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Tuition and Fees

Women’s College
College of Adult Undergraduate Studies
College of Graduate Studies
Special Academic Fees
Special Non-academic Fees

As the costs of a quality private education continue to escalate, Notre Dame takes pride in maintaining a moderate level of student tuition and fees. The University has been able to hold increased expenses to modest amounts.

Tuition and Fees for 2012-13

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Women’s College
Tuition  
Full-Time Tuition $29,850
Part-Time (1-9 credits per term) per credit hour $470
Part-Time (10 credits per term) per credit hour $705
Part-Time (11 credits per term) per credit hour $825
Credits in excess of normal load (18 credits), per credit hour $470
Consolidated Fee  
Full-Time $1,000
Part-Time $500
Registration Fee Per Term:  Summer and Winterim $130
Room and Board* $10,150

*The weekly room and board rate for Summer and Winterim is $340 per week. 
Additional charges are assessed to single ($645) and super single ($965) rooms. Super single rooms have a private bath or balcony access. 
Resident students sign a contract and make a non-refundable and non-transferable room reservation deposit each spring. 
Room damages are billed to the student’s account at the end of each semester.
Residence halls are closed during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter breaks.

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College of Adult Undergraduate Studies (CAUS)
Per credit hour $470
Registration Fee per term: Spring, Summer and Fall $130
Credit acknowledgement (posting credits) per credit $10
Admission application $45
Petitioning for credit (assessment fee per course) $250
Nutrition test fee (for Notre Dame nursing students) $50
Nutrition test fee (for non-Notre Dame students) $100

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Graduate Studies (per credit hour unless otherwise indicated)  
School of Education  
Master’s (per credit hour) $485
CASE $505
Ph.D.* $600
*Current Ph.D. students who have begun CASE I as the initial phase of their Ph.D. studies will pay $505 per credit this year until they reach the second phase, when they will pay $600 per credit. New Ph.D. students will pay $600 per credit for all Ph.D. work.
School of Arts and Sciences $525
School of Nursing $575
School of Pharmacy (Full-Time Tuition) $34,150
Fees  
Student Fee (only Pharmacy students) $1,850
Registration Fee per term for Graduate Studies other than Pharmacy: Summer, Fall, and Spring $130

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Special Academic Fees  
Applied music fees (All instruments and voice) individual arrangements*
Laboratory fees:
Students pay for materials and apparatus lost or broken in experiments and practice work*
Student teaching fee (Undergraduate) $500
Student teaching fee Graduate (MAT and ACT) $550
Study abroad retaining fee (charged per semester for a student studying abroad in a program not sponsored by Notre Dame) 10% of Notre Dame tuition*
Transcript fees  
Same day service $10
Regular processing $5
Each additional copy $2
Graduation fee $125*
Late fee (assessed to students who are not registered by the second class in a semester) $100
*Payments are made through the office involved. All other checks are made payable to Notre Dame of Maryland University and addressed to ND Express.
Special Non-Academic Fees  
Penalty for checks returned by bank for any reason except bank error $35

Tuition, room and board costs, special academic and non-academic fees, and other charges are subject to change, addition, or deletion at any time and without notice.

For additional information on tuition and tuition refunds, please consult the business office page.

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