Graduate School Cost of Attendance

The fee amounts noted below for 2025-2026 are for tuition only and do not include fees, books, supplies or personal expenses. There is a Graduate School fee of $300 for each term you are enrolled as a student.

The base tuition charge (all programs without semester pricing) is $550/credit. The costs listed below include the addition tuition charge per credit hour.

Please note that graduate certificate programs are $690/credit hour.

• Business Administration, MBA
  $710/credit hour; total tuition: $25,560
• Business Administration, MBA / Leadership, M.A. (dual degree program)
  $710/credit hour; total tuition: $31,950
• Counseling, M.A.
  $710/credit hour; total tuition: $43,310
• Creative Writing, MFA
  $690/credit hour; total tuition: $31,050
• Criminal Justice Leadership, M.A. (phasing out)
  $690/credit hour
• Dietetic Internship / Nutrition, M.S. (phasing out)
  $710/credit hour; total tuition: $12,780
• Exercise Science, M.S.
  $550/credit hour; total tuition: $18,150
• Human Services, M.A.
  $550/credit hour; total tuition: $18,150
• Leadership, M.A.
  $710/credit hour; total tuition: $23,430
• Narrative Health Care
  $690/credit hour
• Nursing Practice, FNP/DNP & Post-Master's DNP
  $900/credit hour; $7,500 per semester (8 semesters)
• Nursing Education (phasing out)
  $690/credit hour
• Nursing Administration (phasing out)
  $690/credit hour
• Occupational Therapy, M.S.
  • $12,500/semester (4 semesters required)
  • $2,500 per summer term (2 summer terms required)
  • Total credit hours: 63
  • $873.02/credit hour
  • Total tuition: $55,000
• Public Health, MPH
  $690/credit hour; total tuition: $28,980
• Public Health (MPH) / Business Administration (MBA) (dual degree program)
  $710/credit hour; total tuition: $40,470
• Physician Assistant Studies**
  • $15,000/semester (program starts in spring 2026)
  • Total semesters: 6
  • Total credit hours: 105
  • $857.14/credit hour
  • Total tuition: $90,000
• Sustainability Studies, M.S. (phasing out)
  $550/credit hour; total tuition: $18,150
• Teaching, MAT
  $550/credit hour; total tuition: $18,700

Hickory Campus Fees

• Graduate Student General Fee: $300/semester
• Application Fee: $35 (all graduate students)
• Replacement ID/Key: $15
• Transcript Fee: $15
• Room Rate for Hickory Graduate Students: $3,400/semester

Graduate Student Housing - Hickory

• Double Occupancy: $3,500/semester
• Private Room Rate Premium: $2,300/semester
• Replacement Room Key/Lock: $200

Seminary (LTSS)

For seminary (LTSS) costs, please visit the Seminary Cost of Attendance section.

** Lenoir-Rhyne University has applied for Accreditation - Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

Lenoir-Rhyne University anticipates matriculating its first class in January 2026, pending achieving Accreditation - Provisional status at the June 2025 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation - Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.

The Lenoir-Rhyne PA Studies program will not commence in the event that provisional accreditation is not received, and the enrollment deposit will be refunded in full.

In compliance with the Department of Education, indirect costs, including books, transportation and miscellaneous expenses, are added to tuition, fees, food and housing to determine Lenoir-Rhyne University’s official total cost of attendance. The average cost of attendance for MBA, Counseling, Nutrition, Dietetic Internship/Other graduate programs for 2024-25 is $35170. The average cost of attendance for MS/DNP graduate programs for 2024-25 is $33,610. The average cost of attendance for MAT/Human Services/Sustainability Studies/ Exercise Science for 2024-25 is $31,810. The average cost of attendance includes estimated books and other course materials of $1360 for the programs above. 

The average cost of attendance for Occupational Therapy programs for 2024-25 is $44,350. The average cost of attendance for Physician Assistant programs is $49,350. The average cost of attendance includes estimated books and other course materials of $1,700 for the programs above.

Total actual costs per student may vary depending upon program type and food and housing selections. Aggregate financial aid may not exceed the student’s calculated cost of attendance.

Federal regulations allow limited exceptions or adjustments to information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Such exceptions or adjustments, known as Special Circumstances or Professional Judgment, are considered on a case-by-case basis based on supporting documentation of your circumstances.