7.1: Tuition Structure and Budget

Regular quarterly tuition for the 2017-18 academic year, payable Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer quarters, is as follows:

*Students may enroll in 45 units their first Autumn quarter for the MD tuition rate, and will be charged per unit for each unit above 45. In all other quarters, students may enroll in 35 units before being assessed the per unit tuition rate.

For complete tuition information, see the Registrar's tuition web site.

Reduced/Research Tuition Rate Eligibility

• The Reduced/Research Tuition Rate of $3,747 per quarter in 2017-18 is assessed:
  • In quarters in which student engages in 100% research, regardless of source of funding;
  • After 12 quarters of the full tuition Residency Requirement has been met;
  • In quarters in which the student is approved for Med Scholars 100%
  • In quarters in which student has combined Med Scholars with research/teaching assistantship (student cannot enroll in required coursework);

Joint and Dual Degrees Tuition

• MD students enrolled in other degrees at Stanford are assessed tuition as follows:
  • MD candidates pursuing a Master’s Degree within the School of Medicine will be assessed MD tuition, regardless of the coursework, and will drop to the reduced tuition rate after the 12^th full tuition quarter.
  • MD/PhD candidates are assessed 12 quarters full MD tuition, 3 quarters full Graduate tuition, and the reduced tuition rate thereafter.
  • MD/MBA candidates are assessed 12 quarters full MD tuition, 5 quarters GSB tuition, and the reduced tuition rate thereafter.

Students should submit the Enrollment Agreement for Students with Multiple Programs when starting another degree program, in order to ensure the correct tuition assessment each quarter.

Graduation Quarter Eligibility

Registration is required for the term in which a student has a degree conferred. Students who meet all the following conditions are eligible to be assessed a special $150 tuition rate for the quarter in which they are receiving a degree:

1. All course work, degree requirements, oral exams, and residency requirements for all graduate degree programs, including joint degree programs, have been completed prior to the start of the requested Graduation Quarter.
2. The student has formally applied to graduate in Axess.
3. The student has only to defend and/or submit the dissertation, project, or master's thesis by the deadline for submission in the term designated as the graduation quarter.
4. The student has filed the Graduation Quarter Petition by the Preliminary Study List deadline of the chosen as graduation quarter.

Students on Graduation Quarter are registered at Stanford and, therefore, have the rights and privileges of registered students. Graduation Quarter status may be used only once during a degree program. There is a tuition rate of $150 for Graduation Quarter, and students on Graduation Quarter are assessed University health insurance (unless waived) and ASSU fees. MD students on Graduation Quarter enroll in SPEC 801M, and are certified as enrolled full time.

• Health Insurance: No additional charge for summer quarter if a/w/sp paid.
• Students who enroll w/sp/su will have insurance assessed differently.
• Disability Insurance: $41 is a one-time fee assessed winter quarter only.
• Document fee: A document fee of $250 is assessed once upon first admission to Stanford as a graduate or undergraduate.
• For Cost of Attendance Budget calculations visit: http: financialaid.stanford.edu/grad/budget.

Miscellaneous Educational Expenses (Maximum allowed)

Reimbursement for Computer/PDA Purchase:                        $3,000

Orientation Housing Allowance for early arrival:                      $1,200 (Entering Students)

Clinical Instrument Allowance – early clinical experience:       $650 (Entering Students)

USMLE Step 1:                              $605 (Students taking Q6)

USMLE Step 2, CK:                       $605 (Graduating Students)

USMLE Step 2, CS:                       $1,235 (Graduating Students)

Clinical Transportation:                  $1,280 (Add $500 per quarter)

Clinical Books:                               $250 (Reduce books & supplies to $250 per quarter)

Unsubsidized Stafford DL Origination Fee:               1.069% of loan amount*

Grad PLUS DL Loan Origination Fee:                       4.276% of loan amount*

    *Loan fees for 2016-17. Fees for 2017-18 have not yet been announced.

Other Allowable Expenses (added to budget upon request):

Dependent Care Allowance:        Calculated by the FAO

Child Care Allowance:                  $3,600 (Per child/per quarter, documentation required)

Fees excluded from financial aid eligibility:

Document fee:           $250 (Assessed upon first time matriculation to Stanford University)

ASSU Fees:               $24 (Per quarter, A,W, Sp; may be waived)

updated August 2017