Advisor helping student in an officeTuition and fees for Summer Session are assessed separately from the fall and spring semesters.

Tuition and fee rates are determined by your program of study, residency classification, and the number of credit hours in which you are enrolled. The Bursar's Office website publishes tuition and fees for:

  • Degree Seeking Students
  • Nondegree Students

Housing costs may also appear on the tuition and fee bill. See the Housing and Dining Services website for more information on rates for Summer Session.

Confirmation Deposits

New degree students must pay a $200 confirmation deposit at least 24 hours before they're allowed to register for courses. If the student withdraws during their first semester at CU, they are not eligible for a confirmation deposit refund.

Otherwise, confirmation deposits are returned 6–8 weeks after graduation, less any outstanding charges.

If a student withdraws or drops all their classes by the "no penalty" deadline on the withdrawal calendar, or if they never enroll in a semester or term, deposits are applied to the student account and outstanding charges first. Any available refund is deposited into the student's bank account or mailed to their permanent address approximately six to eight weeks later.

If the student returns to CU Boulder, they will be expected to pay back the confirmation deposit before they re-enroll. Visit theBursar's Office website to learn more.

CU Boulder applies the interest earned from confirmation deposits to student financial aid.

In addition to tuition, students must pay fees each semester. See Mandatory Student Fees and Other Fees and Charges on the University Bill. The Athletic Fee, Career Services Fee and Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) Grad Fee are not charged during the summer. Fees are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, session, number of credit hours, residency and graduate status. Fees by session are listed on the reverse side of Summer 2022 Tuition & Fee Rate Sheets.

All students on graduate student assistant appointments of 20% or greater will receive full coverage of mandatory student fees. The exact amount of fees are determined by enrollment level and graduate status. Waivers will apply to the student account when the appointment is applied.

Note:  Doctoral candidates (graduate status D only) are charged base fees and do not have access to the Recreation Center.

The fees assessed for Summer Session nondegree students depends on whether you are taking main campus in-person or online courses:

  • Students taking main campus in-person classes are charged full mandatory fees per the campus fee schedule. These fees give students access to the RTD bus system and other campus services.
  • Students taking main campus online classes only are charged online fees.

If you do not plan to utilize the resources covered by student fees, you may follow the instructions on this page to waive the majority of your fees.

The College Opportunity Fund (COF), created by the Colorado Legislature, provides a stipend that pays a portion of total in-state tuition for eligible undergraduate students who attend a Colorado public institution or a participating private institution.

Students may be eligible to apply their COF stipend to their Summer Session tuition if they've done the following:

  • Applied for COF
  • Authorized use of the stipend throughBuff Portal
  • Not exceeded their lifetime credit hour limit

If the student authorizes CU Boulder to apply the COF stipend to their tuition and fee bill, it will do so automatically until the student graduates, revokes their authorization or exceeds their credit limit. Visit theOffice of the Registrar's website for more information.

Summer Session drop and withdrawal deadlines occur soon after the first day of classes.

Please be aware of the add/drop/withdrawal deadlines for each session to avoid being charged for classes you wish to drop.(Please note that some drop deadlines are as soon as the second day of class.)

If you add additional credit hours after your bill is generated, you will be charged for those hours separately. You are not charged for waitlisted courses.

See withdrawal informationif you are dropping all your courses in either a specific session or for all of Summer Session.

Students in a double-degree program are assessed tuition for the college or school with the higher tuition rate.