2023-2024 Cost of Attendance
Governors State University's Office of Financial Aid uses what is called a “standard cost of attendance budget” to calculate your estimated educational costs. A standard cost of attendance budget represents typical costs for students during the academic year.
What’s Included
This standard cost of attendance budget includes both direct and indirect educational costs for the nine-month academic year.
- Direct costs: items that will be charged by GSU, including tuition, fees and estimated on-campus room and board.
- Indirect costs: items such as books and supplies, off-campus housing, transportation, and personal expenses. These are estimates based on average expenses incurred by students in the local area. Indirect costs are not paid to the university.
Estimated Expenses for Students
Below are typical standard cost of attendance budgets for students. These budgets represent estimated average costs for students attending full time during the academic year.
Your actual costs may vary from the standard cost of attendance below depending on your academic program, course load, housing arrangements, and individual circumstances.
| | Undergraduate | Graduate | Doctoral | MOT/DPT/DNP |
| Tuition | $9,840.00 | $8,832.00 | $11,808.00 | $21,600.00 |
| Mandatory Fees | $3,856.00 | $3,448.00 | $3,448.00 | $3,856.00 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 |
| Transportation | $2,000.00 | $2,000.00 | $2,000.00 | $2,000.00 |
| Room and Board | $12,056.00 | $12,056.00 | $12,056.00 | $12,056.00 |
| Personal Expenses | $1,000.00 | $2,000.00 | $2,000.00 | $2,000.00 |
| Loan Fees | $100.00 | $220.00 | $220.00 | $220.00 |
| Total | $29,852.00 | $29,556.00 | $32,532.00 | $42,732.00 |