2024-2025 Estimated
NCTA Student Budgets

RESIDENT & NON-RESIDENT
  Tuition and FeesHousing and FoodBooks and SuppliesPersonalLoan Fees Total
On-Campus $5,220 $9,156 $748 $3,934 $50   $19,108
Off-campus $5,220 $9,760 $748 $3,952 $50   $19,730
Living at home $5,220 $2,664 $748 $3,934 $50   $12,616

*Costs based on a two-semester academic year and full-time enrollment. 
Please contact the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid for tuition and fee amounts for half-time or 3/4 time enrollment.

Additional Cost of Attendance Information

  • Students enrolled less than full-time as of the census date of each term will have their budgets reduced accordingly.
  • All costs are subject to actual fee structures as approved by the Board of Regents and will be revised accordingly for each academic year.
  • Budgets are based on 15 credit hours per semester and cover a nine-month period.
  • On-campus Food is calculated using the 21 meals/wk plan.  A 14 meals/wk or 18 meals/wk plan is available at a lower rate.
  • On-campus Housing is calculated using an average of room rates charged for the previous year and increased by the 2024-2025 rate increase percentage.  Actual room rates could be lower depending on which plan is chosen (rates can be reviewed on the Tuition and Cost page).
  • Day care costs are not included but could be if the student provides documentation.
  • Commuter costs will be used for students living with parent(s), relatives, or their legal guardians.
  • For those students living off-campus, housing and food figures include utilities.  Housing costs are determined based on a student survey.  Food costs use the 21 meal plan rate.
  • All budgets are single student budgets. Students with dependents will be given an allowance for family size as a part of the need analysis on their FAFSA.
  • Figures represent the best estimates of expenses a full-time student in a given budget category might be expected to incur.

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