If you’re attending at least half time, your cost of attendance is the sum of your actual tuition and fees (or the school’s average tuition and fees), the cost of Housing and Food (or living expenses for students who do not contract with the school for room and board), the cost of books, supplies, transportation, loan fees, and miscellaneous expenses (including a reasonable amount for the documented cost of a personal computer), an allowance for dependent care costs related to a disability, and reasonable costs for eligible study-abroad programs.

Definitions:

Tuition and Fees: An amount normally assess a student carrying the same academic workload, as determined by the institution

Books – An allowance for books, course materials, and equipment including a reasonable allowance for the rental or upfront purchase of a personal computer, as determined by the institution.

Housing and Food  – An allowance for food and housing costs, as determined by the institution, for a student attending the institution on at least a half-time basis.

Transportation – an allowance, as determined by the institution, which may include transportation between campus, residences, and place of work.

Personal Expenses/Loan Fees – An allowance, as determined by the institution for a student attending the institution on at least half-time basis. An allowance for the cost of any Federal student loan fee, origination charge to the student or the parent of the student.

Costs unrelated to the completion of a student’s course of study are not included in calculating that student’s cost of attendance.