The Department of Defense (DOD) requires all institutions to post on their website the derived “cost per credit hour” of eligible programs in order for our active military students to receive the tuition assistance benefit. Please note that this figure is provided solely to meet this requirement. The majority of academic programs at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign do not use a cost per credit hour calculation to determine tuition charges. For Fall and Spring semesters, UIUC assesses tuition on a range basis for most programs, so the exact amount of tuition will be based on the range of billing hours.
Current UIUC Department of Defense (DOD) Tuition Assistance (TA) offerings with tuition estimate on a per credit hour basis are listed below. Contact Student Veterans Affairs if there is a program of interest to you not listed below. Fees are not included in the below tuition estimates but can be found on the fees webpage.
Undergraduate Programs
| Academic Program Name | DOD TA Per Credit Hour rate estimate (Fall 2026 – Summer 2027) |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Standard Rate | $442 |
| Accountancy: BS | $625 |
| Advertising: BS | $468 |
| Chemistry: BS | $621 |
| Economics: BS | $530 |
| Engineering-Undergraduate: BS | $625 |
| Finance: BS | $625 |
| Information Science + Data Science: BS | $569 |
| Kinesiology: BS | $456 |
| Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences: BS | $485 |
| Psychology: BS | $442 |
| Supply Chain Management: BS | $625 |
Graduate Programs
| Academic Program Name | DOD TA Per Credit Hour rate estimate (Fall 2026 – Summer 2027) |
|---|---|
| Graduate Standard Rate | $622 |
| Accountancy: MS | $1454 |
| Aerospace Engineering: MS | $887 |
| Aerospace Engineering: MS (Online) | $1,195 |
| Animal Science: MS | $622 |
| Business Administration: MBA | $375 |
| Bioengineering Engineering: MS | $887 |
| Civil Engineering: MS | $887 |
| Civil Engineering: MS (Online) | $1,195 |
| Computer Science: MCS (Online)-IL Resident | $620 |
| Computer Science: MCS (Online)-Out of State/International | $793 |
| CyberGIS & Geospatial Data Science: MS | $798 |
| Educational Policy, Organization & Leadership: MS | $622 |
| Engineering: MENG Aerospace Systems | $887 |
| Entrepreneurship & Strategic Innovations: CERT | $375 |
| Environmental Geology: MS | $798 |
| Finance: MS | $1,375 |
| Financial Management: CERT | $375 |
| Human Resources & Industrial Relations: MS (Online) | $790 |
| Livestock Systems Health: MVS (Online) | $798 |
| Management: MS | $375 |
| Mechanical Engineering-IL Resident | $887 |
| Mechanical Engineering-Out of State/International | $1686 |
| Mechanical Engineering (Online) | $1,195 |
| Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences: MS | $798 |
| Statistics: MS | $622 |
| Statistics: MS (Onine) | $551 |
| Strategic Brand Communication: MS | $959 |
| Technology Management: MS | $1,471 |
| Translation & Interpreting: MA | $1,237 |
| Weather and Climate Risk and Analytics: MS | $798 |