2009-2010 Academic Year Tuition and Fees

The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) has approved modest increases in tuition and fees for the 2009-10 academic year which represent the lowest percentage increase among the state's three higher education constituent units. There will be an increase of 5.4 percent, or $387, for commuter students and 5.9 percent, or $944, for resident students. Read More

Last month, the Trustees froze the salaries of nearly 200 managerial and non-union unclassified personnel for the next fiscal year, and announced plans to cut staff levels by 10 percent by July 1, 2010. CSUS has also instituted a ban on out-of-state travel, maintained more than 100 vacant positions, instituted a hiring freeze and reduced an array of costs including motor vehicles, energy, and purchases of goods and services. Read More

CSUS, which includes Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Connecticut State universities, remains a higher education bargain when compared with other options often considered by potential students. Among nearly 20 institutions in the region, it has second lowest level of tuition and mandatory fees, at $7,179.

The cutbacks instituted across the system reduced the need for a larger tuition increase. CSUS is the largest public university system in Connecticut with nearly 36,000 students and 180,000 alumni. 93% of CSUS students are from Connecticut, and nearly 9 in 10 stay in the state after graduation. Read More

Tuition 2009-10 Academic Year

Total tuition and mandatory fees for full-time, in-state commuter undergraduate students
(not including sickness insurance, housing and food service):

• Central - $7,414 (Central Undergraduate Admission)
  
• Eastern - $7,813 (Eastern Undergraduate Admission)
  
• Southern - $7,578 (Southern Undergraduate Admission)
  
• Western - $7,462 (Western Undergraduate Admission)

Total tuition and fees for full-time, in-state resident undergraduate students
(not including sickness insurance and based on double room):

• Central - $16,536 (Central Undergraduate Admission)
  
• Eastern - $17,433 (Eastern Undergraduate Admission)
  
• Southern - $17,047(Southern Undergraduate Admission)
  
• Western - $17,174 (Western Undergraduate Admission)

Total tuition and mandatory fees for in-state graduate students
(not including sickness insurance):

• Central - $8,268 (Central Graduate Admission)
  
• Eastern - $8,733 (Eastern Graduate Admission)
  
• Southern - $8,402 (Southern Graduate Admission)
  
• Western - $8,382 (Western Graduate Admission)

Admission to the CSUS universities is competitive, and each university has its own application and admissions process.

If you have questions about whether you qualify as an in-state or out-of-state student for tuition purposes, please read the Connecticut General Statutes regarding residency (pdf).

Prospective students should note that students unable to do college-level math or English will have to complete remedial classes within their first 24 credits.

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