Estimated Costs - DDS Program - College of Dentistry - Graduate & Professional Admissions

DDS Program, 2009-10
These are the estimated annual expenses for first-year DDS students enrolled for 12 or more semester hours in the fall and spring semesters.

Costs vary for International Students.

	Iowa Residents	Nonresidents
Tuition & Fees*	$31,187	$50,397
Laboratory Expendable Supplies	1,700	1,700
Instrument Breakage Fee**	100	100
Mandatory Health Insurance	1,356	1,356
SSIMS Usage Fee***	6,850	6,850
Other Expenses****	2,036.50	2,036.50
Books	2,400	2,400
Living Expenses*****	14,430	14,430
Total	$60,059.50	$79,269.50

* This includes the following fees: computer, art and cultural events, student activity, student services, student union, building, and health.

** Payable the first year and refundable upon graduation.

*** The College maintains a Supply-Sterilization-Instrument Management System (SSIMS) that provides most of the instruments and supplies you will need throughout your training. This annual fee decreases each year, dropping to $4,600 your second year, to $3,400 your third year, and to $1,150 your fourth year.

**** Cost of background check, vaccinations, and miscellaneous lab expenses.

*****Living expenses reflect the estimated annual student costs of housing, transportation, food, and other personal expenses based on federal financial aid guidelines (family expenses not included), according to the UI Office of Student Financial Aid.