Tuition Detail

We encourage you to register as soon as possible to stay on track and avoid late registration fees ranging from $100 to $200. Please click here to view final and late registration dates and fees.

If you decrease the number of hours you are taking, this may change the amount you owe and could impact your financial aid. Please click here to view charges for dropped classes and withdrawal.

In order to register for classes, request a transcript, or receive your grades or a diploma, please pay your balance in full.

A $35 late fee will be added to your student account if your minimum payment is not received by the payment due date.

For more payment information, click here.

UT offers a Payment Plan option for paying your tuition and fees. Learn more on our Payment Plan webpage.

Total Access provides undergraduate students with required course materials for one flat fee each term. Materials are available digitally through Canvas on or before the first day of class and automatically update when courses are added or dropped. The fee is charged directly to the student’s account, allowing eligible scholarship and financial aid funds to be used.

Program Cost

• Fall and Spring: $329 per term
• Summer: $139 per term
• Mini-Terms: $59 per term

Required materials are included when the instructor submits the course-material adoption through VolBooks and the publisher or educational technology provider meets federal affordability guidelines. Some physical materials may also be available, with shipping added separately when needed.

• $5 per credit hour for undergraduate students
• $7 per credit hour for graduate students

$100 per credit hour for the Online Support Fee.

Distance education students are assessed the per hour rate of: maintenance, tuition (if out-of-state), the Library Fee, any applicable course fee, and the Online Support Fee. The Online Support Fee supports the technology needed to deliver online courses to distance education students, as well as the development of new courses and course material for future programs.

Students taking online courses but who are enrolled in a Knoxville campus degree program will be charged the regular tuition fee rate. This policy applies even if a student has all online courses in a semester.

Only students enrolled in a fully online, distance education program are charged based on the Online Support Fee rate linked above.

A $113 per-credit-hour differential tuition is charged for all undergraduate and graduate architecture and design courses.

This fee helps fund:

• Operation of the fabrication laboratories
• Materials for experiential learning, design and fabrication
• Student workstations and equipment
• Salaries for additional faculty, staff and student workers
• Space rental, maintenance, and utilities
• Computer virtual lab and staff support
• Other fixed costs based on college growth needs

A $103 per-credit-hour differential tuition is charged for all undergraduate business courses (with the exception of 500 and 600 level courses).

This fee helps fund:

• The added demand for business courses
• Advising placement (such as internships)
• Programs abroad costs

A $252 per-semester-hour differential tuition is charged for all undergraduate and graduate engineering courses. Note: This also applies for Biosystems Engineering (BSE) courses within the Herbert College of Agriculture.

This fee helps fund:

• Additional instructional and tenure track faculty to support engaged student learning
• Additional staff directly related to student support services (tutoring, professional practice, advising, coaching, etc.)
• Creation or modernization of instructional labs
• Additional program upgrades/operations and student services/support as needed

An additional $175 per-credit-hour differential tuition is charged for all undergraduate natural sciences courses, excluding mathematics.

Colllege of Arts and Sciences natural sciences courses include: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Neuroscience, Microbiology, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Biochemistry.

The fee helps fund:

• Additional faculty
• Enhancement of tutoring, advising, and academic support
• Upgrading of laboratory equipment
• Increasing hands-on experiences in lab courses

A $250 per-semester-hour differential tuition is charged for nursing courses.

This fee helps fund:

• Clinical experiences and placements
• Clinical lab supplies and equipment
• Advising and admissions
• And more

Please contact the College of Nursing to learn more about these required fees.

$75 nonrefundable fee for prospective undergraduate students due with each first-time admissions application.

$60 nonrefundable fee due for prospective graduate students with each first-time admissions application.

$30 nonrefundable fee due for students who re-apply after an absence of at least one term.

UT charges a nonrefundable graduation application fee each term for each graduate degree application submitted.

• $30 master’s degree
• $45 specialist in education degree

• $75 doctoral degree

Academic transcripts are $10 and can be ordered and paid for online. The quickest way to receive a secure copy of your transcript is by electronic download. Click here for information about placing an order.

• $9,000 fee (including tuition and fees) per semester for the master’s program in engineering management.
• $10,000 fee (including tuition and fees) per semester for the master’s program in engineering management for health systems.

• Each fall and spring semester, there is a $695 additional charge for all law school students.
• All law students pay a $125 additional Library Fee per semester. This fee helps fund:
  • The budget for databases and books
  • Support for improving patron services and library infrastructure
  • Support to upgrade the facility

• All students in the Social Work doctorate program are charged a $200 fee per semester
• All students in the Social Work master’s program are charged a $250 fee per semester

If a third party or Non-Person Entity (NPE) is paying for your school expenses, like a government agency or private organization, a $30 fee is automatically added. These payments must also be made by the payment due date and are subject to late fees and schedule cancellation.

As an international student, depending on your Visa code, there is either a 14 percent (for J1 and F1 Visas) or 30 percent tax on your financial assistance. The allowable charges, a book allowance, and a tax allowance are deducted from the total assistance you receive. Any excess is subject to the 14 percent or 30 percent tax, and it is payable by the student. The tax is calculated approximately one month into the term and is reviewed and adjusted, if necessary, at the end of the semester. Tax assessments are submitted to the Internal Revenue Service.

Contracted amounts for on-campus housing are billed through student accounts. Rates vary depending on the type of room. For more information, email [email protected] or call 865-974-2571.

This fee is charged to all living and learning community members to cover the cost of most events. The one-time, advance payment eliminates your need to buy a ticket for each event, though you may have to pay a portion of the cost for larger events. For more information, email University Housing or call 865-974-2571.

All Freshmen living on campus are required to purchase a meal plan and may choose from the Tennessee Unlimited 7 or the Tennessee Unlimited 5 meal plan. 

All other students taking 6 or more credit hours, who do not choose a meal plan are automatically assessed the required $350 Flex Plan each semester, valid at all Vol Dining locations. Any unused Flex funds are refundable at the end of the academic year.

All charges are billed through student accounts. Additional meal plan options are available through Vol Dining. Learn more about meal plan options here, or call 865-974-4111.