Estimate Your Graduate Charges
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Use this 2025-2026 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 25, 2025 with a due date of October 20, 2025.
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 | Varies | Depends on program: Tuition and Fees, 2025-26 |
| Campus Health Service Fee | Quarterly | $271 | Mandatory quarterly fee for all students living in the 9-county Bay Area Campus Health Service Fee ("Health Fee") |
| Cardinal Care Health Insurance | Quarterly | $2,744 |
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| Document Fee | One-time! | $250 | One-time mandatory fee covering Stanford transcripts, certifications, and diploma. Non-Tuition Charges & Fees |
| Student Activities Fee (ASSU) | Quarterly | $63 | All Stanford students enrolled in degree-granting programs pay the Student Activities Fee each quarter (Autumn, Winter, Spring). This fee is owned and managed by the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU). |
| Housing | Quarterly | Varies | Depends on housing assignment: Graduate Housing Rates and Billing Information |
| Mail and Package Fee | Quarterly | $42* | Mandatory quarterly fee for students living in campus Housing. *$42 per quarter (Autumn, Winter, Spring); $30 for Summer quarter Graduate Housing Rates and Billing Information and Mail and Package Services |
| Technology Fee | Quarterly | $92 | Mandatory quarterly fee for students living in campus Housing. Graduate Housing Rates and Billing Information |
| Housing Dues | Quarterly | Varies | Mandatory quarterly fee for students living in campus Housing. Depends on housing assignment: Graduate Housing Rates and Billing Information |
| Meal Plan | Quarterly | Varies | Depends on plan selection: Graduate Student Meal Plans |
Holistic Budgeting
Please note: the charges listed on this page are specifically those charges assessed via your Stanford student financial account. If you're looking for a holistic budgeting tool, please see: Financial Aid: The Student Budget