Undergraduate Tuition and Fees
Effective Average Cost of Attendance
2025-2026
The effective average cost of full-time attendance for the 2025-26 academic year is as follows:
Tuition per point: $2,258
Tuition for a 30-point program (15 points per term): $67,740
Tuition for 16 points or more, per term: 36,128
Fees: Varies based on enrollment status
Approximate cost of living (room and board) and personal expenses (books, local commuting costs, and miscellaneous expenses) for 9 month academic year: $26,270
Tuition and Fees Details
- Tuition (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026)
- Per point, for students registered for fewer than 16 points (except where a special fee is fixed)
- $2,258
- Tuition (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026)
- Flat rate, per term, for students registered for 16 or more points
- $36,128
- Late Fees
- Late registration fee (after Change of Program period)
- $100
- Late Fees
- Late payment charge (if total amount due for term is not paid by due date)
- $150, plus 1.5% per billing cycle on any amount past due
- Document Fee
- One-time
- $105
- Study Abroad Fee
- Per term (non-Columbia-sponsored programs)
- $750
- Orientation Fee
- One-time
- $450
- Student Life Fee (Full Time Students)
- Fall 2025
- $854
- Student Life Fee (Full Time Students)
- Spring 2026
- $854
- Health and Related Services Fee (Full Time*)
- Fall 2025
- $723
- Health and Related Services Fee (Full Time*)
- Spring 2026
- $723
- Health and Related Services Fee (Full Time*)
- Annual
- $1,446
- Health and Related Services Fee (Full Time*)
- *Note:
- For the purposes of the Health and Related Services fee, full time is defined as 12 or more points (credits)
- Part-time and half-time domestic students who are not on the Columbia University Student Health Insurance Plan pay a reduced fee, but can elect to upgrade to the full-time fee to access the full range of resources, programs, and services
- Columbia Health Visit Fee
- For medical care for students who have not paid the full-time Health and Related Services Fee
- Fees Vary
- Student Health Insurance Plan Premiums (2025-2026)
- Fall 2025
- $2,044
- Student Health Insurance Plan Premiums (2025-2026)
- Spring/Summer 2026
- $3,323
- Student Health Insurance Plan Premiums (2025-2026)
- Annual 2025-2026
- $5,367
- Student Health Insurance Plan Premiums (2025-2026)
- Summer 2026 only*
- To be announced in Spring 2026
- Student Health Insurance Plan Premiums (2025-2026)
- *Only available to new students first enrolling at Columbia for the summer term
- International Services Charge*
- Per term
- $160
- International Services Charge*
- *Note: All students holding a non-resident visa, except those students in the American Language Program or students registered through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement, will be charged (via Student Financial Services) an International Services Charge of $160 each term. This fee supports the University’s services to international students.