Tuition, Housing, and Food Fees
Student Charges
Total charges for the 2024–2025 academic year are as follows:
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Tuition | $65,058 |
| Housing | $10,478 |
| Food | $9,830 |
| Student activities fee | $436 |
| Total | $85,802 |
The regular College tuition covers the normal program of four courses per term as well as variations of as many as five courses or as few as three courses. Students who elect to carry more than five courses incur a unit charge for the additional course ($8,132) or half-course ($4,066), although they may within the regular tuition vary their programs to average as many as five courses in the two semesters of any academic year. College policy does not permit programs of fewer than three courses for degree candidates in their first eight semesters of enrollment. After the first eight semesters of enrollment, students are eligible to pay the unit charge for each course.
The student activity fee is mandatory that covers the costs of student activities including student groups. All students who are studying on- campus are charged the student activity fee. The revenue generated by the student activity fee is allocated to student groups through the Student Budget Committee (SBC) and directly to programs as managed by the Office of Student Engagement. The fee is billed and collected by semester through the Student Accounts office.
Bills for the fall semester will be available in early July (and will be due later in July). Bills for the spring semester will be mailed in early December (and will be due in early January). Payment plans are also available. For more information, please visit the Swarthmore College Payment Plan website.
