2024-25 Undergraduate Tuition and Fees
Full-Time Tuition, Fees, & Other Expenses
- Tuition: $48,760/year
- Fees: $850/year
- Meals- (standard 14 meals/week): $5,880/year
- Housing- (standard residence hall, double room): $8,500/year
- Estimated Cost of Text Books: $1,500/year
- Wellness Services Fee: $110/year
- Orientation Fee (new students only): $100
Additional Housing Options:
Meal Plan Options and Costs:
Full-time Cost of Attendance for the 2024-2025 Academic Year
The cost of attendance at Arcadia University for the academic year, and includes both direct costs that appear on your student bill such as tuition, fees, housing, and meal plan costs, and indirect costs that are not billed by Arcadia, such as books and supplies, transportation, and an allowance for personal expenses. The cost of attendance is sometimes referred to as the budget for each academic year. The cost of attendance is used to determine a student’s eligibility for financial aid. Students may not receive financial aid from any source that exceeds the cost of attendance.
| Living on Campus | Living with Family | Living Off Campus- Independent | |
| tuition | $48,760 | $48,760 | $48,760 |
| general fee | $850 | $850 | $850 |
| housing | $8,500 | NA | NA |
| food | $8,680 | $1,500 | NA |
| living expenses | NA | $1,500 | $24,390 |
| books/supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| personal | $850 | $850 | $850 |
| transportation | $250 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| total | $69,490 | $55,560 | $77,620 |
For Part-Time Undergraduate Students
Students are considered part-time on the undergraduate level if they enroll for less than 12 credits. Part-time undergraduate students are charged on a per credit basis.
- Summer 2024: $635 per credit hour
- Fall 2024, Spring 2025: $810 per credit hour
- Parking Fee: Parking Fee: $55/semester for part-time (non-resident) students per semester or $100/year; no parking fees during the summer term at Glenside campus.
- Flat rate per credit (for VA student reference): $2,889
Other Potential Fees for Undergraduate Students
- Parking Fee: $100 per year
- Science Lab Fee: $100
- Examination by Credit Fee: $810
- Course Audit Fee: $810
- Applied Music Lessons/Review per course: $810
I’ve secured as much aid as possible because of the steps I have taken through our Financial Aid Office. Invest in your education, and you will be the change that people want to see in the world.
*Full-time undergraduates. **Students earning academic and/or co-curricular merit scholarships. ***Hours worked for students with government-funded, on-campus jobs per week, on average.
