Tuition and Fees

Tuition and Fee Schedule: Fall 2009

No out of state tuition is charged for distance learning students enrolled in only web based courses. Please refer to the Distance Learning Course Rate for more information.

  Full-time    Part-time 
Per Credit Hour
Undergraduate
Resident $3,600.00 $300.00
Non-Resident  $8,892.00 $741.00
Graduate
Resident  $3,960.00 $396.00
Non-Resident (Domestic)  $4,350.00 $435.00
Non-Resident (International)  (See Note 1*) $9,550.00 $478.00
Tuition Incentive Program
Undergraduate $4,560.00 $380.00
Distance Learning Course (See Note 2**)
Undergraduate   $360.00
Graduate   $475.00
Professional MBA $4,142.00 N/A
Full-time students are undergraduates who enroll in 12 hours or more of course work or graduate students who enroll in 9 hours or more of course work during Fall and Spring terms. The full-time tuition rate applies to undergraduate students taking 12-15 credit hours and graduate students taking 9 or more credit hours (either exclusively on-campus or a combination of on-campus and distance learning). Full-time undergraduate students will be assessed an additional $30 per credit hour fee for course loads exceeding 15 hours a semester.

*Note 1:  The full-time, non-resident, international graduate tuition and fees rate will be assessed at a total of $9,550.  The University will award a $4,770 graduate, non-resident scholarship for full-time, non-resident, international graduate students. 

**Note 2:  The Distance Learning Course rate is for all part-time students, regardless of residency, enrolling in on-line, web-based courses. Students enrolled exclusively in distance learning courses will be assessed the distance learning per hour rate regardless of the number of hours enrolled. There is no full-time distance learning rate.

Tuition and/or fees are subject to change by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education or Western Kentucky University.

For additional information regarding Payment Options, Refunds and Third-Party Billing visit http://www.wku.edu/bursar.


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Distance Learning is a unit of the Division of Extended Learning and Outreach at WKU.


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