Estimated Annual Cost of Attendance for First-Year Undergraduates
A printable PDF version of this page can be found here. This PDF also includes five years of trend data.
The table below shows the 2024-25 academic year estimated expenses for first-year undergraduate students at the University of Washington’s three campuses, which the UW Board of Regents approved in June 2024. It reflects student fees and budgets for the regular academic year: fall, winter, and spring.
Note: the state’s allowable resident undergraduate tuition increase (under RCW 28B.15.067) for the upcoming 2024-25 academic year will be 3.0%. This is applicable only to resident undergraduate tuition; non-resident, graduate, and fee-based program rates were confirmed in June 2024 and published to our Current Tuition and Fees Dashboards and Fee-Based Program pages.
The Office of Student Financial Aid website has more information about student budgets, and other areas of the FPB website have more information on student fees and annual tuition.
| 2024-25 Annual Student Budget Items | BOTHELL | SEATTLE | TACOMA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Room and Board* (traditional undergraduates) | $17,538 | $18,405 | $16,371 |
| Books, Personal, Transportation* | $5,010 | $3,927 | $4,482 |
| Annual Student Fees – Total** | $1,420 | $1,500 | $1,549 |
| New Student Enrollment & Orientation Fee (one time)*** | $370 | $396 | $250 |
| Student Tech Fee | $126 | $81 | $132 |
| Services and Activities Fee | $324 | $507 | $492 |
| Student Activities Center | $441 | ||
| Student Activities Center Programming | $69 | ||
| Sports Field | $90 | ||
| Facilities Renovation Fee | $210 | ||
| Intramural Activities Building (IMA) | $96 | ||
| U-PASS**** | $210 | $135 | |
| YMCA | $540 | ||
| Resident Undergraduate Annual Tuition | $11,869 | $11,869 | $11,869 |
| RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE ANNUAL TOTAL | $35,837 | $35,701 | $34,271 |
| Non-Resident Undergraduate Annual Tuition | $42,105 | $42,105 | $42,105 |
| NON-RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE ANNUAL TOTAL | $66,073 | $65,937 | $64,507 |
* The annual student budgets for these items are based on the federal “cost of attendance” definition, which is used to determine financial aid eligibility: https://www.washington.edu/financialaid/getting-started/student-budgets/
** Student-led committees are responsible for all fees under this header, except NSEOF. For the NSEOF, student representatives provide support recommendations, which campus administrations weigh when developing proposals for Regental approval. Regents approve rate changes for all fees except U-PASS, which is governed by Regent-approved MOUs. Please note that many students pay fees beyond those presented here, such as course fees (which vary by discipline) and student insurance fees.
*** The effective date of each new NSEOF rate varies by campus. Bothell and Seattle are not proposing a change to their current rate. Tacoma will begin charging its new rate in Fall 2024 to students entering in Winter 2025. In the upcoming 2025-26 academic year, all campuses will be aligned with NSEOF rates beginning in Fall 2025 for students entering Fall 2025.
**** Tacoma’s U-PASS fee of $45/quarter was first charged in Spring 2019. For UW Tacoma students residing in Thurston County, the UPASS fee is $20/quarter, or $60 for the regular academic year.