UT Austin tuition: what does 2026–27 cost?
UT Austin’s 2026–27 fall-and-spring tuition is $10,858–$13,576 for Texas residents and $42,554–$51,106 for nonresidents. With living costs, One Stop’s budget is $32,508–$35,386 for residents living on or off campus and $64,204–$72,916 for nonresidents, before aid.
In this guide
The annual budget before aid
These are full-time undergraduate fall-and-spring estimates, based on 12 hours. Your college, credit load and tuition program affect the bill.
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| Living arrangement | Tuition | Total estimated cost |
|---|---|---|
| Texas resident, on/off campus | $10,858–$13,576 | $32,508–$35,386 |
| Texas resident, with parents | $10,858–$13,576 | $24,998–$27,716 |
| Nonresident | $42,554–$51,106 | $64,204–$72,916 |
What is included besides tuition?
Housing and food are the biggest line, at $15,420–$15,580 for fall and spring.
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| Item | Texas resident | Nonresident |
|---|---|---|
| Housing and food | $15,420–$15,580 | $15,420–$15,580 |
| Transport | $1,840 | $1,840 |
| Books and course materials | $724 | $724 |
| Personal costs | $3,666 | $3,666 |
Is that what UT will bill me?
No. The tuition bill shows university charges. The attendance budget also includes money you’ll spend elsewhere, such as food and rent.
Use your college and number of hours when checking tuition, with your aid offer beside the bill.
How much is McCombs tuition?
For Business at 12 or more hours, traditional tuition is $6,788 per semester for a Texas resident and $25,553 for a nonresident. Across fall and spring, the difference is $37,530.
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| Student | One semester | Fall and spring |
|---|---|---|
| Texas resident | $6,788 | $13,576 |
| Nonresident | $25,553 | $51,106 |
| Difference | $18,765 | $37,530 |
Should I use traditional or fixed tuition?
Traditional tuition uses the current semester’s table. Longhorn Fixed Tuition is an optional four-year program for first-time UT undergraduates; its higher initial price reflects a projected four-year average.
Compare the table for your own entering class. A tuition freeze doesn’t make every college or credit load cost the same.
Will my housing fit the budget?
Enter the whole agreement, not just the rent for class months. A 12-payment lease still needs 12 payments if your family funds it over nine months.
For example, twelve $900 payments, twelve $80 required charges and a $200 fee total $11,960 before food. Saving that over nine months takes about $1,329 a month, while the lease’s base payment stays $900.
A rent quote and a year’s housing budget can differ sharply
In a labeled example using the current 2026–27 hall schedule and a selected 2027–28 apartment offer, a basic shared hall totals $16,065 and the apartment $18,898. The calculation buys comparable academic food and adds assumed utilities, insurance and other food; unpriced items still need adding.
Exactly $2,833 of additional hall gap housing cost compared with the apartment’s gaps erases the difference; more reverses it. The annual housing budget shows the dates, room types and inputs so you can replace them with your own offers.
What changes if I live with parents?
UT uses $7,910 for housing and food in that budget. Its total is $7,510–$7,670 below the on/off-campus resident estimate.
That isn’t automatically your cash saving. Add what you’ll contribute at home, plus your commute and food costs.
How do I account for aid?
Subtract grants and scholarships from your costs to estimate what you must fund. Loans help pay the bill but must be repaid; don’t count them as a discount.
UT’s net-price calculator is an estimate, not an aid offer. Use the final aid award and tuition bill when they arrive.
The budget to use before committing
Put tuition, the full housing agreement, food and travel on the same calendar. Add the aid and other funding you expect by each due date.
Choose a plan you can pay for when the bills arrive, with any unknown fee still visible.
Questions
What is tuition for one semester and one year?
Traditional 12+ hour tuition ranges from $5,429–$6,788 per semester for Texas residents and $21,277–$25,553 for nonresidents. Two-semester ranges are $10,858–$13,576 and $42,554–$51,106.
What do tuition, attendance cost and net price mean?
Tuition is the university charge. Attendance cost adds estimated living costs. Net price subtracts estimated grant and scholarship aid.
How much more do nonresidents pay?
For Business at 12+ hours, $18,765 more per semester, or $37,530 more across fall and spring.
Does McCombs have a different rate?
Yes. Business traditional tuition at 12+ hours is $6,788 resident or $25,553 nonresident per semester.
How should I compare a dorm and apartment?
Compare the dorm’s nine-month room-and-meal bundle with every apartment payment, plus food, fees and utilities for the time you need housing.
Oil money reaches campus through several decisions
Mineral royalties become permanent investment capital. A governed payout supports the two university systems, their debt service and campus allocations. Those decisions determine what Austin receives for operations and programs.
The regents’ May 2025 rule sets the default payout at 7% of a trailing twenty-quarter investment value. The oil-to-campus investigation shows the audited financial bridge and Austin’s allocation, budget and spending.
Regents’ Rule 80303 · Research cutoff October 30, 2026.
The bill, grants and accounting revenue measure three prices
The tuition schedule gives your college, residency and enrollment charge. Federal net price subtracts grants from an attendance budget for a defined freshman group. A loan finances the cost you still owe.
UT changed how institutional aid is assigned to tuition in FY2025. Its 29.8% reported net-revenue decline crosses that accounting change. The tuition investigation explains the historical rates, the newer accounting and the remaining NCES check of the newest net prices.
UT System FY2025 financial report, Note 4 and Austin Exhibit B · Research cutoff October 30, 2026.
Graduate pay and today’s bill use different dates
Among measured Computer Science BSCS graduates working in Texas, the middle half of first-year pay ran from $91,800 to $144,500. That range covers the 2020–2024 graduate group in 2025 dollars. Your current tuition, living costs and grant offer have their own dates.
The earnings investigation gives degree-level pay ranges, borrower shares and dated loan definitions. Compare the relevant degree and work group with your cost after grants, then calculate payments from the amount you expect to borrow.
seekUT Texas data and definitions · UT System Texas earnings and loan workbook · Research cutoff November 1, 2026.
How we got this
Figures come from One Stop’s 2026–27 full-time undergraduate fall-and-spring budget and the traditional tuition chart, checked October 27, 2026. Summer uses a different budget.
Housing examples are invented to explain the calculator. Refundable deposits need cash upfront but stay outside the expense total. Totals use unrounded inputs before whole-dollar display.
Sources and dates
- Texas One Stop — 2026–27 cost of attendance and published assumptions2026-10-26
- Texas One Stop — registration, payment and attendance confirmation2026-10-26
- UT Off-Campus Living Resources — affordable housing search2026-10-26
- UT traditional undergraduate tuition, 2026–27, page 12026-10-27
- One Stop — traditional and Longhorn Fixed Tuition2026-10-27
- One Stop — net-price definition and official calculator2026-10-27