What is tution, required fees, and room and board? I mean I found a website to search for colleges for me?

Question

I mean I do not know much about universities, and what are these fees, and how do I know how much my fees are because a website I found is showing university profiles, and what is the fees, I mean what tution, and room and board? Do I have to pay for them each month or one time for one of them, or what is it?

Answer 1

Tuition is cost of attending per year, just the basic cost of attending the university based on the number of credit hours you take., you pay by semester or quarter. So if the yearly tuition was 9,000, and you are on a quarter system, you would be paying for 3 quarters, fall, winter, and spring, $3,000 each quarter. The same would apply for fees and room and board. Required fees are addtional fees on top of tuition, such as books, general fee, student affairs, lab fees etc. Room and board are charges if you stay on campus and live in a dorm, with your meal plans.

Read each college's catalog or visit their web site for additional info.

Answer 2

Tuition is the money you pay for classes. If you are a full time student, you will pay a flat tuition, but if you are a part time student, you need to know your price per credit hour. In your university literature, be sure that you know if their tuition is per year, or per semester, or even per trimester.

Fees are a flat rate on top of tuition which cover your usage of facilities at the school, such as technology fees (support the computer labs) administrative fees (support the administrative staff who process your work) or many others (some fees even go towards library support). Often, these are a flat rate that is equal for full time and part time students.

Room and board cover dorm room and dorm food. If you want to live off campus, you need do find your own figures for that. Be sure to include not just rent and food, but also utilities and emergency cash.

Depending on the literature, tuition, fees, or r&b may contain book prices. If they do not, average in $100-$400 per semester for books.

Also, parking costs extra and may not be part of your literature's price for college. Where I did my undergrad parking what $24 per semester ($48/year), but where I'm doing my grad degree now parking is $350 per year. I was quite surprised when I signed up!

Ok, last part of your question: When it comes to paying for your tuition...
Some schools have a payment plan. Where I did my undergrad, for example, you had the whole semester to pay your tuition/fees/room&board. You just weren't allowed to get your grades until they were paid. Where I am now, I cannot even start going to classes until I pay all of my tuition/fees (I live off campus, so no room/board). If you really want to know about your school's payment plan, call their financial aid office or the Bursar (from the Olde English Pursar, one who holds the purse, so basically, the treasurer). They know what all of the possible payment plans are and can even help you out with loan paperwork or even available scholarships.

Good luck! I found it was best to keep a chart going when I was doing my college pirce search.

Answer 3

Tuition = money you pay for classes
Required fees = money you have to pay for things like the Student Union and athletics, regardless of whether or not you use those services
Room = where you live
Board = food

Most universities charge you for tuition and required fees as one payment in September and another in January (one payment per semester). You would also pay the room and board as one payment in two parts, in September and January.

I pay $3000 in both September and January for tuition and fees. I pay about $2800 for room in September and again in January. My residence gives us each a private kitchen, so I buy my own food and don't have to pay for board.

Answer 4

"Tuition" is what the university charges for you to take classes there, usually based on the number of classes you sign up for. "Fees" are additional charges, sometimes associated with specific classes (like chemistry labs) or other things (like "activity fees") that everyone must pay. "Room" is the cost for a room in a dormitory (where one sleeps). "Board" is the cost of food (most universities offer various meal plans at their cafeterias).

Sometimes you can pay partial amounts on a fixed schedule, sometimes (if you can afford it) you pay each semester. You'll have to ask each university what their "fees" are.