Estimate Your Graduate Charges
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Use this 2024-2025 guide to help you think through charges you might incur and when.
Charges are due monthly. Calendar details are available on the Billing Dates & Deadlines page.
For graduate students, the first Autumn notification will be sent August 23, 2024 with a due date of October 20, 2024.
A Few Tips
- It’s critical to review and pay your full balance due each month. Although most quarterly charges post at the beginning of the quarter, other charges and adjustments will post in subsequent months.
- For instance, some courses carry additional course fees, which are assessed after enrollment. Other monthly charges may include printing charges and other IT services; miscellaneous items such as music lessons or practice room rental fees, room damage or re-key charges; StanfordCardPlan purchases and changes to the quarterly charges.
- There may be additional program-specific fees for students in professional programs at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford Law School, or Stanford School of Medicine. (One example is the $400 SBSSA Activity Fee, the annual program fee for GSB students.) Please reach out to your school’s financial team directly for more information.
- International students with fellowship stipends will see a quarterly charge for federal tax withholding. Are you eligible to claim exemption due to a tax treaty?
Funding
- Want our best advice? See Five Simple Ways to Manage Your Graduate Funding and review our FAQs for Grad Students with Funding.
- Funding is expected to post to student accounts prior to the balance due date.
- Funding is posted by your department/school. If you have questions about your funding, please contact your department or your professional school’s Financial Aid Office.
Estimate Your Graduate Charges
| Charge | Frequency | Amount | More Information |
| Tuition | Quarterly | Depends on program | |
| Housing | Quarterly | Depends on housing assignment | |
| Housing Dues | Quarterly | Depends on housing | |
| Technology Fee | Quarterly | $92 | Graduate Housing Rates and Billing Information |
| Meal Plan | Quarterly | Depends on plan | |
| Campus Health Service Fee | Quarterly | $261 | Required for all students living in the Bay Area |
| Cardinal Care Health Insurance | Quarterly | $2,540 |
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| ASSU Student Activities Fee | Quarterly | $65 | Student Activities Fee |
| Document Fee | One-time | $250 | Stanford transcripts, certifications, and diploma fee. |
Holistic Budgeting Tools
Please note: the charges listed on this page are specifically those charges assessed via your Stanford student financial account. If you're looking for holistic budgeting tools, please see: