Tuition and Financial Aid

URI Summer courses are assessed at tuition rates significantly discounted from fall and spring rates.

2025 URI Summer Tuition Rates*

Course LevelIn-state residentsRegional residentsOut-of-state residents
Undergraduate (course numbers 100-499)$270 per credit$473 per credit$505 per credit
Graduate (course numbers 500+)$365 per credit$548 per credit$553 per credit

Note: These rates have been approved by the URI Board of Trustees and might be subject to slight modifications.

Billing and Assessment

How your tuition bill is calculated, special waivers, and what happens if you need to drop a course.

how it works

URI Summer Billing

Students can view and pay their Summer semester balances by logging into their Payment and e-Bill Portal. Learn more about your Flywire Payment and e-Bill Portal.

URI Enrollment Services will start the summer tuition and fee assessment process during the first week of May, which is when students will be able to see charges on their e-Campus Account Summary and in their Payment and e-Bill Portal. Students who still have an unpaid Summer term balance as of August 1 will be assessed a late payment fee and their ability to enroll for future classes will be put on hold by URI Enrollment Services. During the summer billing period, account activity is updated in real time, so account balances and account activity will always reflect current information. Please also note that although paper invoices are not mailed, account statements can be printed through the Portal.

Cost Calculator

The URI Summer Cost Calculator allows students to accurately estimate the cost of prospective Summer Sessions registration before making enrollment decisions in e-Campus. Please note that these estimates will not be able to account for any financial aid awards for which a student may be eligible. Such awards can only be viewed in e-Campus after successful registration. All official billing and payment functions for URI Summer remain housed in e-Campus.

URI summer cost calculator

Fees

For full explanation of all URI fees, please visit the URI Enrollment Services website. If you have questions about the assessment of these fees, please contact URI Enrollment Services. 

Standard Fees

  • Registration Fee $30
  • Technology Fee $15 per credit

Additional Fees 

  • Transcript Fee: A one-time fee of $50 is assessed to all students if this is their first enrollment at the University. All former and current students are exempt.
  • Continuous Registration Fee: Graduate students maintaining continuous enrollment and registered for no credit (CRG 999) are required to pay a fee of $383 per semester.
  • Undergraduate Off-Campus Study: $291 per semester. (this fee only applies to undergraduate courses with an OCS subject code and a section number in the 6000s. If you have questions about this fee, please contact the URI International Center at 401.874.2395 or oie@etal.uri.edu.)
  • Graduate Off-Campus Study: $383 per semester. (this fee only applies to graduate courses with an OCS subject code and a section number in the 6000s. If you have questions about this fee, please contact the URI International Center at 401.874.2395 or oie@etal.uri.edu.)
  • Applied Music Lessons Fee: Students taking applied music courses are charged an additional fee of $450 for a one-credit course (half hour of a private lesson per week) and $900 for courses offering two, three, four, or six credits (one hour of a private lesson per week). Applied music courses for which students are charged an additional fee are MUS 110, 210, 310, 410, and 510.   
  • Course Fee: Some courses have an additional fee of $25, $55, $75. Look up your course to check.
  • Inclusive Access Digital Fee: Inclusive Access is a course material affordability program, designed by institutions and guided by the Department of Education to deliver digital learning resources to students, at a significantly reduced cost, on or before the first day of class. This fee may be charged for certain undergraduate and graduate courses. This fee covers the cost of digital content needed for the course and is accessible before the first day of class. Additional information is available from the course instructor or the URI Campus Store.

*Rates are based on one credit of tuition plus the registration fee*

Note:  The Engineering fee does NOT apply to Summer Sessions enrollment.

Financial Aid

Summer Federal Pell Grants for URI Undergraduates

If you are a matriculating URI undergraduate currently receiving a Pell Grant during this academic year, you may be eligible to receive an additional financial aid award, called the Summer Federal Pell Grant, to be put toward your URI Summer tuition and fees. In addition to being Pell-eligible, here are additional requirements to receive a Summer Federal Pell Grant this summer:

The Summer Federal Pell Grant uses funding otherwise reserved for a student’s 12th academic semester of Pell eligibility to put a financial aid award toward summer tuition and fees. As long as you plan to earn your bachelor’s degree in 5-and-a-half years or less, a Summer Federal Pell Grant allows you to maximize the federal government’s contribution to your undergraduate education without reducing any Pell Grant award that you might be eligible to receive during a future fall or spring semester. The dollar amount of a Summer Federal Pell Grant for a summer term varies by student. 

Rhode Island residents who are eligible for the Summer Federal Pell Grant are also likely to be eligible for the accompanying URI Summer Completion Grant, a form of “last-dollar” institutional financial aid that fully subsidizes tuition and fees. 

A student who has questions about Pell Grant funding for this summer is encouraged to make a Financial Aid Counseling appointment via Starfish as soon as possible. If you have immediate questions about your Pell Grant, please enter the URI Enrollment Services Virtual Lobby for the fastest possible assistance. The virtual lobby is open Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm.

Other Financial Aid

If you are a matriculating URI student registered for six or more credits for URI Summer Sessions, you may be eligible for Federal Direct Loans to help finance your summer term tuition and fees. Once you are officially registered for a course e-Campus for this summer, complete the Summer 2025 Direct Loan Application.

If needed, students can always set up a Webex appointment or a phone appointment for URI Financial Aid Counseling through Starfish. If you have immediate questions about financial aid for the summer term, please enter the URI Enrollment Services Virtual Lobby for the fastest possible assistance. The virtual lobby is open Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm.

Note: In order to receive financial aid, you must complete a Free Application for Student Financial Aid (FAFSA) on file with URI Enrollment Services.

The University of Rhode Island is a state-supported agency; therefore, tuition and fees are subject to change at any time by the action of the Board of Governors for Higher Education.