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The Cost of Attendance (COA) is the estimated total cost of attending an institution for one academic year based on enrollment, residency, dependency status, and housing status as reported on the FAFSA.   The COA is the estimate of tuition, fees, books, course materials, supplies, equipment, living expenses (housing & food), transportation, miscellaneous expenses, and loan fees.  Please note, the COA is not the amount that is owed the college. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Costs of Attendance (COA) at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø can be divided into Direct Costs and Indirect Costs.  These costs can be defined by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1.  Direct Costs \u2013 what you will be billed directly from ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Indirect Costs \u2013 what we estimate it will cost you, on average, for other parts of your student experience.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Tuition and fees estimated in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø\u2019s Cost of Attendance (COA) are based on a full-time student enrolled in each semester for the year (Fall and Spring semester).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Financial Aid Office determines the Cost of Attendance each year.  The financial aid programs are to supplement other resources the student may have to cover all living expenses.  The college may award financial aid up to the student\u2019s COA, but even the maximum aid awarded will not necessarily meet all the student\u2019s other costs during the school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When the student\u2019s enrollment for the current term is confirmed, and if they are enrolled in less than full-time hours, their COA will be reduced to accurately reflect their educational costs.  ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø assumes an enrollment of 13 or more credit hours during the fall and spring academic year to calculate COA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Dependent In-District<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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    • Tuition & Fees \u2013 $4758<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Books & Supplies \u2013 $1500<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Housing & Food- $9236<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Personal Expenses \u2013 $5000<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Transportation Expenses \u2013 $4024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Loan Fees \u2013 $69<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Academic Year Total \u2013 $24,587<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Dependent Out-of-District<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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      • Tuition & Fees \u2013 $6214<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Books & Supplies \u2013 $1500<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Housing & Food \u2013 $9236<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Personal Expenses \u2013 $5000<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Transportation Expenses \u2013 $4024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Loan Fees \u2013 $69<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Academic Year Total \u2013 $26,043<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        Dependent Out-of-State<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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        • Tuition & Fees \u2013 $8554<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Books & Supplies \u2013 $1500<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Housing & Food \u2013 $9236<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Personal Expenses \u2013 $5000<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Transportation Expenses \u2013 $4024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Loan Fees \u2013 $69<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Academic Year Total \u2013 $28,383<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          Independent & In-District<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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            \n
          • Tuition & Fees \u2013 $4758<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Books & Supplies \u2013 $1500<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Housing & Food $13,986<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Personal Expenses \u2013 $5000<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Transportation Expenses \u2013 $4024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Loan Fees \u2013 $112<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Academic Year Total \u2013 $29,380<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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            Independent & Out-of-District<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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              \n
            • Tuition & Fees \u2013 $6214<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Books & Supplies \u2013 $1500<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Housing & Food \u2013 $13,986<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Personal Expenses \u2013 $5000<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Transportation Expenses \u2013 $4024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Loan Fees \u2013 $112<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Academic Year Total \u2013 $30.836<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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              Independent & Out-of-State<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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                \n
              • Tuition & Fees \u2013 $8554<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Books & Supplies \u2013 $1500<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Housing & Food- $13,986<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Personal Expenses \u2013 $5000<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Transportation Expenses \u2013 $4024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Loan Fees \u2013 $112<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Academic Year Total \u2013 $33,176<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                The Cost of Attendance (COA) is the estimated total cost of attending an institution for one academic year based on enrollment, residency, dependency status, and housing status as reported on the FAFSA.   The COA is the estimate of tuition, fees, books, course materials, supplies, equipment, living expenses (housing & food), transportation, miscellaneous expenses, and loan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[114,13],"class_list":["post-1985","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3015,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1985\/revisions\/3015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}