Tuition and Fee Charges

Tuition for the 2025-26 school year at WashU Public Health is set at $43,710.00. Moreover, students can expect to pay additional fees that cover various services to support their academic and personal well-being. These fees provide access to a wide range of student activities, health and wellness services, technology, and insurance, when applicable. 

• Activity and service fee: $140.00 
• WashU health and wellness fee: $672.00 
• WashU student health insurance fee: $2,712.00* 

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All Washington University, students are required to carry health insurance. Full-time graduate students on the Danforth Campus are automatically enrolled in (and billed for) the basic student health insurance plan unless proof of comparable coverage is provided by domestic students. International students are not eligible to waive out of the insurance plan. For details about available plans or waiving options, visit Student Health Services. (Health insurance fees are pending state approval and are subject to change.) 

Cost of Attendance 

The cost of attendance is a value calculated by the university, and it estimates a student's total cost to attend school in a specific academic program for an academic year. The cost of attendance includes mandatory tuition and fees plus estimated costs for living expenses. Health insurance is not included in these estimates, but it is required for all students. The estimated cost of attendance is revised annually and is meant to be used as a guide for students to make informed financial decisions regarding their enrollment. 

Master of Public Health Costs 

• Tuition/fees: $43,710.00 
• Mandatory fees: $812.00
• Estimated costs: $27,900.00 
• Total estimated cost: $72,422.00

2025-26 Estimated Costs Breakdown (included in Cost of Attendance) 

• Housing and food (room, board, groceries): $19,000 
• Books/supplies (reading materials, laptop, etc): $1,800 
• Transportation (gas, ride services, car repairs): $1,700 
• Professional costs (practicum, CPH exam, etc): $1,000 
• Personal and miscellaneous expenses: $4,400 
• Total: $27,900.00 

If eligible, domestic students may borrow up to the cost of attendance in federal student loans; however, decreasing personal/living expenses and securing other funding sources can reduce the amount a student may need to borrow. Students typically fund their degree through a combination of sources that may include institutional funding (WashU Public Health scholarships awarded at admission), external scholarships, part-time employment, personal savings, family or sponsor support, military or employer benefits, and federal student aid. 

PhD Costs 

All Public Health Sciences students admitted into the School of Public Health's doctoral program receive a financial package that consists of tuition coverage and five years of stipend support. 

Students are encouraged to apply for additional funding opportunities in the form of research and teaching fellowships as well as dissertation grants. Fellowship opportunities may occur as early as the first semester of satisfactory academic progress.  

Our programs are full time, and students are expected to be physically present through the first few years of the program. 

Refunds 

Withdrawal From All Courses: Fall and Spring Full-Semester Courses 

In order to qualify for any tuition refund as listed below, courses must be dropped before 11:59 p.m. on Friday of the week indicated. This policy applies only to students who withdraw (or take a leave of absence) from all semester courses. 

• 100% tuition refund for courses dropped before the end of second week 
• 70% tuition refund for courses dropped before the end of fourth week 
• 50% tuition refund for courses dropped before the end of eighth week 

Courses dropped after the end of eighth week will receive no tuition refund. 

Withdrawal From All Courses: Summer 

In order to qualify for any tuition refunds, students must follow the below deadlines: 

• 100% tuition refund for courses dropped by midnight before the course begins
• 80% tuition refund for courses dropped by midnight of the first day of the course

There will be no tuition refunds for courses dropped after midnight on the first day of the course. 

Withdrawal From Individual Courses 

• For students who withdraw from one or more courses but remain enrolled in the minimum number of credits required for full-time enrollment, there is no tuition adjustment/refund. 
• The SPH Offices of the Registrar and Financial Aid will inform students about any financial aid and scholarship implications if their enrollment falls to less than full time.

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