Graduate Assistant/Fellow Tuition and Fees

Students enrolled in the Graduate College, Tippie Professional Programs, or in the DDS, JD, MD, or PharmD programs who hold a university teaching or research appointment of quarter-time or above and dietetic interns in the hospitals, are assessed resident tuition for the terms during which they hold the appointments and any adjacent summer session during which they are registered. This includes graduate students appointed to Graduate College fellowships or to research assistantships from federal or non-federal grants and contracts. It does not include, however, those graduate students who hold traineeships under training grants.

Appealing Assessed Tuition

Students who have experienced extenuating circumstances for which they could not control the timing, severity, and how they may have been affected by the situation may appeal assessed tuition by submitting a written appeal to the Office of the Registrar.

The eligibility guidelines to submit tuition appeals are:

• When the registration change was a withdrawal or retroactive withdrawal tuition appeals may be submitted for the current academic year, beginning in the fall semester, or the two previous academic years, beginning in the fall semester.
• When the registration change was a reduction in hours (e.g., reducing enrollment from 12 s.h. to 6 s.h.), tuition appeals must be submitted in the semester or session of the adjusted enrollment or the following semester or session.
• Tuition appeals will not be considered for registration changes made before Day 11 of a fall semester or spring semester.
• Tuition appeals may not be submitted after a student graduates from the University of Iowa.

Location Mandatory Fee Appeal

Students who are residing outside Johnson County may request a reduction in those Mandatory Fees that are classified as Location Fees.  These fees are Student Health Service, Mental Health, Student Activity, Student Services, Student Union, Arts and Cultural Events, and Recreation Facility fees. No other mandatory fees are appealable. The Technology, Building, Career Services, and IMU Facilities fees support services and facilities that benefit all students. Because they fund campus-wide infrastructure and are approved by university policy, as well as by both the Undergraduate and Graduate & Professional Student Governments, they are not subject to individual appeal.

Students will need to verify that they are not residing in Johnson County in the session they are appealing and that they will not be on campus at any time during the session. Students will need to attach documentation on the appeal form to verify where they will be residing during the session. For hybrid or arranged (ARR) courses, instructor verification is required to confirm that no meetings occur in person on campus or within Johnson County. If the course meets on campus or within Johnson County, the fee is non-appealable, regardless of the student's attendance intentions.