Tuition and Fees

Tuition, Room and Board for Full-Time Students

Resident Students: Those students who both live in double occupancy rooms and board on campus, per academic year: $53,434 including mandatory fees. All residential students on the main campus are required to be on a meal plan. The 19-meal plan is required for the freshman year, but a 14-meal and 9- meal plan option are also available for resident students after the freshman year based on housing choices. The charges for the meal plans and the method of tracking meal plan usage is determined by the College and is subject to review by the College each year.

Commuter Students: Those students who do not live and board on campus, per academic year: $37,778.

Overload Tuition Fee: Applicable to each full unit taken in excess of five units in either first term (Fall) or second term (Spring). This fee is based on the number of units for which the student is registered at the end of the add period, at the per unit rate of $1196.

Tuition for Part-Time Students

Students who carry fewer than three units and do not room on campus pay tuition (based on the number of units for which the student is enrolled at the end of the add period) at the per unit rate of $2,392. The activity fee is $68 per semester for part-time students.

Tuition for Graduates and Senior Citizens

Roanoke College graduates not seeking a graduate degree may enroll in any undergraduate credit course, either for credit or as an auditor, on a full or part-time basis and receive a discount of 50% off of tuition. Senior citizens who live within commuting distance of the college, are at least 60 years old, and are fully retired from normal full-time employment receive a reduction of 75% off of the tuition cost for credit courses. Qualifying senior citizens are only charged $100 per unit for auditing a course.

Tuition for Intensive Learning Term

The Intensive Learning (IL) Term is held in May of each academic year. There is no additional tuition charge for full-time students for one intensive learning term course. However, additional tuition costs will apply if the student was previously enrolled in an IL Term course beyond the add/drop deadline. Students who take more than one Intensive Learning Term course will be required to pay an additional tuition charge at the rate of part-time tuition $2,392. This amount will be billed to the student account by the Business Office in April if these charges should apply.

Students attending Roanoke College at part-time status will pay tuition costs for May Term at the current rate per unit which will be billed to their student account in April.

Only degree-seeking students may enroll in Intensive Learning courses.

Refunds for Campus-Based Courses in the Intensive Learning Term

A 100% refund of tuition, housing and fees paid will be given to those students who drop an IL term course on or before April 15th.

Travel Courses in the Intensive Learning Term

The Roanoke College deposit for all travel courses is $300. The deposit is due by December 1 and is nonrefundable. The remainder of the course fee is due by February 1. The tuition charge, if applicable, is equivalent to the part-time tuition rate for one unit. All tuition charges and course fees must be paid in full prior to departure for the course. Students attending Roanoke College at part-time status will pay tuition costs for May term at the current rate per unit which will be billed to their student account in April.