteria apply and that it is important that students monitor their residency and corresponding tuition rates in Campus Connection. Visit with the Office of Registration and Records for more information about residency as well as residency changes.

• North Dakota: North Dakota residents
• Minnesota w/ Reciprocity: Minnesota residents that have filed for and been approved by the MNOHE to receive reciprocity.
• Contiguous Provinces & States (Undergraduate and Professional students only): Minnesota (without reciprocity approval), Montana, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
• MSEP States: Students from states participating in the Midwest Student Exchange Program
• WICHE (WUE/WRGP) States & Territories: Students from states participating in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
• Professional Student Exchange (Pharmacy students): Alaska, Nevada, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands
• International: Residents of countries outside the U.S.A.
• Online: Students enrolled in programs approved by the North Dakota SBHE to utilize a strictly online delivery method.

Further Information About Residency Status

Undergraduate credits and graduate credits are assessed at different tuition rates. Students taking classes in both careers may be charged separately for each.

Undergraduate students taking 12 or less credits per semester are assessed tuition at the part-time, per-credit tuition rate. Undergraduate students taking 13 or more credits per semester are charged the flat, full-time rate which is commonly referred to as the "tuition cap". Graduate students are charged a per-credit rate, regardless of the number of credits. There is no tuition cap for most graduate majors, with Architecture being the sole exception. Teaching Leadership Academy credits are not included in the capped rate. Students in strictly online programs, charged the online tuition rate, are also excluded from the tuition cap (with the exception of undergraduate North Dakota residents).

Each of the following academic programs are assessed a "Differential Tuition Rate". The differential tuition rate replaces the base rate and starts at the point in time that the student is accepted into the program. Engineering students, for example, are accepted into their programs as Freshmen. Students who have declared multiple majors are billed at a single tuition rate corresponding with the highest programmatic rate of the student.

• Engineering
• Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Nursing
• Pharmacy
• College of Business Majors and Minors (including certificates)
• Public Health (Masters or Certificate)
• Masters of Athletic Training

NOTE: In addition to tuition, all students are charged mandatory student fees. Some may also be charged course fees, depending on the classes selected. For further details regarding billing protocols, please go to the Undergraduate or Graduate tuition rate pages.