Arts major tuition differential (per semester)

A tuition differential fee charged to all School of the Arts majors. regardless if the student is enrolled in arts courses. Revenues are allocated to the individual departments for the cost of materials, services and equipment. Undergraduate students who enroll in more than 18 credit hours are assessed a per-credit-hour arts overload tuition differential at the standard per-credit-hour rate. Graduate students who enroll in more than 15 credit hours are charged the per-credit-hour arts overload tuition differential at the graduate rate.

Instruction support fee

A fee charged to all non-arts major students who enroll in art courses, used to support course instruction.

Applied private music fee

A fee charged to all non-music major students enrolled in private music lessons to cover the cost of the lessons.

Business major fee (per semester)

A required comprehensive fee charged to all full- and part-time School of Business majors, regardless if the student is enrolled in business courses. The fee is used to fund programs within the School of Business. 

Non-business major fee

A fee charged to non-business major students who enroll in 300-level business courses and above. The revenue is used to support instructional costs in the School of Business.

Master of Supply Chain Management program fee

A fee charged to all students enrolled in the MSCM program. The fee supports instructional expenses related to the program and is charged in addition to the business major fee.

European Model fee

A fee charged to students in the Center for Sport Leadership M.Ed. program who enroll in the European Model of Sport study-abroad course.

TK 20 teacher preparation fee

A fee charged to graduate students at admission to the teacher preparation program. The fee is used to support the assessment software used for digital portfolios.

Student teaching internship fee

A fee charged to education students to pay for honorariums to teachers who assist with student teaching.

Assessment Tool Fee

A fee charged to graduate students to cover the cost of the assessment software used in these courses.

Undergraduate engineering major tuition differential (per semester)

A tuition differential is charged to all College of Engineering undergraduates, regardless if the student is enrolled in engineering courses. The revenues offset higher engineering faculty salaries and higher costs of engineering teaching equipment and laboratories. Students who enroll in more than 18 credit hours are assessed a per-credit-hour engineering overload tuition differential at the per-credit-hour rate.

Laboratory fees

A fee assessed to all engineering lab courses to support lab costs.

Science lab fee

A fee charged to biology, chemistry and forensic science courses to cover the cost of lab materials.

Foreign language lab fee

A fee charged to certain foreign language courses to support the language learning lab.

World Cinema 

A fee assessed to certain world cinema courses to support the language learning lab.

Health and Human Performance

A fee charged to students enrolling in athletic training courses.

Clinical laboratory supervision fee

Fee charged to students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate clinical laboratory courses to cover the costs for clinical laboratory supervision. 

Health Education Systems Inc. (HESI) fee

A fee assessed to traditional and accelerated B.S. nursing students. The fee covers the costs of providing student access to the HESI testing package.

Nursing education fee

A fee charged to all School of Nursing students except those students in the RN to B.S. program. The fee supports instructional and administrative expenses of education and clinical placement. 

RN to B.S. program fee

A fee charged to all RN to B.S. program students to offset expenses related to instruction. 

Microscopy Laboratory fee

A fee charged to students enrolled in NURS 611 classes for the use of the microscope, the microscopy slides containing a variety of organisms and components for disease identification, and the expertise of the microscopy laboratory facility. 

Instructional support fee

Fee charged to social work students for costs associated with field instruction and placement in participating agencies in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and neighboring states.

Master in Social Work distance-education program

A fee assessed to all students in the Master of Social Work distance-education program. The fee supports instructional and administrative expenses with the field education requirement. 

Administrative fee

A fee charged to all students for each semester they are placed in Cooperative Education positions.

Laboratory fee

A fee to cover the cost of lab materials.

Tuition differential

Course Fees

Dental academic fee support the costs of printing course materials and syllabi; the purchase of a laptop and various software licenses; disability insurance for dental students; required organizational membership dues; clinical simulation facilities and materials for preclinical courses; and the digital tool box library of slides.

Dental clinical fee supports the purchase, distribution, sterilization, and storage of all clinical equipment and kits in the dental education program; and the purchase and support of the upgraded clinical technology systems in compliance with federal initiatives of electronic records and patient/student needs.

Dental hygiene fees (per semester)

Dental hygiene academic fee 

Dental hygiene clinical fee 

Professional dentistry fees (per semester)

DDS academic fee 

DDS clinical fee 

International dental program fees (per semester)

IDP academic fee 

IDP clinical fee 

Masters medicine fees (per semester)

Professional medicine fees (per semester)

Technology fee (per semester)

A fee charged to all graduate and doctoral pharmacy students.

Professional program fees (per semester)

Honors College fee: A fee assessed to any student enrolled in the Honors College to help finance student enhancements and to support Honors lecture series - $75 per semester.

Online course fee: A fee charged for undergraduate and graduate online courses. The fee is for operational and personnel support to develop and maintain online courses - $55 per credit hour.

As of July 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education has regulated that institutions may not require a student to use Title IV financial aid funds to purchase books or supplies charged in excess of standard tuition and fees. The majority of the tuition surcharges and fees assessed by VCU with a component for books and supplies meets the requirements for using Title IV funds. Listed below are courses with excess fees that do not meet that requirement.

Students enrolled in one of these programs who do not want the university to pay for the books or supplies with Title IV funds should complete the course/program fee waiver form and submit it to Student Accounting before the end of the add/drop period.