Tuition and Costs

Student Budgets for the Academic Year 2024-25

Some of the expenses are based upon estimates such as books, supplies, and miscellaneous expenses.  Your actual costs may vary depending on lifestyle and other personal choices.  Plan to use personal resources to cover dependent costs. The student budget is based on the period of enrollment.  Anyone borrowing a federal student loan will automatically have the loan origination fees added to the cost of attendance.

¹Tuition costs are for the academic year 2024-25 and are subject to change for 2025-26 academic year.

²All first-year students are automatically packaged with the on-campus budget. If you are a first-year student living off-campus, please contact the Financial Aid Office to discuss an off-campus budget. 

³The program fee includes expenses for the MBA program such as transcripts, student activities, information technology services, infrastructure support, and an administrative fee.  Some of these items will be billed separately on your statement in D-Pay.

⁴Any student may pursue a budget adjustment based on special or unusual circumstances by contacting the Financial Aid Office.

⁵Health insurance is the current 2023-24 cost and will be updated when we have the actual 2024-25 cost.

Cost of Attendance (COA)

Generally, the COA includes direct expenses, such as tuition, on-campus housing, board, health plan, and program fees, and indirect expenses, such as books and supplies, off-campus housing, and personal expenses. Since indirect expenses are based on estimates, students’ actual costs may vary based upon lifestyle choices. Federal regulations do not allow living expenses for a student’s partner and dependents to be included in the cost of attendance. You should plan to use your personal resources to cover the additional cost of approximately $5,000 per additional family member.

Students may incur additional expenses that are not included in the student budget. Some examples of these expenses may include consumer and other types of personal debt, car payments, travel expenses, undergraduate student loans, moving expenses, summer living expenses, club dues, and expenses related to job searches.

Tuck students are required to complete an immersive global experience, managed by the TuckGO office, as part of their MBA education. There are a few routes to doing so: a Global Insight Expedition (GIX), an international exchange with one of Tuck's partner institutions, or a qualifying Independent Study. In addition, a student whose summer internship takes place in a country new to them can apply to use the internship to fulfill the requirement. 

For GIXs, students should budget for travel to and from the GIX destination (international airfare, airport transfers, visa, passport renewal, immunizations, etc.), most meals in-country, and incidentals. For international exchanges, students should budget for travel to and from the exchange destination (international airfare, airport transfers, visa, passport renewal, immunizations, etc.), housing and food in the exchange destination, and miscellaneous fees payable to the host institution, which are typically around US $30–$300. The costs associated with independent studies and internships can range from $0 to more than $2,000.