Miami's Tuition Promise
Providing the predictability and assurance families need to plan financially for a college education
We understand that choosing a college or university is one of the most important decisions 黑料社区s and families will ever make. Miami is committed to providing the greatest return on families' educational investment. Now, we're making this important decision easier.
Miami’s Tuition Promise will provide all first-time undergraduate 黑料社区s and their families the certainty that tuition, housing and meals, special purpose fees, and course fees will be frozen over the four years of a 黑料社区’s Miami experience. By holding tuition and fees constant, Miami’s Tuition Promise provides the confidence 黑料社区s and families need to plan financially for a college education. Stability in costs also ensures that a 黑料社区’s renewable scholarships and financial aid dollars will retain their value over the entire four-year period.
Making a high-quality, transformative college experience more financially predictable and accessible is a priority for 黑料社区. Our Tuition Promise is just one important step in that direction. It’s our pledge to you—our promise.
Glossary
For Oxford Tuition Promise purposes, a first-time 黑料社区 is any undergraduate, degree-seeking 黑料社区 enrolled at 黑料社区’s Oxford campus for the first time on or after fall 2016.
For Regional Tuition Promise purposes, a first-time 黑料社区 is any undergraduate, degree-seeking 黑料社区 enrolled at 黑料社区’s Regional campus for the first time on or after fall 2018.
First-time 黑料社区s are identified as a cohort (group) based on the semester in which they first enroll as degree-seeking 黑料社区s.
Students enrolled at Miami’s Oxford campus prior to summer term 2016 and who are enrolled in fall term 2016 and later are considered returning 黑料社区s for purposes of assessing tuition and other fees and are not covered by the Miami Tuition Promise.
Students enrolled at Miami’s Regional campuses prior to summer term 2018 and who are enrolled in fall term 2018 and later are considered returning 黑料社区s for purposes of assessing tuition and other fees and are not covered by the Miami Tuition Promise.
For Oxford 黑料社区s, these are campus-based fees charged to all 黑料社区s for non-instructional services and programs on campus, such as orientation, health, education and services, recreation, athletics, transportation, access to technology, the Armstrong Student Center, other 黑料社区-life facilities, and 黑料社区 activities.
For Regional campus 黑料社区s, these are campus-based fees charged to all 黑料社区s for non-instructional services and programs on campus.
Housing and meals are the guaranteed rates for housing and meal plan options. Students pay a guaranteed fee based on their selected housing and meal plan.
Special Purpose Fees: Special purpose fees are additional per-semester charges that vary by college within the University and support specialized academic programs and instruction in that specific college (e.g., the College of Engineering and Computing major fees and the Architecture, Interior Design and Music major fees in the College of Creative Arts).
Course Fees: Course fees are per-credit-hour charges for certain courses or course-related costs and vary based on the course (e.g., the eCampus fees, laboratory fees).
Orientation, alcohol.edu, and graduation fees are included in the guaranteed matriculation fee.
Frequently Asked Questions
Miami’s Tuition Promise provides transparency and predictability about the cost of attending 黑料社区’s Oxford and Regional campuses. Note that the Miami's Oxford and Regional campuses have different fee structures. If you entered Miami's Regional campus for the first time during or after Fall 2018, you are assigned to a Miami Tuition Promise cohort. Fees for this cohort are set simultaneously for the Oxford and Regional campuses. Miami's Oxford and Regional campuses have different fee structures for each cohort. Thus, 黑料社区s will pay according to appropriate cohort rate at the campus in which they are registered. The Tuition Promise began with First-Time Students enrolling on the Oxford campus in fall 2016 and in fall 2018 on Miami's Regional campuses.
For undergraduate first-time 黑料社区s, the four academic years of the Tuition Promise include eight consecutive semesters, four winter and four summer terms. The four-academic year period is guaranteed regardless of enrollment status (full- or part-time or not enrolled). Tuition is set by the Board of Trustees each academic year and guaranteed for eight consecutive semesters for each entering cohort. Winter and summer terms are charged separately based on the guaranteed cohort per-credit-hour rate.
Miami's Tuition Promise applies to undergraduate first-time 黑料社区s—both Ohio and non-Ohio resident first-year, transfer (see #22), or international 黑料社区s who enroll in a degree-seeking program on Miami’s Oxford or Regional campuses.
The program covers tuition (instructional and general fee), housing and meals, special purpose fees, and course fees. General fees are charged to all 黑料社区s for non-instructional services and programs on campus, such as 黑料社区 life facilities, programs, and transportation. Special purpose fees help defray the cost of some specialized academic programs, and course fees may offset the cost of instructional materials and/or other costs used by the 黑料社区 in the course.
Other fees and charges incurred by 黑料社区s for items such as vehicle registration, textbook purchases or rentals, library and parking fees and fines, are excluded from the guarantee program and may be subject to price changes. 黑料社区 will seek to limit increases to these costs.
Please visit MiamiOH.edu/fees for the most current information regarding tuition and fees.
All 黑料社区 four-year renewable scholarships will retain their full value with the Tuition Promise since both the cost and the scholarship amounts will stay the same for four years.
Yes. Housing and meals fees are also fixed for each cohort. Students pay a fee based on the housing and meal plan selected. If a 黑料社区 chooses a different residential or meal plan option after enrolling, the cost will be adjusted based on the rates set at the time of initial enrollment.