Financial Aid

Estimated Direct Expenses: $7,336

• Tuition and Student Activity Fee: $6,786
• Books, course materials, supplies, and equipment: $550

Estimated Indirect Expenses: $14,039

• Off-Campus Housing and Food: $10,340
• Personal and Transportation: $3,638
• Loan fees, if you borrow Federal loans: $61

Total Estimated Cost of Attendance: $21,375

Estimated Direct Expenses: $7,320

• Tuition and Student Activity Fee: $6,525
• Books, course materials, supplies, and equipment: $795

Estimated Indirect Expenses: $13,967

• Off-Campus Housing and Food: $10,340
• Personal and Transportation: $3,566
• Loan fees, if you borrow Federal loans: $61

Total Estimated Cost of Attendance: $21,287

Your cost of attending Hawkeye is made up of two types of expenses: direct and indirect.

Direct expenses are things like tuition, fees, and books from the Hawkeye Bookstore, and they show up on your Hawkeye bill.

Indirect expenses are incurred by attending college, but are not billable through Hawkeye. These may include things like transportation, food, supplies, and housing, which you pay for outside of the college.

When you get financial aid, it first covers your direct costs and is applied to your Hawkeye bill. If there's any leftover aid, it will be sent to you (or your parent if it's a parent PLUS loan) to help cover those indirect expenses.

We use the Estimated Cost of Attendance to determine your financial need. This sets the limit on the total financial aid you may receive. The costs included in this estimate are set by law and outlined below.

Tuition and Fees

Tuition and fees are calculated using the resident rate at an estimated 29 credit hours for the fall and spring semester, and 7 credit hours for the summer. If your enrollment falls below 12 credits, this estimate is adjusted.

Find your program to review course costs.

Books, Course Materials, Supplies, and Equipment

Estimates are based on state averages. If the your enrollment falls below 12 credits, this estimate is adjusted.

Visit the Hawkeye Bookstore for books and materials costs.

Transportation

Estimates are based on state averages and economic factors. Initial estimates are calculated with 16 weeks of enrollment each fall and spring semester and 8 weeks in the summer.

Your transportation estimate is adjusted to the actual number of weeks you are enrolled for the semester on the financial aid lock date.

Personal Expenses

Estimates are based on state averages.

Initial estimates are calculated with 16 weeks of enrollment each fall and spring semester and 8 weeks in the summer.

Your personal expenses estimate is adjusted to the actual number of weeks you are enrolled for the semester on the financial aid lock date.

You may not include personal expenses in your cost of attending if you enroll for five or fewer credits.

Housing and Food — Living Expenses

Formerly known as room and board, housing and food estimates are based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Initial estimates are calculated with 16 weeks of enrollment each fall and spring semester and 8 weeks in the summer.

When you file your FAFSA, you indicate your planned living arrangement. You will have greater living expenses if you live off-campus instead of with a parent. Hawkeye does not have college-owned housing.

Your living expenses estimate is adjusted to the actual number of weeks you are enrolled for the semester on the financial aid lock date.

You may not include housing and food expenses in the cost of attending if you enroll in five or fewer credits.

Loan Fees 

Loan fees are based on the average cost of borrowing student loans or parent PLUS loans. The average is calculated using Hawkeye student borrowing data from two years prior.