Cost of Attendance

The Cost of Attendance (COA) is an estimate of the total amount of your educational expenses for the period of enrollment during the Award Year and is reflected on your financial aid Award.  The COA is based on whether or not you are a Georgia resident, your program of study and if you live on or off campus while attending the University. The Fall & Spring COA initially assumes full-time enrollment and includes tuition and fees, average cost for books and supplies, room, board, and miscellaneous living expenses.

If you are an undergraduate student under the Guaranteed Tuition Plan and you enroll in fewer than 12 hours in the Fall or Spring Semester, your COA will be recalculated using your actual hours of enrollment.  If you are a graduate student and you enroll in fewer than 10 graduate hours in the Fall or Spring Semester, your COA will be recalculated using your actual hours of enrollment.  This recalculation of your COA may result in a reduction of federal, state or University need-based assistance because financial aid Awards which include any State or Federal need-based assistance cannot exceed COA or Established Financial Need (EFN).

The COA for UGA students enrolled solely in independent study courses only includes tuition, fees, books and supplies. The COA for students enrolled less than half-time only includes tuition, fees, books and supplies and room & board.

Students with dependant care, computer or study abroad expenses should contact us to document allowable expenses which may serve to increase their COA. Students awarded Federal Direct Loan(s) will also have an average of the mandatory loan fees automatically added to their COA.

Previously, out-of-state students receiving full out-of-state tuition waivers were awarded using a Georgia Resident COA.  Effective the 2009-10 Award Year, out-of-state students receiving full or 1/2 out-of-state tuition waivers will be awarded using the non-resident COA with the equivalent monetary value of the full or 1/2 waiver reflected on their Award as a resource.

Below are the average 2009-10 COA tables for First-Year Undergraduate and Graduate Students.

UNDERGRADUATE (FALL 2009 & SPRING 2010)
  GA Resident On Campus GA Resident Off Campus Not Resident On Campus Not Resident Off Campus
Tuition & Fees 7,530 7,530 25,740 25,740
Books & Supplies 960 960 960 960
Room & Board 8,046 7,389 8,046 7,389
Transportation 270 756 270 756
Living Expenses 1,194 1,365 1,194 1,365
Total 18,000 18,000 36,210 36,210
 
GRADUATE (FALL 2009 & SPRING 2010)
  GA Resident On Campus GA Resident Off Campus Not Resident On Campus Not Resident Off Campus
Tuition & Fees 6,460 6,460 18,880 18,880
Books & Supplies 700 700 700 700
Room & Board 8,046 10,600 8,046 10,600
Transportation 270 1,020 270 1,020
Living Expenses 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300
Total 17,776 21,080 30,196 33,500