Cost of Attendance provides a total estimate of the expenses you will accrue while enrolled at King’s College. It includes direct costs like tuition, housing, and meals, and indirect items like books, transportation, and personal expenses.
While you will not be billed by King's College for indirect expenses, they are factored together with your direct costs when determining your eligibility for financial aid.
Resident Students (2025-26 Academic Year)
Cost of Attendance for resident students
Direct Billable Costs
First-Year Resident Student
Transfer Resident Student
Upperclass Resident Student
Tuition*
$43,000
$43,000
$43,000
General College Fee**
$2,100
$2,100
$2,100
Food and Housing
$16,000
$18,100
$18,100
Wellness Fee
$426
$426
$426
FY/TR Orientation fee***
$203
$102
$0
Estimates for Other Non-Direct Costs
Books/Supplies
$1,300
$1,300
$1,300
Transportation
$900
$900
$900
Personal
$3,267
$3,267
$3,267
Loan fees
$59
$80
$80
Miscellaneous
$0
$0
$0
TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE
$67,255
$69,275
$69,173
Commuter Students (2025-26 Academic Year)
Cost of Attendance for commuter students
Direct Billable Costs
First-Year Commuter Student
Transfer Commuter Student
Upperclass Commuter Student
Tuition*
$43,000
$43,000
$43,000
General College Fee**
$2,100
$2,100
$2,100
FY/TR Orientation fee***
$203
$102
$0
Wellness Fee
$0
$0
$0
Estimates for Other Non-Direct Costs
Food and Housing
$4,352
$4,352
$4,352
Books/Supplies
$1,300
$1,300
$1,300
Transportation
$2,985
$2,985
$2,985
Personal
$3,267
$3,267
$3,267
Loan fees
$59
$80
$80
Miscellaneous
$0
$0
$0
TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE
$57,266
$57,186
$57,084
Off-Campus Students (2025-26 Academic Year)
Cost of attendance for off-campus students
Direct Billable Costs
Transfer Off-Campus Student
Upperclass Off-Campus Dep/Ind Student
Off-Campus Independent Student w/Dependents
Tuition*
$43,000
$43,000
$43,000
General College Fee*
$2,100
$2,100
$2,100
FY/TR Orientation fee***
$102
$0
$0
Wellness Fee
$0
$0
$0
Estimates for Other Non-Direct Costs
Food and Housing
$14,656
$14,656
$14,656
Books/Supplies
$1,300
$1,300
$1,300
Transportation
$2,985
$2,985
$2,985
Personal
$4,885
$4,885
$4,885
Loan fees
$80
$80
$80
Miscellaneous
$0
$0
$4,614
TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE
$69,108
$69,006
$73,620
*Tuition and fees listed apply to the 2025-2026 academic year. Tuition and fees can increase each academic year based on economic conditions. Full-time tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year was $42,000. Tuition has increased by an average of 2.5% each academic year over the past 5 academic years. Students can use this information to estimate their tuition cost for subsequent years: 2026-2027 tuition can be estimated at $44,075, 2027-2028 at $45,177, and 2028-2029 at $46,307. All estimates do not serve as projections; actual future tuition costs will vary from these estimates.
**The general college fee funds, among other services, King's College's ongoing academic and instructional support costs, including the Self-Service Portal, the online learning platform Moodle, and the IITS Student HelpDesk (24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week technical support). The general college fee is classified as a mandatory fee and is billed with semester tuition charges.
***The Orientation fee is billed with semester charges.