Screen Readers: Three Navigation Links to follow
Estimated Costs for International Students
A-Z Search Ask Us Admissions Home
Graduate & Professional Admissions The University of Iowa
Why Iowa
Programs & Degrees
Requirements & Deadlines
Costs
Financial Assistance
Facilities & Resources
Housing
Community
Diversity
Campus Views
Campus Visits
Apply

MS and PhD Programs in Dentistry, 2008-09
These are the estimated costs for international students enrolled for 9 or more semester hours in the summer, fall, and spring. These fees apply to most graduate dentistry programs† (except for the DDS, MS in Orthodontics, and certificate programs).

 
International students with 1/4-time or greater graduate assistantships
International students without assistantships
Tuition
$8,638
$25,816
Health Fee
262.50
262.50
Computer Lab Fee
0
337
Student Activity Fee
75
75
Student Services Fee
81.25
81.25
Student Union Fee
130
130
Building Fee
148.75
148.75
International Student Fee
150
150
Books

1,040

1,040

Health Insurance
315.60
1,356
Orientation Fee
185
185
Living Expenses
8,000
8,000
Total (in U.S. dollars)
$19,026.10
$37,581.50

Students with assistantships
Students holding an assistantship (quarter-time or more) are classified as residents for fee purposes for the terms during which their appointments are held and any adjacent Summer Sessions in which they are enrolled. They are not assessed a computer fee.

Students holding a quarter-time or more teaching or research assistantship (covered by the COGS bargaining unit) are assured a minimum tuition scholarship of $4,954 per year. This does not include scholarships for Summer Session enrollment. Rates are based on a registration of 9 semester hours (or more) and are prorated as necessary.

Students with dependents
There are additional estimated costs for students with dependents.

Living Expenses 
For Your Spouse
$3,200
For Each Child
$2,500
Annual Health Insurance Costs
For You and Your Spouse
$3,828
For You, Spouse, and Child/ren
$9,120
For You and Child/ren
$7,656

Which include students in the following dentistry degree programs:

  • Dental Public Health (MS)
  • Operative Dentistry (MS)
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (MS)
  • Oral Science (MS or PhD)
  • Stomatology (MS)
       
Contact Us