Fall 2025/Spring 2026

Rates are assessed each semester. 

Your program's tuition rate does not include program fees, including the Student Life fee, graduate and professional program fees or optional charges, such as housing, bookstore, parking, or other charges you incur.  Learn more about cost of attendance at Financial Aid and Scholarships.

We offer tuition discounts based on residency, military service and age. 

• Legal residents of these counties in Kansas are eligible for the same rate as Missouri residents through the Graduate Metro Rate: Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Osage, Shawnee and Wyandotte.  Professional programs in dentistry, law, medicine and pharmacy do not qualify for the Graduate Metro Rate.

• Through the Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP), UMKC agrees to charge students no more than 150% of the in-state resident tuition rate for select graduate programs.  Professional programs in dentistry, law, pharmacy and certain programs in medicine do not qualify for the MSEP rate.

Graduate Program Tuition Rates

 Per credit hour:

• Missouri resident and Graduate Metro Rate: $538.00 
• Midwest Student Exchange Program: $807.00
• Nonresident: $1,350.60

Professional Program Tuition Rates

Dentistry

Doctor of Dental Surgery

Flat rate 16 hours:

• Missouri resident: $22,758.75
• Nonresident: $45,042.90

There is an additional instruction fee of $3455.40 for students based on cohort.

Advanced Education in General Dentistry (general dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and orthodontics)

Flat rate 6 hours:

• Missouri resident: $8,824.40
• *U.S. citizen or permanent resident not residing in Missouri: $8,824.40
• Nonresident: $17,481.60

*Advanced education dental program enrollees who are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident receive a nonresident tuition waiver which provides a 100% reduction in the differential between and nonresident tuition.

These programs are assessed an additional flat rate instruction fee.  

• Dental Instructional Fee (Endo) $4,208.95
• Dental Instructional Fee (Perio, Ortho, Gen) $2,481.25

Advanced Standing Program

Flat rate:

• Missouri resident and nonresident:  $43,558.20

Law

J.D. program

Per credit hour:

• Missouri resident: $786.25
• Nonresident: $986.25

LL.M. program

Per credit hour:

• Missouri resident: $954.40
• Nonresident: $1,872.40

MLS online program

Per credit hour regardless of state of residence:

• $660.00

Medicine

Years 1-2

Flat rate 16 hours:

• Missouri resident: $14,326.00
• Regional (Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, Illinois): $21,328.00
• Nonresident: $28,329.80

Years 3-6

Flat rate 18 hours:

• Missouri resident: $16,841.80
• Regional (Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, Illinois): $25,084.00
• Nonresident: $33,322.50

Anesthesia

Flat rate 18 hours:

• Missouri resident: $16,061.20
• Nonresident: $19,096.40

Physician assistant

Flat rate 18 hours:

• Missouri resident: $14,485.70
• Nonresident: $17,298.20

Nursing and Health Studies

Per credit hour:

• Online graduate degree programs (regardless of state of residence): $779.50

• Non degree seeking/officially not entered in the online subplan:
  • Missouri resident and Graduate Metro Rate $779.50
  • Midwest Exchange Rate $1,169.25
  • Non Resident Rate $1,463.00

The Online Course fee will assess for students who are in an online subplan. The Student Life Fee will assess for students not in an online subplan.  Clinical and simulation fees will assess to both subplans.

The clinical, simulation, online course, and student life fees can be found on the Fees page.

Some nursing courses assess fees for equipment and materials.

Pharmacy

Flat rate 15 hours:

• Missouri resident: $15,907.80
• *U.S. citizen or permanent resident not residing in Missouri: $15,907.80
• International resident: $34,623.40

*Newly enrolled nonresident School of Pharmacy students who are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident receive a renewable Pharmacy Dean's nonresident award, which provides a 100% reduction in the differential between resident and nonresident tuition.

In the event of a discrepancy between a listed program rate and the rate approved by the UM Board of Curators, the rate approved by the board applies.