Differential Tuition For Select Courses
For the 2025-2026 academic year, tuition increased by 5%. The cost of differential tuition is in addition to this increase for students that take courses in the following academic areas:
- Aviation (AV)
- Counseling (CN) – Graduate level
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Information Science & Technology (IS)
- Speech-Language Pathology (SP) - Graduate level
- Select Pre-Health Chemistry (PH)*
- *Includes the following courses:
- CHEM 1180
- CHEM 1184
- CHEM 1190
- CHEM 1194
- CHEM 2250
- CHEM 2260
- CHEM 2274
- CHEM 4650
- CHEM 4654
- *Includes the following courses:
Differential tuition rates are common across universities and colleges. These rates are used to help offset the higher costs of courses that require specialized equipment, intensive faculty or clinical supervision, and professional accreditation or licensing requirements.
The differential tuition is not tied to the student program. For example, a student majoring in Business Administration who takes a course in Criminal Justice will only see the cost increase for that specific Criminal Justice course, not their entire schedule.
UNO remains committed to cost transparency and affordability. Even with these course-based changes, our total program costs remain in line with or below those of our peers in the region, according to recent data on market comparisons.