Cost of attendance

For the 2020-21 academic year (summer 2020, fall 2020, and spring 2021)

Determining your cost of college

Your financial aid award (scholarships, grants, work-study and loans) is based on your estimated cost of attendance.

To reduce your University of Akron tuition, your financial aid award is determined by your:

• housing status,
• enrollment status,
• FAFSA dependency status and
• where you enroll (or "program of enrollment"): Main Campus or Wayne College, etc.

We encourage you to research your estimated cost of college, bachelor’s degree, or graduate school so you can plan for the future. Your final cost includes financial aid, which helps reduce The University of Akron’s tuition. The tables below will help.

Estimated costs

The tables below show estimated/average academic year costs for different types of students (for instance, some live on campus, some are part-time, some attend the Main Campus).

Actual expenses will vary because of your housing choice and other factors.

Financial aid award letters for undergraduate students include an estimate for on-campus charges like housing and a meal plan. The total amount of financial aid offered may be more than what you need to pay your bill.

• If you are planning to live on campus, you may already have an idea of what your actual housing and meal plan charges will be based on selections you've submitted to those offices as well as information available from the websites of the Office of Residence Life and Dining Services.
• If you aren't planning to live on campus, you need to subtract the estimated housing and meal plan charges from the equation so your estimated out-of-pocket responsibility is closer to your actual amount due.

Financing worksheet

We created a financing worksheet to help you. On the worksheet, you can fill in your actual housing and meal plan charges (both would be $0 for commuters) to determine an out-of-pocket responsibility that will be closer to your actual charges.

Download the worksheet