Tuition & aid
The full price, before you apply
Universities love a footnote. Here's the opposite: every program's tuition, every mandatory fee, and a realistic first-year total, plus the aid that brings it down. Every figure on this page is a plain example for a sample site.
Tuition by program
Example figures, per year, before fees and living costs.
| Program | Credential | Domestic / yr | International / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration | BBA | $8,900 | $29,400 |
| Nursing | BScN | $9,800 | $33,600 |
| Health Informatics | BSc | $9,200 | $30,800 |
| Software Engineering | BSE | $10,200 | $34,800 |
| Data Science & Analytics | BSc | $9,600 | $32,400 |
| User Experience Design | BDes | $9,400 | $31,200 |
Billed per term. Co-op work terms charge a co-op fee (about $720/term) instead of tuition, so students on paid terms usually net well ahead.
Fees nobody warns you about
Except us, right now. Ancillary fees are mandatory and buy real things: the gym membership, the health plan, and citywide transit on your student card.
| Fee | Per year |
|---|---|
| Student services & association | $612 |
| Athletics & recreation (includes gym membership) | $348 |
| Health & dental plan (opt-out with proof of coverage) | $420 |
| Technology & lab access | $270 |
| Total ancillary fees | $1,650 |
Adding a room and meals? Residence + full meal plan (standard double, 8 months) runs $12,400.
Worked example: cost of attendance
A realistic first year
Domestic BBA student, living in residence with a full meal plan, before any scholarship or bursary.
- Tuition: Business Administration (domestic)
- $8,900
- Ancillary fees
- $1,650
- Residence + full meal plan (standard double, 8 months)
- $12,400
- Books, supplies & course materials (estimate)
- $1,150
- First-year total
- $24,100
Living at home or off campus? Subtract the residence line and budget your own rent; most students sharing near campus report $650 to $850 a month. Leave room for personal costs like your phone and trips home. An automatic entrance scholarship at the top tier takes another $5,000 off. Example figures.
Scholarships & aid
Money that brings it down
Start with the automatic ones. There's no application: your admission average is the application. Then stack: scholarships, bursaries, and work-study can be combined.
$1,500 to $5,000 / yr
Entrance scholarships (automatic)
No separate application: your admission average is your application. 90%+ earns $5,000/yr, 85 to 89.9% earns $3,000/yr, and 80 to 84.9% earns $1,500/yr. Renewable each year you keep a 3.3 GPA.
$10,000 / yr
Trajectory Scholarship
Twenty awards for students whose circumstances make university the harder road: first-generation students, students supporting family, and newcomers. Essay plus one reference. Renewable all four years.
$500 to $4,000
School awards & named bursaries
Program-specific awards (Dean's entrance awards, the Whitmore Design Award, the Health Professions bursary pool). One form in the portal covers all of them.
$500 to $4,000 / term
Need-based bursaries
Assessed from a confidential financial profile each term. Bursaries are grants, so they are never repaid, and they can stack with scholarships.
About $2,400 / yr
Work-study program
On-campus roles (library, labs, recreation, research assistance) reserved for students with demonstrated need. Typically 8 to 10 hours a week around your timetable.
Paying as you go
- Tuition is billed per term, and every student can split each term into four interest-free installments. No application, no fee.
- Co-op work terms charge a co-op fee (about $720/term, example figure) instead of tuition, so most students net well ahead on paid terms.
- One financial-aid advisor is assigned per school, so you talk to the same person all four years.
Want the numbers for your program, in writing?
Request info and we'll send the tuition sheet and scholarship dates for the programs you're weighing. Or talk to Financial Aid directly: one advisor per school, the same person all four years.