Tuition & Fees 2025-2026

Academic Year 2025 – 2026

Undergraduate Tuition
  • The cost of tuition at The Cooper Union for the 2025 – 2026 academic year is $44,550. Each admitted student receives a half-tuition scholarship valued at $22,275 per year and a tuition-free senior year. 
     
  • The part-time tuition per credit is $1,310. Part-time students will not receive any institutional aid including half-merit scholarships, tuition assistance, institutional grants, the Innovator Scholarship, and other scholarships. 
Graduate Tuition
  • School of Architecture: The Master of Science in Architecture program is a three-semester program. All admitted students will be assessed tuition at the rate of $27,400 per semester.
     
  • School of Engineering: Students in the Master of Engineering program are charged $1,615 per credit; 30 credits total needed for the program.
Fees

 

  • A mandatory student registration fee of $1,135 per semester will be charged to each student’s account. This fee is payable on acceptance of admission or registration and is nonrefundable.  
     
Health Insurance Fees
  • Please review The Cooper Union health insurance policy requirements here. 
Withdrawal Refund Schedule
  • Refund via Direct Deposit: All student financial aid or student account refunds can only be processed through direct deposit. Click here for detailed direct deposit sign-up instructions.
     
  • Fall 2025
    • 100% Tuition Refund: Thursday, August 28 - Wednesday, September 10, 2025 
    • 50% Tuition Refund: Thursday, September 11 - Thursday, September 18, 2025
    • 25% Tuition Refund: Friday, September 19 - Friday, September 26, 2025
    • 0% Tuition Refund: Anytime on or after September 27, 2025
    • Be advised that the student registration fee of $1,135 is non-refundable after Thursday, August 28 and is not subject to the partial refund policy.
  • Spring 2026
    • 100% Tuition Refund: Wednesday, January 21 - Wednesday, January 28, 2026
    • 50% Tuition Refund: Thursday, January 29 - Thursday, February 5, 2026
    • 25% Tuition Refund: Friday, February 6 - Friday, February 13, 2026
    • 0% Tuition Refund: Anytime on or after February 14, 2026
    • Be advised that the student registration fee of $1,135 is nonrefundable after Wednesday, January 21 and is not subject to the partial refund policy.
  • Summer 2026 – tbd

International Student Fee

  • International students (those who are not citizens or who are not permanent residents) are responsible for an additional nonrefundable fee of $1,005 per semester.

Graduation Fee

  • A graduation fee of $250 is required of all students entering their first semester of their undergraduate/graduate senior year at The Cooper Union. This fee is payable upon registration for the senior year and is refundable if a student fails to meet graduation requirements that year.

Special Fees

  • A $100 late fee will be charged for past due payment each month.
     
  • A $25 will be charged per occasion involving a change of section or registration program. 
     
  • A fee of $100 shall be incurred for late registration.
     
  • A $50 fee will be charged for returned payment, canceled checks, and insufficient funds.
Graduate Student Maintenance of Matriculation Fee
  • Master’s students who extend their studies beyond the expected program length, five years or four semesters after declaring the thesis track, will be assessed a maintenance of matriculation fee of $3,000 per semester. Students must be granted an extension of matriculation and fill out the appropriate form, available on the Engineering School website forms page, to continue in the program past the expected program length.
Summer Tuition 

Tuition and Fees for 2024 – 2025 Academic Year

 

 

 

 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.