Tuition & Fees

Direct Costs

Full-time (12 to 18 credit hours)
Typical program length : 4 years

Indirect Costs

Other Tuition & fee charges

¹The Student Activity Fee and CAFES fee are charged to all students enrolled for 6 or more credit hours in a semester.

²Health Insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 6 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

³Requires a $300 refundable deposit

⁴Part-time enrollment requires approval from the Dean's Office. Financial Aid will be pro-rated for students enrolled part time.

⁵No extra tuition charge (overload) for course numbers followed by an "x" or music lessons.

⁶Music and Music Theatre Majors can take 2 credit hours of music lessons without being charged any music lesson fees. They are still charged the music studio fee.

⁷Only one studio fee is issued per semester.

⁸All Salem undergraduate students will be automatically enrolled in the Bearcat Book Bundle. The cost per credit excludes "x" courses, "y" courses, or music lessons. Students may waive their enrollment in this program through the Barnes & Noble Bookstore portal.

Full-time (12 to 18 credit hours)
Typical program length: 4 years

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

Other tuition & fee charges

¹This fee is charged to all students enrolled for 6 or more credit hours in a semester.

²Health insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 6 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

³Requires $300 refundable security deposit.

Full-time (10-16 credit hours)
Typical program length: 3 years

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

Other Tuition & fee charges

¹The Student Activity Fee is charged to all students enrolled for 5 or more credit hours in a semester.

²Health insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 5 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

Masters Degree in Accounting and Finance

Direct Costs

Typical program length: 1 year

Indirect Costs

²Health Insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

Masters Degree in Computer Science

Typical program length: 1 year

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

¹Health Insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

MSCS is billed at a rate of $6,350 per course – the program consists of nine 4-credit courses in total.

Only the MSCS has an enrollment deposit – $500

Masters Degree in Data Science

Typical program length: 1 year

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

¹Health Insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load.

MSDS is billed at a rate of $6,350 per 4-credit course – the program consists of nine courses in total.

Full-time Early Career/Career Change & Full-time BA/MBA (9-19 credit hours)
Typical program length: 2 years

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

Other Tuition & Fee Charges

¹The Student Activity Fee is charged to all students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours in a semester.

²Health insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours (4 for MBA Professional) and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

Direct Costs

Typical program length: 2 years

Indirect Costs

¹MBAP students keep their starting tuition rate for 2 academic years.

²Health insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours (4 for MBA Professional) and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

Direct Costs

Program length: 1 year

Indirect Costs

Other Tuition & fee charges

¹The Student Activity Fee is charged to all students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours in a semester. This fee only applies to the Spring and Fall semesters—not Summer term.

²Health insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours (4 for MBA Professional) and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

Full-time (9 to 18 credit hours)
Typical program length: 2 years

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

¹Overload Charges:

• Visual Studies MFA per credit hour over 18 credits/semester: $2,500
• Printmaking (was Print Media) MFA per credit hour over 18 credits/semester: $2,500
• Critical Studies MA per credit hour over 18 credits/semester: $2,092
• Dual MFA/MA per credit hour over 18 credits/semester: $2,299

²This fee is charged to all students enrolled for 6 or more credit hours in a semester.

³Health insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Low Residency students are not eligible for University health insurance. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

⁴Program name changes effective AY2026-27: Printmaking MFA (previously Print Media MFA)

Full-time (9 to 18 credit hours)
Typical program length: 2 years

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

¹Low Residency students are charged the FY27 fall/spring rates for the summer/fall term of 2026.

Full-time (9 to 18 credit hours)
Typical program length: 1 year

Direct Costs

*Tuition Reset

Indirect Costs

¹This fee is charged to all students enrolled for 6 or more credit hours in a semester.

²Health insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Low Residency students are not eligible for University health insurance. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

Direct Costs

Typical program length: 6 years

¹Semester amounts for the program refer to the semester tuition charges for academic year 2026-2027 for students in each year of the program. Indirect costs are listed in the sections above.

Direct Costs

Typical program length: 5 years

¹Semester amounts for Accelerated Degree Programs refer to the semester tuition charges for academic year 2026-2027 for students in each year of the program. Indirect costs are listed in the sections above.

Direct Costs

Typical program length: 4 years + 1 semester

¹Semester amounts for Accelerated Degree Programs refer to the semester tuition charges for academic year 2026-2027 for students in each year of the program. Indirect costs are listed in the sections above.

Direct Costs

Typical program length: 4 years

JD/MBA part-time/overload rates and health insurance rules

Student activity fees and Health Insurance are charged to students enrolled in 4.5 credits or more in a term. Overload/part-time charges are applied using these rules:

¹The Law summer sessions are optional and are in addition to the normal academic year course load. These courses are charged at the Law per credit tuition rate.

Indirect Costs

Direct Costs

Typical program length: 3 years

¹Combined MFA in visual studies or print media with MA in critical studies.

Direct Costs

Typical program length: 5 semesters

Summer Semester

Indirect Costs

Other Tuition & Fee Charges

¹The Student Activity Fee is charged to all students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours in a semester.

²Health insurance billing includes a $50 per-semester administration fee. Insurance is billed to students enrolled for 4.5 or more credit hours and to all international students, regardless of credit load. Health insurance is based on term length and may vary between semesters.

³Semester amounts for dual degree programs refer to the semester tuition charges for academic year 2026-2027 for students in each year of the program. Indirect costs are listed in the sections above.