Traditional Tuition
Fall/Spring 2015-16 Traditional Tuition Costs | Summer 2016 Traditional Tuition Costs
Fall/Spring 2015-16 Traditional Tuition Costs
The tuition charged is in part dependent on the amount of state support received by the institution. In the early 1970s the state paid for nearly 85 percent of the cost of running the educational side of The University of Texas at Austin. Today, the state-appropriated fraction of the total budget for UT Austin is below 20 percent. The growing gap between what it costs to run the university and what the state is able to contribute has been covered in part by private donations, efficiency and other actions taken by the university. However, if the university is to maintain delivery of the quality of education for which it has become known, it determined it had to ask the students attending the university to pay for an increasing share of that gap. The University of Texas at Austin's tuition places it well below tuition at comparable universities, and the university continues to be a nationally recognized great value in higher education.
Undergraduate Student Costs
Traditional Flat Tuition Rate for Full-time Undergraduates
2015-16 Long Session (One Semester Only)
Resident |
Nonresident |
|
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 4,938 |
17,803 |
| Business | 5,369 |
19,063 |
| Communication | 4,832 |
17,108 |
| Education | 4,839 |
17,141 |
| Engineering | 5,107 |
18,006 |
| Fine Arts | 5,005 |
17,730 |
| Geosciences | 5,039 |
18,067 |
| Liberal Arts | 4,673 |
16,632 |
| Natural Sciences | 4,848 |
17,164 |
| Nursing | 5,181 |
18,701 |
| Social Work | 4,894 |
17,471 |
| Undergraduate Studies | 4,908 |
17,430 |
Note: For undergraduate pharmacy rates, consult the table for Graduate Tuition Rates 2015-16 [PDF].
Details about Undergraduate Tuition Costs
To compare Longhorn Fixed Tuition and Traditional Tuition rates, please see the Tuition Calculator.
Graduate Student Costs
Graduate, law and professional students will be charged flat rate tuition beginning fall 2008. As with undergraduates, the flat rate tuition for each college covers the student’s academic program costs, including tuition, mandatory fees and charges, and college and course incidental fees.
The graduate flat rate tuition, however, will differ from the undergraduate flat rate tuition in that it is indexed to the number of semester credit hours taken. In other words, the rates do not have a cap.
The graduate flat rate tuition does not include the general property deposit, the international student health insurance program fee, the international student orientation fee, the independent study and research fee or fees for extended trips that require students to live off campus.
Students enrolled in joint degree programs will be charged a flat rate tuition that is proportional to the number of hours taken in each program. Rates for these dual-degree programs (PDF) are available online.
Details about Graduate Tuition Costs
- Graduate Tuition Rates 2015-16 (PDF)
- Professional (excluding Law) Tuition Rates 2015-16 (PDF)
- Law Tuition Rates 2015-16 (PDF)
Summer 2016 Tuition Costs
During the summer session, coursework is less expensive than during the long sessions.
For all students, the rule is that coursework taken during the summer will cost 85 percent of what the same coursework would have cost during the long sessions. For example, for an undergraduate in Liberal Arts paying resident tuition, the following table compares the cost for three and six hours:
| Long Sessions | Summer | Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost for three hours | $2,059 |
$1,750 |
$309 |
| Cost for six hours | $3,039 |
$2,583 |
$456 |
- Complete table of undergraduate summer 2016 costs (PDF)
- Complete table of graduate summer 2016 costs (PDF)
- Complete table of professional (excluding law) summer 2016 costs (PDF)
- Complete table of law summer 2016 costs (PDF)
Historical Tuition Costs - Traditional Tuition
Average Total Academic Cost for Resident Undergraduates Enrolled
for 15 Semester Credit Hours
| Fall 2006 | Fall 2007 | Fall 2008 | Fall 2009 | Fall 2010 | Fall 2011 | Fall 2012 |
Fall 2013 | Fall 2014 | Fall 2015 | Estimate Fall 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$4,012 |
$4,065 |
$4,254 |
$4,468 |
$4,708 |
$4,896 |
$4,895 |
$4,899 |
$4,905 | $4,903 | $5,055 |
Tuition Charts Over the Years
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2014-15 (PDF)
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2013-14 (PDF)
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2012-13 (PDF)
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2011-12 (PDF)
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2010-11 (PDF)
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2009-10 (PDF)
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2008-09 (PDF)
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2007-08 (PDF)
- Undergraduate flat rate tuition amounts per college (per semester) for 2006-07 (PDF)
More Resources
- General Information Catalog 2014-15 (PDF, download Adobe Reader), Office of the Registrar
