2025-26 Undergraduate Tuition and Fees
Full-time Tuition, Fees, & Other Expenses
- Tuition: $49,980/year
- General Fee: $850/year
- Meal Plan (standard 14 meals/week): $6,170/year
- Housing (traditional residence hall, double room): $8,700/year
- Orientation Fee (new students only): $100/year
- Telehealth Wellness Services Fee: $110/year
- Estimated Cost of Textbooks: $1,500/year
Additional Housing Options:
Meal Plan Options and Costs:
Full-time Cost of Attendance for the 2025-2026 Academic Year
The cost of attendance at Arcadia University for the academic year 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 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 more in financial aid, from any source, than the total cost of attendance.
| Living on Campus | Living with Family | Living Off Campus- Independent | |
| Tuition | $49,980 | $49,980 | $49,980 |
| Fees | $960 | $960 | $960 |
| Housing | $8,700 | NA | NA |
| Food | $8,960 | NA | NA |
| Living expenses | NA | $1,500 | $27,140 |
| Books/supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Personal | $850 | $850 | $850 |
| Transportation | $500 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| Loan origination fee | $100 | $100 | $100 |
| Total | $71,550 | $57,390 | $83,030 |
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 2025: $650 per credit hour
- Fall 2025, Spring 2026: $830 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): $1,588
Other Potential Fees for Undergraduate Students
- Science Lab Fee: $100
- Examination by Credit Fee: $830
- Course Audit Fee: $830
- Applied Music Lessons/Review per course: $830
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.
