Cost Comparison

A student taking 8 credits at ISU who opts to live in the dorms and eat at the campus refectory would incur the following expenses:

ON-CAMPUS ISU Tuition, Fees, Housing & Meals
Summer 2005 (Session 2- 8 Cr.):

Resident Tuition (8 credits)	$1,632.00
Mandatory Fees	258.00
TOTAL Resident Tuition & Fees:	$1,890.00
(for most majors)

Nonresident Tuition (8 credits)	$5,000.00
Mandatory Fees	258.00
TOTAL Nonresident Tuition & Fees:	$5,258.00
Residence Hall Rates for Summer Session 2005
Single (Eaton Hall)	$ 1002.00
Meals (Cyclone 14)	$ 744.00
On-campus tuition and fees (2005)
TOTAL IN STATE	$3,636.00
TOTAL OUT OF STATE	$7,004.00
Lyon Summer Program (2005)
TOTAL IN STATE	$3,650.00
TOTAL OUT OF STATE	$4,200.00

* Mandatory fees include: Activity & Service Fee, Health Fee, Health Facility Fee, Computer Fee, standard (Engineering students add $87.50).
** Program fees for the 2006 trip are set in March. Because of unfavorable exchange rates and higher service provider costs, we are expecting the program fee to increase a minimum of 15%.

This program fee includes:

• 8-12 credits of tuition at any Iowa Regents’ university.
• Accommodations and half-board. Host family living with breakfast and dinner provided.
• Instruction, class space and computer lab at the Sofogest-Pitiot in Lyon.
• Pre-departure orientation and materials.
• Excursions (in the past they have included Provence, Beaujolais, and the Lyon area).
• International Student Identity Card (ISIC)
• Supplemental international insurance coverage
• Farewell Banquet with your host family.
• Local transportation (a monthly pass for the bus/subway system in Lyon).
• Some books, course packs, photocopied materials.