Tuition for Graduate Level Courses
These rates are not included as part of on-campus tuition and fees and are subject to change. These rates apply only to Distance Education courses, which are identified in the online registration system in My Pack Portal with a 601 section number or higher and are calculated on a per credit hour basis for all semesters. All other section numbers are considered campus-based and are billed as such. Graduate level courses are identified with a course number of 500 or higher. (Looking for Undergraduate Level Tuition? Click here!)
Important! The fees paid by Distance Education students allow them to have full access to D.H. Hill Libraries, Math Labs, and Unity Computer Labs. Students registered in only Distance Education courses do not pay a student services fee. Therefore, services like the Student Health Center and the NC State Gymnasium are NOT available. At this time, there is no option for students to purchase access to these facilities.
The audit policy that applies to campus-based graduate level courses DOES NOT apply to graduate level Distance Education Courses. DE courses are funded separately from campus-based courses and therefore have a separate registration and billing process.
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Tuition and Fees Per Credit Hour
*The Tuition and Fees listed below went into effect in the Fall 2007 semester and are subject to change.
Program Residents of
North Carolina
(Tuition, Fees)Non-Residents
of North Carolina
(Tuition, Fees)
Credit Courses(FACC)$209 $17 $418 $17 $209 $22 $658 $22 $209 $17 $418 $17 $209 $17 $418 $17 $534 $17 $1,118 $17
Additional Fees Return Check Fee $25 Late Registration $100 Matriculate students only, without prior semester registration. Post Deadline Registration $150 This fee is applied to students requesting to be registered after the end of late registration.
Breakdown of Fees per Credit Hour
Program EdTech Fee ASG Fee EOS Fee Distance Education Flexible Access
Credit Courses (FACC)$16.95 $0.05 Engineering Online (EOL) $16.95 $0.05 $5.00 Textiles Off-Campus Program (TOP) $16.95 $0.05 Wood and Paper Science (WPS) $16.95 $0.05 Administrative Officers Management
Program (AOMP)$16.95 $0.05 MBA @ RTP $16.95 $0.05
Fees are used for the following:
Education and Technology Fee (EdTech) - This academic fee of is used by colleges and schools to equip and operate computing and scientific laboratories which supplement classroom instruction.
Association of Student Governments (ASG) - This fee is charged at all UNC institutions to help finance the Association of Student Governments, a coalition of student leaders from across the state, and is to be used for administrative staff, travel and small stipends for student leaders.
EOS Fee - Engineering students also pay an EOS fee for the following additional resources:
- 20+ engineering-only EOS labs
- Specialty engineering software
- Help Desk services
- Remote-access services
- Student-owned computing infrastructure
- Services from Information Technology and Engineering Computer Services (ITECS)