Mandatory Fees
2024-2025 Mandatory Fee Rates (listed for the full-time rate)
**Tuition and fees are approved by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa. Tuition and fees are subject to change without notice.**
Mandatory fees, vary by student type (i.e., on-campus, temporarily off-campus, or distance education program). These fees are charged each semester to all enrolled students and are in addition to tuition. For mandatory fee details visit http://www.registrar.iastate.edu/fees and select the appropriate tuition detail table.
View a total cost of attendance through the Office of Student Financial Aid.
Student Type Descriptions:
On-Campus: All enrolled students who are participating in a degree program not identified as, temporarily off campus nor seeking a degree in a fully online, distance education program. Study Abroad students on an exchange program are assessed tuition and mandatory fees (on-campus). The tuition and fees are paid by the student to their home institution.
Temporarily Off-Campus: Students who are temporarily off-campus due to a specifically defined and approved course or program enrollment. This includes those who are enrolled in certain student teaching experiences, studying abroad (not including exchange programs), or who are completing certain internships/co-ops off campus. If a student is enrolled in other coursework in addition to a specifically approved temporarily off-campus course, they are no longer eligible for the temporarily off-campus student type. Taking only online courses does not qualify a student for the temporarily off-campus student type.
Distance Education Program: Students who are seeking a degree in a fully online, distance education degree program.
Fee Type | Student Type | ||
On-Campus | Temporarily Off-Campus | ||
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$3.00 | $0.00 | N/A | |
$151.00 | $53.00 | N/A | |
*The ISU sponsored student health insurance is separate and distinct from the ISU health fee or the health facility fee. Students must pay the health and health facility fee if they are participating in the ISU student health insurance program and are currently registered for the academic period. Students enrolled in summer (regardless of total credits enrolled) must pay the health and health facility fee if they are participating in the ISU student health insurance program.
Fee Type Descriptions:
Activity, Services, Building and Recreation: The activity, services & building fee is a mandatory fee that supports a variety of activities and services for all students. It is not based on whether or not a student uses an individual activity or service. This fee provides several benefits such as student admission rates to concerts and athletic events and, unlimited use of CyRide, the Ames bus system. In addition, the fee provides support for campus recreation facilities, the Memorial Union, and campus organizations and services as allocated by the Government of the Student Body. The activity, services, building and recreation fee includes assessments of the following amounts for each fall and spring semester.
Activity Fee Category | On-Campus Amount | Temporarily Off-Campus Amount | Distance Education Program Amount |
Student Activities | $49.00 | $49.00 | $0 |
Student Services | $142.10 | $0 | $0 |
Building | $51.05 | $51.05 | $0 |
Recreation | $179.30 | $62.76 | $0 |
Total | $421.45 | $162.81 | $0 |
Exempt:
Students exclusively registered in courses for which no tuition is assessed
Student exclusively registered in continuous registration status courses
High school students enrolled under the Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Act.
Students seeking a degree in a fully online, distance education program
Students in exemption categories named above may elect to pay the activity and service fee and will be assessed based upon their enrollment status.
For students who withdraw, reduce their credit load or change to an exempt status as defined above, the tuition and fee adjustment deadlines will be followed.
Summer Semester: All students will be charged a maximum of $211.25 (on-campus amount) or $81.75 (temporarily off-campus amount) in the summer semester.
Health Facility Fee: On-campus and temporarily off-campus students are charged a Health Facility Fee each semester. The Health Facility Fee contributes towards the maintenance of the Student Health Center and its associated practices.
Exempt:
Students exclusively registered in courses for which no tuition is assessed
Student exclusively registered in continuous registration status courses
High school students enrolled under the Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Act.
Students seeking a degree in a fully online, distance education program
Temporarily Off-Campus students (Summer exempt only)
These exceptions do not apply to international students (except where noted) or graduate students on graduate assistantships. For students who withdraw or change to an exempt status as defined above, the tuition and fee adjustment deadlines will be followed.
Summer Semester Health Facility Fee: All students will be charged a maximum of $1.50 (on-campus amount) or $0 (temporarily off-campus amount) in the summer semester.
ISU Sponsored Health Insurance: The ISU sponsored student health insurance is separate and distinct from the ISU health fee or the health facility fee. Students must pay the health and health facility fee if they are participating in the ISU student health insurance program and are currently registered for the academic period. Students enrolled in summer (regardless of total credits enrolled) must pay the health and health facility fee if they are enrolled in the ISU student health insurance program.
Health Fee (Student Health): The health fee is a mandatory fee that partially finances the services of the Thielen Student Health Center.
Exempt:
Students enrolled for four or fewer credits.
Students exclusively registered in courses for which no tuition is assessed.
Student exclusively registered in continuous registration status courses.
ISU employees whose primary role at the university is as an employee.
High school students enrolled under the Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Act.
Students seeking a degree in a fully online, distance education program.
These exemptions do not apply to international students or to graduate students on graduate assistantships. Students who are exempt from the mandatory health fee may use the services of the Thielen Student Health Center on a fee for service basis, or may elect to pay the health fee and health facility fee (based on their student type), which allows participants to receive services at the Thielen Student Health Center for the same rate as students who pay the mandatory health fees. Spouses/domestic partners of students who wish to use the Thielen Student Health Center must pay the on-campus Health Fee and Health Facility Fee.
For full semester courses, students who withdraw, reduce their credit load or change to an exempt status as defined above will receive a fee adjustment of 100 percent through the 10th day of classes, with no credit adjustment after the 10th day of classes.
Students who add courses at any time during the semester will be assessed the student health fee if applicable according to the guidelines stated above.
Students who carry the ISU sponsored insurance and are registered must also be assessed the student health fee. If spouse or domestic partner is covered under the insurance plan, the spouse (domestic partner) must also be covered under the Health Fee and Health Facility Fee.
Summer Semester Health Fee: All students will be charged a maximum of $75.50 (on-campus amount) or $26.50 (temporarily off-campus amount) in the summer semester.
ISU Sponsored Health Insurance: The ISU sponsored student health insurance is separate and distinct from the ISU health fee or the health facility fee. Students must pay the health and health facility fee if they are participating in the ISU student health insurance program and are currently registered for the academic period. Students enrolled in summer (regardless of total credits enrolled) must pay the health and health facility fee if they are participating in the ISU student health insurance program.
The Division of Student Affairs provides additional details regarding fees, health insurance and billing.
Technology Fee: All students will be charged a technology fee each semester they are enrolled. The technology fee covers things such as technology maintenance, support systems, Workday, Canvas, and university email.
| Undergraduate student registered full-time | Graduate student registered full-time |
College of Engineering (including Systems Engineering, Agricultural Systems Technology, Industrial Technology, and Ag and Biosystems Engineering – College of Ag) |
$300 |
$293 |
Computer Science Majors | $300 | $293 |
College of Design | $300 | $270 |
College of Business | $212 | $182 |
All other majors | $192 | $162 |
Students enrolled less than full-time are assessed prorated technology fees according to the number of credits they are enrolled in.
Exempt:
Students exclusively registered in courses for which no tuition is assessed.
High school students enrolled under the Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Act.
For students who withdraw or reduce their credit load, technology fee adjustments will be made according to the tuition and fee adjustment schedule. Students who change their major will be charged the full technology fee for the major into which they transfer if the change occurs before the 10th day of classes. If the change occurs after the 10th day of classes, then no change in the technology fee assessment will occur.