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Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Cost/Resources Worksheet for 2024-2025

Undergraduate Cost

Direct Costs for Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Tuition based on 12-18 hours of enrollment for fall and spring semesters $61,650
Student Government Association (required of all students) $90
Housing and Food for students living On-Campus $16,700
  Housing / Typical first-year rate: $10,400  
  Food / Cost for a basic meal plan: $6,300  
Book and supply costs vary by student. This is an estimated amount for the average  TCU student. $800
Total Fall and Spring Estimated Direct Cost $79,240
Indirect Costs for Fall 2024-Spring 2025 
Travel expenses $1,320
Miscellaneous personal expenses $4,422
Average loan fees (when borrowing) $68
Direct Costs for Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Tuition based on 12-18 hours of enrollment for fall and spring semesters $61,650
Student Government Association (required of all students) $90
Housing and Food for students living Off-Campus $16,700
Book and supply costs vary by student. This is an estimated amount for the average TCU student. $800
Total Fall and Spring Estimated Direct Cost $79,240
Indirect Costs for Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Travel expenses $1,320
Miscellaneous personal expenses $4,422
Average loan fees (when borrowing) $68
Direct Costs for Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Tuition based on 12-18 hours of enrollment for fall and spring semesters $61,650
Student Government Association (required of all students) $90
Housing and Food for students living with a parent $3,440
Book and supply costs vary by student. This is an estimated amount for the average TCU student. $800
Total Fall and Spring Estimated Direct Cost $65,980
Indirect Costs for Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Travel expenses $690
Miscellaneous personal expenses $4,422
Average loan fees (when borrowing) $68
Direct Costs for Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Tuition based on 12-18 hours of enrollment for fall and spring semesters $61,650
Student Government Association (required of all students) $90
Housing and Food $16,700
  Housing / Typical first-year rate: $10,400  
  Food / Cost for a basic meal plan: $6,300  
Health Insurance $2,204
Book and supply costs vary by student. This is an estimated amount for the average TCU student. $800
Total Fall and Spring Estimated Direct Cost $81,444
Indirect Costs for Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Travel expenses $1,320
Miscellaneous personal expenses $4,422

Some programs and courses, including those offered by the Neeley School of Business, may incur additional costs. For further details, refer to TCU Tuition Rates

For Department of Defense (DOD) students only: the DOD calculation for tuition is based on a 120-hour program for four years which averages $2,055 per credit hour. TCU charges a flat rate rate tuition for all students enrolled in 12-18 credit hours.


Summer 2024

Tuition cost per hour of enrollment    $1,985