Student Expense Budgets
(Estimated Cost of Attendance*)
The cost of attending Texas A&M University-Commerce varies with enrollment
status, housing situations, and personal lifestyles. Standard student
expense budgets are prepared each year to be used in determining a
student's financial need. Budgets are constructed for students living
at home with parents, living on-campus, and living off-campus. Each
standard expense budget includes cost components defined by law for
tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation,
and personal expenses. Increases may be allowed for dependent care
costs and disability expenses in documented individual student circumstances.
Budgets are constructed to estimate expenses for periods of enrollment
for the Fall and Spring semesters as well as the Summer terms. Examples
of Fall/Spring 2009-2010 student
expense budgets are as follows:
Full- time-Undergraduate 2009-2010
| ON/OFF CAMPUS Not With Parent |
2SEM | 1SEM | OFF CAMPUS With Parent |
2SEM | 1SEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION AND FEES | 5,500 | 2,750 | TUITION AND FEES |
5,500 | 2,750 |
| BOOKS AND SUPPLIES | 1,400 | 700 | BOOKS AND SUPPLIES | 1,400 | 700 |
| ROOM AND BOARD | 7,090 |
3,545 | ROOM AND BOARD | 2,700 | 1,350 |
| TRANSPORTATION | 1,500 | 750 | TRANSPORTATION |
1,500 | 750 |
| MISC./PERSONAL EXPENSES | 1,830 | 915 | MISC./PERSONAL EXPENSES | 1,830 | 915 |
| TOTAL | 17,320 | 7,890 | TOTAL | 12,930 | 6,465 |
Full-time-Graduate 2009-2010
| ON/OFF CAMPUS Not With Parent |
2SEM | 1SEM | OFF CAMPUS With Parent |
2SEM | 1SEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUITION AND FEES |
4,800 | 2,400 | TUITION AND FEES | 4,800 | 2,400 |
| BOOKS AND SUPPLIES | 1,400 | 700 | BOOKS AND SUPPLIES | 1,400 | 700 |
ROOM AND BOARD |
7,090 | 3,545 | ROOM AND BOARD | 2,700 | 1,350 |
| TRANSPORTATION | 1,500 | 750 | TRANSPORTATION | 1,500 | 750 |
| MISC./PERSONAL EXPENSES | 1,830 | 915 | MISC./PERSONAL EXPENSES | 1,830 | 915 |
| TOTAL | 16,620 | 8,310 | TOTAL | 12,230 | 6,115 |