2025–26

New Student

• Enrollment deposit, applied to direct cost balance — $500

Academic

• Audit fee — $835 per credit hour
• Music lessons for students not seeking a music degree (30 minutes per week) — $425 per semester
• Part-time student tuition — $1,945 per credit hour
• Teacher intern or master’s degree (Summer 2025) — $635 per credit hour
• Teacher intern or master’s degree (Fall 2025/Spring 2026) — $660 per credit hour

Housing

• Single room, if approved — $5,525 per fall/spring semester
• Summer 2025 housing (double room), if approved — $245 per week

Parking

• All students may park on campus with a permit in designated areas. A parking permit fee is charged upon processing by Campus Safety.

Winter and Summer Online Sessions

• Summer 2025 courses (per credit hour) — $625
• Winter 2025–26 courses (per credit hour) — $650

Cost of Attendance
The cost of attendance includes both direct costs — charges billed by the university — and indirect costs, which are estimated out-of-pocket expenses not included on your bill. Combined, these costs help create a budget used in determining your financial aid eligibility.

Comprehensive Student Fee
The Comprehensive Student Fee is mandatory for all full-time undergraduate students (enrolled in 12 or more credits per fall and spring semesters) — applicable to residential, commuter and study-abroad students. The fee supports nonacademic student services such as student activities, student well-being and care services, community transportation programs, environmental services, the fitness center, career counseling, technology services and infrastructure, as well as a variety of other services and amenities offered to students by the university.

Housing
Undergraduate students, unless approved to commute from home, must live on campus. On-campus housing is guaranteed all four years. By default, students are assigned a double room. Housing includes the use of laundry machines at no additional cost.

Food — Dining Plans
Students living in university-owned housing, except for those in Liberty Alley Apartments and 18th Street Commons, are required to purchase a dining plan. If a student does not select a dining plan, they will be enrolled in the default Orange Dining Plan. Students have the option to modify their dining plan until the end of the first week of classes each semester. Students residing in Liberty Alley Apartments or 18th Street Commons, as well as commuter students, may choose from multiple dining plans or opt out entirely. Explore dining plan options at the O&M Dining website.

Insurance
International students must have health and accident insurance, which is billed directly to your account. 

Past-Due Bills — Interest and Fees
A past-due balance is the remaining amount from the previous month after applying any payments received and excluding current month charges. Interest is charged at 1.5 percent per month on any unpaid past-due balance, including accumulated interest. Students are responsible for all costs associated with balance collection, including accrued interest charges, collection fees and attorney fees incurred by the university. 

Other Fees
Certain courses may have special fees.

Students taking non-degree-required individual music lessons (30 minutes per week) must pay a per-semester fee, which is added to their account upon submission by the Department of Music.

Withdrawal & Tuition Adjustment Policy

Susquehanna University’s Withdrawal & Tuition Adjustment policy determines the percentage of applicable charges earned and unearned by any student completely withdrawing from all classes at the university during the semester. A withdrawal from the university is defined as a student removing themselves from all enrolled classes at any point in the term or dropping below 12 credits (full-time enrollment) during the Drop/Add period. It is important to note that the University does not differentiate a medical withdrawal or leave of absence from a regular withdrawal or leave of absence. Please see the university’s academic calendar for more details on the Drop/Add period specific to each semester.

PLEASE NOTE: Once the semester begins there are several financial implications to consider when thinking about withdrawing from the university. Room and the comprehensive student fee are neither pro-rated nor refundable and therefore once classes begin students have earned room and the comprehensive student fee in their entirety. Additionally, students suspended or dismissed from the university after the first day of classes are not eligible for the adjustment of any charges or financial aid regardless of the date of suspension or dismissal.

*  A week is defined as Monday through Sunday for the purposes of this policy .

Fall 2024 tuition and meal plan charges are adjusted via the schedule below:

• 100% – Week 1 of classes
• 75% – Week 2 of classes
• 50% – Week 3 of classes
• 25% – Week 4 of classes
• Week 5 of classes & beyond; all charges and institutional financial aid have been earned.

Spring 2025 tuition and meal plan charges are adjusted via the schedule below:

• 100% - Week 1 of classes
• 75% - Week 2 of classes
• 50% - Week 3 of classes
• 25% - Week 4 of classes
• Week 5 of classes & beyond; all charges and institutional financial aid have been earned.

*IMPORTANT NOTE FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID RECIPIENTS: Students receiving federal student aid are also subject to a return calculation to determine the amount of aid earned prior to their withdrawal from the university. Susquehanna University is required to perform the return calculation by the U.S. Department of Education. See the Federal Return of Title IV Funds Policy below.

Federal Title IV Refund Policy

The Student Financial Services Office is required by federal statute to recalculate federal financial aid eligibility for students who withdraw, drop out, are dismissed, or take a leave of absence before completing 60 percent of a payment period or term. The Center for Academic Success will determine the student’s date of withdrawal (or leave) based on the student’s last known date of attendance or participation at an academically related activity per the established “Withdrawal from the University” policy in the university’s Course Catalog. The process to determine the date of withdrawal (or leave) will be the same for students who officially or unofficially withdraw.

Recalculation is based on the percentage of earned aid using the following Federal Return of Title IV funds formulas.

The percentage of a payment period or term completed = the number of days completed up to the withdrawal date divided by the total days in the payment period or term. (Any break of five days or more is not counted as part of the total days in the term.) This percentage is also the percentage of earned aid.

Funds are returned to the appropriate federal program based on the percentage of unearned aid using the following formula:

Aid to be returned = (100 percent of the aid that could be disbursed minus the percentage of earned aid) multiplied by the total amount of aid that could have been disbursed during the payment period or term.

If a student earns less aid than was disbursed, the university is required to return a portion of the funds and the student is required to return a portion of the funds. When Title IV funds are returned, the student borrower may owe a debit balance to the university. If a student earns more aid than was disbursed, the university is required to make the student a post-withdrawal disbursement which must be paid within 120 days of the student’s withdrawal.

The institution must return the amount of Title IV funds for which it is responsible no later than 30 days after the date of the determination of the date of the student’s withdrawal. Refunds are allocated in the following order:

• Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans
• Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans
• Federal Perkins Loans
• Federal Parent (PLUS) Loans
• Federal Pell Grants, for which a return of funds is required.
• Federal Academic Competitiveness Grants, for which a return of funds is required.
• National SMART Grants, for which a return of funds is required.
• Federal Supplemental Opportunity Grants, for which a return of funds is required.
• Federal TEACH Grants for which a return of funds is required.

Requesting a withdrawal from all classes during the semester

To obtain an adjustment of charges due to a withdrawal from the university, a student must notify the Center for Academic Success, in writing, that they are officially withdrawing and provide the last date of class attendance. The form, used to officially notify the university of the withdrawal from all classes, may be obtained from the Center for Academic Success. Mere absence from classes does not reduce a student’s financial obligation or guarantee that the university will not record a final grade. Once again, please note that room charges and comprehensive student fee are nonrefundable after classes have commenced.

The budgets above are approximate total costs for fall and spring semesters before any financial aid awards.

Students who take fewer than 12 semester hours in a semester are billed a per semester hour instead of the full tuition.

Students who choose a single room are charged $10,810 annually ($5,405 per semester).

2024–2025 Special Fees

• Single room (per semester) — $5,405
• Music lessons (per semester; 30 minutes per week) — $425
• Teacher intern or masters (fall/spring) per credit hour — $635
• Tuition per credit hour (part-time student) — $1,870
• Audit fee per credit hour — $805
• Winter ’24–’25 courses (per credit hour) — $625
• Enrollment deposit (for first-year students) — $500
• Residence Life Convenience Fee; student converts double to single without approval — $150

The budgets above are approximate total costs for fall and spring semesters before any financial aid awards.

Students who take fewer than 12 semester hours in a semester are billed a per semester hour instead of the full tuition. 

Students who choose a single room are charged $10,630 annually ($5,315 per semester).