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KU Distance Education

Fees

Distance Learning Semester Courses

  • KU degree-seeking students should contact the University Registrar regarding course fees for semester-based online courses. KU degree-seeking students who take a nonsemester-based course will pay the course fee listed in the online course description.
  • Students who have graduated from KU within the last 12 months and enroll in an online course will be pay the course fee listed on this site if they certify that such courses will not be used toward completion of a KU degree. If such students wish to apply online courses toward a degree, then the resident or nonresident undergraduate/graduate tuition rate and appropriate campus fees will be assessed.
  • Students not enrolled in a KU degree program and those who have not been enrolled at the KU Lawrence Campus in the last 12 months will be assessed the fees listed on this site for each course.
  • Nonresident students who take a semester-based online course and later elect to have it apply to a KU degree program will be charged retroactive nonresident course fees.

Nonsemester Distance Learning Courses

  • Course fees for these nonsemester-based courses are provided in the online course description.