Graduate and Professional Program Tuition Rates

Summer 2024 Tuition Rates

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

Tuition Discounts

You may qualify for a tuition discount based on where you live.

Graduate Metro Rate

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.

Midwest Student Exchange Program

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: $488.00
  • Midwest Student Exchange Program: $732.00
  • Nonresident: $1,225.00

Professional Program Tuition Rates

Dentistry

Doctor of Dental Surgery

Flat rate 8 hours:

  • Missouri resident: $10,371.00
  • Nonresident: $20,525.52

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

Advanced Education in General Dentistry: General dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and orthodontics

Per credit hour up to 7 hours:

  • Missouri resident: $1,366.43
  • Nonresident: $2,706.86

There is an additional instruction fee.

Law

J.D. program

Per credit hour:

  • Missouri resident: $720.00
  • Nonresident: $920.00

LL.M. program

Per credit hour:

  • Missouri resident: $874.00
  • Nonresident: $1,792.00

Medicine

Years 1-2

Flat rate 8 hours:

  • Missouri resident: $6,497
  • Regional (Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, Illinois): $9,672.48
  • Nonresident: $12,848 

Years 3-6

Flat rate 12 hours:

  • Missouri resident: $10,184.00
  • Regional (Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, Illinois): $15,168.00
  • Nonresident: $20,149.33

Anesthesia

Flat rate 12 hours:

  • Missouri resident rate: $9,712.00
  • Nonresident: $11,547.00

Physician assistant

Flat rate 12 hours:

  • Missouri resident: $8,760.00
  • Nonresident: $10,460.00

Nursing and Health Studies

Per credit hour:

See additional fees (clinical, simulation, and online course fees) on the Fees page.

Pharmacy

Flat rate 6 hours:

  • Missouri resident: $5,883.20
  • Nonresident: $12,804.80

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.