{"id":22795,"date":"2017-06-12T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T03:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=22795"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:26:34","slug":"cost-of-attendance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/admissions\/ma-ms\/cost-of-attendance\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Attendance for 2026-2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\nwindow.unibuddySettings = {\r\nuniversityId: \"6255f8a0de00f56593ccfdff\",\r\n};\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/prospect-guidance-ui.unibuddy.co\/embed.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" >\r\n<\/script>To determine your total <strong>Cost of Attendance <\/strong>(budget), add the cost of tuition and fees (as either a full-time or a part-time student) to the Standard Living Expenses.\u00a0 If you enroll in the BU Student Health Insurance Plan, you may also add this cost to the total. Additional information regarding insurance can be found at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentaccountingservices\/resources\/student-health-insurance-at-boston-university\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Accounting Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>We automatically enroll all students who are legally required to have health insurance in SHIP, unless an online waiver is submitted by the waiver deadline each plan year. This includes all full-time, three-quarter time and all international students. <strong>The standard annual rate for the 2026-2027 year for most students is $4,054.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Full-Time Students (12-18 credits per semester)<\/h5>\n<p>9-month academic year (September &#8211; May)<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>Tuition (12-18 credits per semester)<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>$73,024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>Fees (Student Services, Health &amp; Wellness)<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>$1,048* (Full-time and certified full-time)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*Total fees = $458 student service fee and $590 health &amp; wellness fee<\/p>\n<h5>Part-Time Students (less than 12 credits per semester)<\/h5>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"69%\">\n<h4>Tuition<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"31%\">$2,282 per credit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>Student Services Fee<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>$75 per semester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5>Standard Living Expenses (based on 9-month academic year: Sept-May)<\/h5>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>Housing &amp; Food<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>$16,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>Personal<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>$3,292<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>Transportation<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>$1,120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>Books &amp; Supplies*<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>$1,264<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>TOTAL for Living Expenses<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>$21,926<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>* The books\/supplies figure must be prorated if the student is enrolled less than full-time (less than 12 credits per semester).\u00a0 For your school, the books\/supplies figure is $39 per credit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>** Incidental<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span>estimates\u00a0include transportation and personal expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Total cost of attendance for the 9-month academic year (September-May): $95,998<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>This total amount includes full-time tuition, fees, and estimated living expenses.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions? Chat with Master&#8217;s Admissions<\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" data-ub-cookie-consent=\"necessary\" data-ub-lang=\"en-US\" id=\"unibuddy-buddyframe\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/unibuddy.co\/boston-university-graduate-school-of-arts-sciences\/colour\/121e24\/internal\/buddies\/department\/GRS Master's Admissions\" title=\"Internal Buddy Card\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.unibuddy.co\/unibuddy-buddyframe.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To determine your total Cost of Attendance (budget), add the cost of tuition and fees (as either a full-time or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10199,"featured_media":0,"parent":22439,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22795"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90920,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22795\/revisions\/90920"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}