Undergraduate Cost of Attendance
2025-2026
The Cost of Attendance (COA) is a standardized set of budgets used as a basis for determining maximum aid eligibility. Standard COA includes both direct billable charges such as tuition, fees, housing, and food; and indirect costs that are not billed by the university including books, course materials, supplies and equipment, transportation, personal expenses, and loan fees.
Direct Billable Costs
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Tuition
Tuition Cost Per Fall & Spring Full-Time Tuition (12+ credit hours) $29,400 Semester Fall & Spring Part-Time Tuition (1 to 11 credit hours) $1,840 Credit Hour Summer Term $975 Credit Hour Professional Tuition (BSN Nursing Classes) $155 Credit Hour Professional Tuition (Engineering, Integrative Health & Wellness, and Business classes) $105 Credit Hour -
Course Auditing
Course Auditing Cost Per Course Audit -Tuition 50% Credit Hour Course Audit - Course Fee 100% Credit Hour -
Other Fees & Expenses
Other Fees & Expenses Cost Per ASUP Student Activities Fee $150 Semester Campus Access Fee* $500 Semester Health Insurance** $1,807 Semester Course/Lab Fee Varies Credit Hour Parking Fee $145 Semester New Student Fee $250 One time -
Housing
Housing Cost Per Traditional Hall - Shared Room $5,600 Semester Traditional Hall - Single Occupancy $7,200 Semester Traditional Hall - Shared Room (Juniors & Seniors) $5,400 Semester Traditional Hall - Single Occupancy (Juniors & Seniors) $6,200 Semester Haggerty & Tyson - Shared Room $6,000 Semester Haggerty & Tyson - Single Occupancy $7,550 Semester -
Meal Plans
Meal Plans Cost Per Meal Plan 1 (2,200 Points) $2,500 Semester Meal Plan 2 (2,650 Points) $2,950 Semester Meal Plan 3 (3,100 Points) $3,400 Semester Basic Junior/Senior Meal Plan (1,100 points) $1,200 Semester Meal Plan for Juniors & Seniors in Apartments (700 points) $750 Semester Bluff Bucks Supplement $200 Semester
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Indirect Costs
Indirect Costs Cost Per Books, Course Materials, Supplies & Equipment $990 Semester Loan Fees Varies Semester Personal Expenses $1,374 Semester Transportation $442 Semester -
Notes
* Students living with parents may have $769 per semester included in their cost of attendance to cover meal costs. * Students living with parents may have $808 per semester included in their cost of attendance to cover room costs. * Graduate programs in the School of Education are exempt from professional fees unless noted in the course description. * The Campus Access fee supports the provision of technology, recreation, and health and wellness services, as well as access to Division I athletic events and The Log (yearbook) to all undergraduate students, whether they live on or off campus. This charge, previously bundled with housing rates, has been decoupled from housing so as to be shared more equitably among all undergraduate students who have access to these services. This is a common fee among our peer institutions who may, as we do, charge a singe bundled fee, or who may charge several smaller fees. ** Heath Insurance Estimated rate. Actual rate updated in June 2025.
Cost of Attendance Increase
The Office of Financial Aid uses average expenses for all students attending the University of Portland. If your expenses are higher than the standard Cost of Attendance included on your offer letter, complete and return a 2025-2026 Cost of Attendance Increase Request Form, available in the PilotsUP Portal. Cost of Attendance can be increased for costs such as a one-time computer purchase, health insurance, childcare, etc. Cost of Attendance cannot be increased to cover car payments or mortgage payments. In general, an increase to Cost of Attendance will result in eligibility for additional loans, not gift aid.
