Harvard School of Public Health Tuition and Fee Schedule July 2008 - June 2009 (All but HCM MS1 Program)

Per Credit Assessment (full-time and part-time (1) students)

$833 per credit

Full-time tuition for one - year master's degree students (42.5 credits required)

$35,403 per year

Full-time tuition for two-year master's degree students (40 credits per year required)

$33,320 per year

Tuition for full-time resident doctoral students
(40 credits per year required)

Full-time, years 1 and 2

$33,320 per year

Full-time reduced, year 3

$16,660 per year

Facilities fee, year 4 to dissertation defense

$4,165 per year

Dissertation defense fee

$1,838 final semester

Tuition for part-time resident doctoral students (1)

Credits 1 - 80

$833 per credit

Credits 81 - 120

$416 per credit

Credits 121 to dissertation defense

$2,082 per semester 

Dissertation defense fee

$1,838 final semester

Tuition for non-resident doctoral students (2)

$2,304 per year

Dissertation defense fee
(Tuition adjusted to this rate the semester the dissertation is defended, submitted, and voted by the faculty and corporation.)

$1,838 final semester

Summer matriculation (2008)
Includes HSPH summer courses, Summer Institute, Clinical Effectiveness, Summer SM in Epidemiology, and doctoral 5-credit research.

$833 per credit

Registration fee
Summer, Spring and Fall

$125 per semester

Academic Records fee
One time fee

$10

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance (3)
Charged to every resident and full-time non-resident student. Full- and part-time students may waive this fee and this coverage if on-line waiver form is completed prior to September 30th for fall, and February 28th for Spring proving comparable coverage by U.S.-based insurance carrier.

$1,404 per year

University Health Services Fee (4)
Compulsory for all resident students taking more than 10 credits per semester. Part-time students taking 10 credits or less may waive this fee and this coverage if on-line waiver form is completed prior to September 30th for fall, and February 28th for Spring.

$1,426 per year

Leave of absence status fee/active file status fee
Students petition for this status prior to start of semester and may not be making degree progress.

$125 per semester

Late registration fee

$80