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Fall 2023-Spring 2024

Cost/Resources Worksheet for 2023-2024

Undergraduate Cost

Direct Costs for Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Tuition based on 12-18 hours of enrollment for fall and spring semesters $57,130
Student Government Association (required of all students) $90
Housing and Food for students living On-Campus $14,800
  Housing / Typical first-year rate: $8,700  
  Food / Cost for a basic meal plan: $6,100  
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 $72,820
Indirect Costs for Fall 2023-Spring 2024 
Travel expenses $1,390
Miscellaneous personal expenses $4,240
Average loan fees (when borrowing) $66
Direct Costs for Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Tuition based on 12-18 hours of enrollment for fall and spring semesters $57,130
Student Government Association (required of all students) $90
Housing and Food for students living Off-Campus $14,800
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 $72,820
Indirect Costs for Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Travel expenses $1,390
Miscellaneous personal expenses $4,240
Average loan fees (when borrowing) $66
Direct Costs for Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Tuition based on 12-18 hours of enrollment for fall and spring semesters $57,130
Student Government Association (required of all students) $90
Housing and Food for students living with a parent $3,320
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 $61,340
Indirect Costs for Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Travel expenses $660
Miscellaneous personal expenses $4,240
Average loan fees (when borrowing) $66
Direct Costs for Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Tuition based on 12-18 hours of enrollment for fall and spring semesters $57,130
Student Government Association (required of all students) $90
Housing and Food $14,800
  Housing / Typical first-year rate: $8,700  
  Food / Cost for a basic meal plan: $6,100  
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 $75,024
Indirect Costs for Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Travel expenses $1,390
Miscellaneous personal expenses $4,240

For Department of Defense (DOD) students only: the DOD calculation for tuition is based on a 120-hour program for four years which averages $1904 per credit hour. TCU charges a flat rate rate tuition for all students enrolled in 12-18 credit hours.


Summer 2023

Tuition cost per hour of enrollment    $1,870