Undergraduate Costs

Direct Costs

Tuition - $45,000
Room and Board - $13,800
Mandatory Fees - $1,800
One-time Orientation Fee for First-Year students and Transfers - $200
Total = $60,800 (including first-year/transfer fees)

Estimated Indirect Costs

Books/Supplies - $1,711
Personal Expenses - $4,605
Total cost for resident students: $67,116

Parking Fee - $100

View a comprehensive list of financial aid forms and undergraduate program information sheets.

Direct Costs

Tuition - $43,000
Mandatory Fees - $1,400
One-time Orientation Fee for First-Year students and Transfers - $200
Total = $44,600 (including first-year/transfer fees)

Estimated Indirect Costs

Books/Supplies - $1,711
Personal Expenses - $4,605
Transportation Costs - $1,908
Living Expenses - $2,298
Total cost for commuter students: $55,122

Parking Fee - $100

View a comprehensive list of financial aid forms and undergraduate program information sheets.

*First-year students are required to reside on campus or commute from home.

Direct Costs

Tuition - $43,000
Mandatory Fees - $1,400
One-time Orientation Fee for First-Year students and Transfers - $200
Total = $44,600 (including first-year/transfer fees)

Estimated Indirect Costs

Books/Supplies - $1,711
Personal Expenses - $4,605
Transportation Costs - $1,908
Living Expenses - $9,192
Total cost for off-campus students: $62,016

Parking Fee - $100

View a comprehensive list of financial aid forms and undergraduate program information sheets.

2024-25 Academic Year

Tuition: $48,800

Tuition payable each term:

• Summer I - $12,200
• Fall - $12,200
• Spring - $12,200
• Summer II - $12,200

Tuition covers costs of all nursing coursework, all fees, standardized program testing, and NCLEX-RN preparatory review. Each semester is billed separately and is due before the next semester begins. Tuition is the same cost regardless of your state of residence.

*All rates are subject to annual increases beginning May (Summer I Session). 

Did you know? One FREE course is offered for DeSales graduates

DeSales offers one FREE 3-credit, ABSN course to eligible* DeSales University undergraduate alumni.

*Offer effective as of May 14, 2020. The discount applies to DSU ABSN tuition only and is not applicable toward fees, textbooks, or other costs associated with the ABSN program. For details regarding evaluation for eligibility, please contact nursing@desales.edu or 610-282-1100, x1509.

If you are enrolled in an undergraduate-to-graduate degree program — for example a 5-year, 3+2, 3+3, program — the undergraduate tuition and fees apply only to the undergraduate portion of the program. As you progress into the graduate phase of your program, graduate tuition and fees apply.

Please see your respective graduate program for more information.

Some undergraduate courses have additional fees associated with them.

List of courses with additional fees for the 2024-2025 Academic Year.