Direct Costs

What are "direct costs?" These are the things that are DIRECTLY charged to your OSU bill. This would include tuition and fees and if you are living on-campus, your housing and dining charges will show-up on your OSU bill.

Note: Indirect costs are the other costs in your life, outside of your OSU bill. Both things need to be included when budgeting/financial planning as a college student. In this section, we will provide resources so you can look at your direct costs.

Download and save your own copy of this CAFE document to help calculate your direct costs, resources, and gaps in funding (or refunds) for upcoming terms! If you have WUE, use our WUE specific worksheet.

Tuition and Fee Tables

Here at OSU, you will see that the costs of credits depends on a few things:

Summer v. regular academic year;
On-campus (Corvallis and Cascades) v. online or Ecampus;
Oregon Resident v. non-resident;
Graduate v. undergraduate;
Certain colleges (Business, Engineering, Arts, Forestry, and Honors) have their unique tuition costs per credit; and
How many credits you take.

These tables are available every year, before the start of an academic year (before Summer Term), so students can use these to plan ahead and anticipate how much their OSU bill will be. If you are living on-campus, do not forget to factor in those term costs as well (see below).

Want to estimate your OSU tuition and fee costs? Use the the Tuition Calculator!

University Housing and Dining Services (UHDS) Rates - if living on-campus

Remember to factor in your costs of living on-campus each term, if applicable. That is also a part of your OSU bill and a direct cost. All Corvallis costs can be found here. All Cascades costs can be found here.

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