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Undergraduate Tuition Comparison
Before you register for an undergraduate course, think about how many credits you plan to earn in a single term. The charts below are designed to help you estimate your first year tuition costs based on how many credits you plan to take.
Please refer to our Academic Calendars for term schedules.
For students paying in-state (NJ) tuition top of page
| Number of credits per term | Per Credit Tuition |
Full-Time Flat-Rate Tuition |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| For students who plan to register for up to 8 credits or less in a single term, our Per Credit Tuition rate will be charged. | 3 | $1,257 | – |
| 6 | $2,514 | – | |
| For students who plan to register for 9 credits or more in a single term, the Full-Time Flat-Rate Tuition rate will be charged. This will result in significant savings. | 9 | $3,771 | $3,319 (savings of $452) |
| 12 | $5,028 | $3,319 (savings of $1,709) |
|
| 15 | $6,285 | $3,319 (savings of $2,966) |
For students paying out-of-state tuition top of page
| Number of credits per term | Per Credit Tuition |
Full-Time Flat-Rate Tuition |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| For students who plan to register for up to 8 credits or less in a single term, the Per Credit Tuition rate will be charged. | 3 | $1,635 | – |
| 6 | $3,270 | – | |
| For students who plan to register for 9 credits or more in a single term, the Full-Time Flat-Rate Tuition rate will be charged. This will result in significant savings. | 9 | $4,905 | $4,299 (savings of $606) |
| 12 | $6,540 | $4,299 (savings of $2,241) |
|
| 15 | $8,175 | $4,299 (savings of $3,876) |
Note: All tuition and fees listed here were approved on June 9, 2023, by the Board of Trustees of Thomas Edison State University and are effective for the August 2023 term. Tuition and fees are subject to change.
Refund Policy for Full-Time Flat-Rate Tuition
- Students who drop below 9 credits (online, Guided Study, e-Pack®) before day 1 of the term are recalculated at the part-time per-credit rate.
- Students in the Full-Time Flat-Rate Tuition option: Withdrawals are not refunded after the term begins unless the student is withdrawing from all courses registered in for that term.
Withdrawal from all courses in a term will be refunded as follows:
- Withdrawals before the first day of the term = 100 percent tuition refund
- Withdrawals between the first and the seventh day of the term = 75 percent tuition refund
- Withdrawals between the eighth and 14th day of the term = 50 percent tuition refund
- Withdrawals between the 15th and 21st day of the term = 25 percent tuition refund
- Withdrawals after the 21st day of the term = No refund
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