UC Costs 2023-24

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Year amounts shown would be the typical fall + spring semesters as summer is generally optional. Full-time enrollment year-round would be 3x term rate or year + term rate.

NOTE: Year-round enrollment may require changes in loan processing.

Tuition is the combined amount for instructional, general, technology, and campus life or distance learning fees as well as appropriate non-resident surcharges.

Undergraduate tuition is determined by your college program location and cohort groups based on your academic year of admission. Cohort groups relate to the Cincinnati Tuition Guarantee that locks in your rate for the length of your program.

Along with the overviews below, more details on specific fees for your program, special course fees, and distance learning program fees are also available via the Bursar Website.

This detail of fees does not replace your individual bill determined each term by your course registration.

NOTES:

A - Students who meet definitions as Ohio residents, and students eligible and certified following application for Indiana Reciprocity or Kentucky Reciprocity

B - Eligible students from Kentucky or Indiana locations certified following application for UC's Metropolitan (Metro) Rate

C - Students ineligible for Ohio or Metro tuition rates

D - Per Hour rate is charged when part-time or in addition to full-time rate when enrolled in excess hours for a term

E - Full-time is flate semester rate for 12-18 hours for undergraduates and Law students, 10-18 for graduate and PharmD, and 24 or more hours in the M.D. program

F - Per Year is for traditional, full-time, 2-term enrollment (usually fall-spring)

In addition to tuition rates above, students in specified colleges or programs will be charged these fees for in-class terms.

Other fees that will be charged students include a fee for new students, international students, students on co-op, and health insurance in full or only for students with exposure to human bloodborne pathogens.

The cost of attending UC consists of direct and indirect costs.

• Direct costs on your semester bill are tuition (listed on your bill as instructional, general, technology, campus life, and program fees), housing and food (billed as room and board for students residing on campus), and health insurance (if minimum insurance coverage is not documented). 
• Attending college also includes indirect costs. Non-tuition items such as books and supplies, transportation and parking, personal expenses, and off-campus rent are part of your budget though they will not be billed by the university.

Your overall cost of attendance budget essentially covers costs of tuition through toothpaste. The total amount we budget for a typical new on-campus, full-time undergraduate, Ohio resident for the basic 2-semester academic year on Uptown Campus is $37,795. Though that will not be billed to you.

Remember that what you actually spend in non-billed expenses may differ from the amounts budgeted by the Student Financial Aid Office. You should plan your finances to meet your expenses. 

While not providing an exact picture of financial aid, the federally required Net Price Calculator can give new undergraduate students an idea of Federal Pell Grant and Federal Direct Loan eligibility prior to an award being made.

At the same time, eligibility for complete aid packages can only be determined following an offer of admission to the university and completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA should be completed as soon after October 1 as possible each year in order to be considered for maximum aid eligibility for limited funding sources. Applications received by December 1 receive priority consideration.

NOTE: See specific information on 2024-25 FAFSA.