2025-2026 Financial Bulletin > Expenses (2025-26) > Tuition and Required Fees

Tuition and Required Fees

Undergraduate Student Tuition

Audit Tuition ($477 per quarter hour)

Undergraduate students are charged for audited hours above or below bracket tuition. Graduate students are charged for all audited credits. Class fees are charged on audited classes.

See the Undergraduate Bulletin for restrictions on audited classes.

Students with a Walla Walla University cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 and enrolled at least 12 hours of non-audited classes pay $10 for each audited course instead of the "per quarter hour" charge. This fee is non-refundable after the fifth day of the quarter. Students in their first quarter at WWU are not eligible for this option because they do not have a WWU cumulative GPA.

Student Missionary Tuition ($30 for 12 credits per quarter). All eligible students who participate in the Christian Service Volunteer program through the Chaplain's Office will be registered full-time for WWU's Experiential Program, SMTF 100, provided they have received financial clearance from Student Financial Services. Registration cannot be retroactive. For more information on eligibility to participate in this program, contact either Campus Ministries or Student Financial Services.

Graduate Master's Student Tuition ($748 per quarter hour)

Master of Engineering Student Tuition ($954 per quarter hour)

Graduate Doctoral Student Tuition ($962 per quarter hour)

Education and Biology Masters Student Tuition ($499 per quarter hour/ with teaching contract)

Starting Summer 2022 or later, students are not eligible for WWU grants and scholarships but may apply for Federal Direct Student Loans. The balance of the tuition not covered by awarded loans must be paid by the financial clearance deadline.

Walla Walla University Credit Options for High School Student (10% of the per-credit WWU Undergraduate tuition rate, limited to 8 credits per high school semester). This program provides qualified high school juniors or seniors the opportunity to enroll in Walla Walla University courses on a space-available basis. Dual credit may be earned for both the high school diploma (at the discretion of the high school) and a university degree. Courses will appear on the university transcript. Students are responsible for discounted tuition, course fees, textbooks and course supplies, per course requirements. Once a course has begun, there is no refund. To join the program, there is a one-time registration fee of $50.00

Senior Citizen Audit Tuition ($100 per quarter)

The Senior Citizen Class Program (non-degree seeking) makes it possible for students who are 65 or more years of age to sit in a class (with the teacher's permission). Class or lab fees are the responsibility of the student. 

General Fee-Undergraduate ($471 per quarter)

All tuition paying undergraduate students registered for 6 or more hours are required to pay this fee. Taskforce, Student Missionaries and ACA students are exempt. Besides covering the cost of housing club dues, internet access while on campus, Excess Student Accident Insurance, printing the first 100 pages in computer labs, access to the library, gym, and pool, and new technology for classrooms, etc., the General Fee includes the ASWWU dues which provides for student publications and membership in the Associated Students of Walla Walla University (ASWWU).

Students who are charged the General Fee for less than three quarters will need to pay an additional fee if they wish to receive the yearbook. Students who are exempt from paying the General Fee may purchase publications for prices set by the ASWWU editors.

Rosario Summer Session General Fee ($157 per quarter) 

General Fee--Graduate ($157 per quarter)

All tuition paying graduate students registered for 4 or more hours are required to pay this fee. This fee covers internet access while on campus, Excess Student Accident Insurance, new technology for classrooms, graduation fee, etc. Students on the College Place campus also receive access to the library, gym and pool, and printing the first 100 pages in the computer labs.

The General Fee for graduate students does not include ASWWU dues, graduate students wanting campus publications such as the Mask and the yearbook may purchase these publications for prices set by the ASWWU editors.