2026-27 Undergraduate Tuition and Fees
Full-time Tuition, Fees, & Other Expenses
- Tuition: $51,230/year
- General Fee: $870/year
- Housing (traditional residence hall, double room): $8,920/year
- Meal Plan (standard 14 meals/week): $6,480/year
- Orientation Fee (new students only): $100/year
- Telehealth Wellness Services Fee: $110/year
- Textbooks (estimated): $1,500/year
Housing & Meal Plan Options
Full-time Cost of Attendance for the 2026-2027 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. Items below with an asterisk * are considered indirect costs. What you see listed is an estimate for those items.
| Living on Campus | Living with Family | Living Off Campus- Independent | |
| Tuition | $51,230 | $51,230 | $51,230 |
| Fees | $970 | $970 | $970 |
| Housing | $8,920 | NA | NA |
| Food | $9,720 | NA | NA |
| Living expenses* | NA | $1,500 | $29,160 |
| 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 | $73,790 | $58,650 | $86,310 |
For Part-Time Undergraduate Students
Students are considered part-time on the undergraduate level if they enroll in fewer than 12 credits. Part-time undergraduate students are charged on a per credit basis.
- Summer 2026: $665 per credit hour
- Fall 2026, Spring 2027: $850 per credit hour
- Parking Fee: Parking Fee: $65/semester for part-time (non-resident) students or $125/year; no parking fees during the summer term at Glenside campus.
- Flat rate per credit (for DoD student reference): $1,631
Other Potential Fees for Undergraduate Students
- Science Lab Fee: $100
- Examination by Credit Fee: $850
- Course Audit Fee: $850
- Applied Music Lessons/Review per course: $850
*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.
