{"id":238,"date":"2011-09-07T13:21:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T17:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/?page_id=238"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:05:08","slug":"undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/undergraduate-students\/undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Attendance for Undergraduates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The total cost of a Boston University education includes direct expenses for which you are billed, such as tuition, fees, and charges for room and meals, as well as estimates and allowances for indirect expenses such as books, supplies, transportation, and incidental (personal) expenses.<\/p>\n

For more information about direct expenses, total\u00a0cost, and how the value of a BU education measures up, visit Boston University Tuition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boston University Financial Assistance uses this comprehensive cost figure when processing applications for financial aid and educational loans to ensure that a realistic and reasonable allowance is made for all expenses.<\/p>\n

The Board of Trustees reviews tuition and fees annually.\u00a0 Any increase for the next academic year will be posted on this website in the spring.<\/p>\n

For the <\/span>2026\/2027<\/b>\u00a0cost of attendance for first-year <\/span>College of General Studies students visit the College of General Studies cost of attendance website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For all other<\/strong> students the cost of attendance is listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Expenses<\/th>\nCommuter<\/strong><\/th>\nResident<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tuition<\/strong><\/td>\n$73,024<\/td>\n$73,024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fees<\/strong><\/td>\n$1,570<\/td>\n$1,570<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Expenses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Books & Supplies (estimated)<\/em><\/td>\n$1,000<\/td>\n$1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Housing & Food (most plans)<\/em><\/td>\n$0<\/td>\n$20,740<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Incidentals (estimated)<\/em><\/td>\n$3,935<\/td>\n$2,085<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food on Campus (estimated)<\/em><\/td>\n$2,647<\/td>\n$0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Total Expenses<\/strong><\/td>\n$82,176<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n$98,419<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n
University tuition and fees are subject to change without notice.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The total cost of a Boston University education includes direct expenses for which you are billed, such as tuition, fees, and charges for room and meals, as well as estimates and allowances for indirect expenses such as books, supplies, transportation, and incidental (personal) expenses. For more information about direct expenses, total\u00a0cost, and how the value […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1393,"featured_media":0,"parent":10075,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12238,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238\/revisions\/12238"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}