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Estimated Cost of Attendance

Your cost of attendance (COA) is the estimated average and reasonable cost of completing an academic year at Palo Alto University. Your COA includes both direct costs and indirect costs.

Estimate your Education Costs Today! PAU's Tuition Net Price Calculator
  • Direct costs are what PAU bills you: i.e., tuition and fees.
  • Indirect costs are the associated costs of coming to school; housing, transportation, books, etc.

Remember that the amounts listed may or may not be what you spend, but rather can and should be used to create a personal budget to understand your total costs.

Undergraduate Programs

The FAFSA specifically asks about college living arrangements. It provides a drop down menu where the student selects on-campus, with parent, or off-campus. When the school receives the FAFSA, including the student housing choice, the PAU Financial Aid Office will provide a cost of attendance to account for particular expenses.

Off-Campus/Rental Housing

 
Day Program 
(Quarter)
Day Program 
(Annual)
Tuition & Fees
$8,201 $24,603
Housing
$8,239$20,915
Transportation
$3,656$9,282
Books
$384$1,062
Personal & Misc
$3,162$8,027
Loan Fees
$38$114
Total
$23,680$64,003

 


Off-Campus/Rental Housing (Hybrid or Online)

 

 
Hybrid or Online 
(Quarter)
Hybrid or Online 
(Annual)
Tuition & Fees
$6,15123,212
Housing
$8,23928,444
Transportation
$3,6569,389
Books
$3841,251
Personal & Misc.
$3,16210,312
Loan Fees
$38114
Total
$21,63072,721

 


Master's Programs

MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

 Year 1 
        
MA in CMHC
 
Quarter
 
Annual
 
Summer 
Qtr
 
Annual
(4 Qtrs)
Tuition & Fees
 $8,225 $24,675 $9,126 $33,801
Housing
 $10,507 $31,521 $6,466 $37,987
Transportation
 $3,656 $10,968 $2,250 $13,218
Books
 $384 $1,152 $236 $1,388
Pesonal & Misc.
 $3,162 $9,486 $1,946 $11,432
Loan fees
 $640 $1,920 -- $1,920
Total
 $18,349 $55,047 $20,024 $99,746
         

 

 Year 2
        
MA in CMHC
 
Quarter
 
Annual
 
Summer 
Qtr
 
Annual
(4 Qtrs)
Tuition & Fees
 $6,264 $18,792 $6,264 $25,056
Housing
 $10,507 $10,507 $6,466 $16,973
Transportation
 $3,656 $10,968 $2,250 $13,218
Books
 $384 $1,152 $236 $1,388
Personal & Misc
 $3,162 $9,486 $1,946 $11,432
Loan fees
 $640 $1,920 -- $1,920
Total
 $18,349 $34,033 $17,162 $69,987
         

 


MS in Psychology (Online)

MS in Psychology Online
Quarter
Annual
(3 Qtrs)
Summer 
Qtr
Annual
(4 Qtrs)
Tuition & Fees
$9,387$28,161$3,129$31,290
Housing
$10,507$26,672$6,466$33,138
Transportation
$3,656$9,282$2,250$11,532
Books
$384$1,062$236$1,298
Personal & Misc
$3,162$8,027$1,946$9,973
Loan Fees
$640$1,920-- $1,920
Total
$27,763$75,124$14,027$89,151
Per unit is $1,034. Budget based on full-time, 9 units per quarter in traditional 3 quarters and 3 units in the summer.

 


Doctoral Programs

PhD in Clinical Psychology

 

 
PhD 
(Quarter)
PhD 
(Annual)
Tuition & Fees
$20,080$60,240
Housing
$10,507$26,672
Transportation
$3,656$9,282
Books
$384$1,062
Personal & Misc.
$3,162$8,027
Loan Fees
$640$1,920
Total
$38,429$107,203

 


PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision

 
PhD
(Quarter)
PhD
(Annual)
Tuition & Fees
$9,178$27,534
Housing
$10,507$26,672 
Transportation
$3,656$9,282
Books
$384$1,062
Personal & Misc.
$3,162$8,027
Loan Fees
$640$1,920
Total
$27,527$74,497

PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium

 

 
PsyD 
(Quarter)
PsyD 
(Annual)
Tuition  & Fees
$22,413$67,239
Housing
$10,507$26,672 
Transportation
$3,656$9,282
Books
$384$1,062
Personal & Misc.
$3,162$8,027
Loan Fees
$640$1,920 
Total
$40,762$114,202