Summer 2024 Tuition and Fees for Online Academic Programs

• Comprehensive fees — college and technology fees.  The Comprehensive Fee is paid by all students at the University at Buffalo, unless they meet fee waiver criteria.  Career Services fee is not charged to MBA or School of Management students.
  
• Academic Excellence fee

In addition to the per credit hour tuition and fees listed above, all students will be charged a $5.00 transcript fee. The student activity fee will be billed as follows:

• Undergraduate activity fee: No fee
  
• Graduate activity fee: $5.00 per session ($10.00 maximum)

Effective Fall 2020, the non-resident online tuition rate will be charged to students taking courses in exclusively online academic programs that have been previously approved by the Provost’s Office and registered by the New York State Education Department.  These programs are in distance education format, consistent with the student’s intention to take courses exclusively online at the time of application and matriculation toward the degree. Students who are non-residents whose intent is to be on campus learning, but may be studying remotely, will be charged the nonresidential rate. Students who are enrolled in online academic programs are eligible for a Comprehensive Fee waiver. 

Note: New York State residents enrolled in online academic programs will be charged the tuition rate for resident students.

Review the list of the approved online academic programs offered at UB.

 Based on the legislative history of the online rate, which is set forth in NYS Education Law §355(2)(h)(4), it is clear such rate was intended only for those online courses in programs that are exclusively online. The legislative intent was to apply such rate to courses in programs that are exclusively online for students with no intention of coming to learn on a campus.