Tuition and Fees

Academic Years 2024–25 and 2025–26

For both the academic years 2024–25 and 2025–26, students in all of our asynchronous, online programs pay $850 per credit.

Irrespective of the number of credits you are taking, all online students pay this rate.

• Middlebury Institute scholarships and our partner scholarships are not available for our online, asynchronous programs.
• Online students can secure additional funding via federal and private education loans and external scholarships.
• To be eligible for federal aid as an online program student, you need to be enrolled in six or more credits per term. This applies to summer, fall, and spring terms.

Estimated Living Expenses

2025–26 Academic Year

This cost of attendance is based on the cost of living in Monterey with a roommate for  a full academic year, consisting of the summer, fall and spring terms. If you enroll at least half time in any given semester, you are eligible to request federal student loans for both tuition and living expenses.  Contact the Student Financial Services Office for more information.

Employer Benefits

Many employers offer tuition benefits to help employees cover the costs of professional development through courses like ours. Online students should speak to their HR departments for more information on their employer’s tuition benefits.

Student Fees

Online, asynchronous program students are charged two separate student fees.

Student Resources Fee

This fee is used to provide resources, services, and activities for students, including the following:

• Professional Development Funding
• Business cards
• New student orientation (including Getting Started at MIIS for Online Programs course)
• Workshops on topics related to stress management, mindfulness, time management, team building, and more
• MIcommunity, our digital community platform
• Student life activities and programming including health and wellness education, support for online community building, and engagement programming
• Funding to help support master’s program-specific events, resources, and more.
• Veteran support services
• Community building
• Student Emergency Funding
• Community initiatives and club funding

The student resources fee for the 2024–25 academic year:

• If you’re taking five or more credits, the student resources fee is $85 for fall and $85 for spring.
• If you are taking one to four credits, there is no student resources fee.

The student resources fee for the 2025–26 academic year:

• If you’re taking five or more credits, the student resources fee is $100 per term (summer, fall, spring).
• If you are taking one to four credits, there is no student resources fee.

Student Health and Wellness Fee

This fee is used to cover the costs associated with the TimelyCare service, a wide variety of other health and wellbeing resources and programming, and staffing for care management and health education.

The health and wellness fee for the 2024–25 academic year:

• The student health and wellness fee is $150 for fall and $150 for spring.

The health and wellness fee for the 2025–26 academic year:

• The student health and wellness fee is $100 per term (summer, fall, spring).

Student Tuition Recovery Fund

California law requires that, upon your enrollment, a fee be assessed relative to the cost of tuition (Education Code Section 94342) to support the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF).

Personal Expenses

This student budget does not include all of the expenses you may have, such as credit card or other consumer debt and living expenses for a spouse and/or dependents. The category of personal expenses includes clothing, laundry, household supplies, and entertainment. You should prepare a personal budget to anticipate your total financial needs.