California Northstate University

What is the cost of studying for a year at California Northstate University?

CNU's reported 2024-25 full-time undergraduate tuition was $60,707, with $893 in required fees, for $61,600 in published tuition and fees. The reported amount was the same for in-state and out-of-state students. It is a sticker price for that reporting category, not an estimate of every student's final bill or total living costs.

• Full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees, 2024-25: $61,600.
• Full-time graduate tuition and required fees in the same reporting set: $33,101 plus $1,792, or $34,893.

Those graduate figures should not be treated as the price of every professional degree. Program-specific tuition, fees and academic calendars can differ. A full annual budget also needs housing, food, books and equipment, transportation and personal expenses; adding an independently estimated living budget to the published tuition-and-fee figure is more informative than treating tuition as the complete cost.

Financial aid can reduce what an individual pays. In the reported undergraduate aid group, the average grant award from federal, state, local, institutional or other sources was $11,487. An average award is not an individual offer, and grants do not necessarily cover the difference between published charges and a student's full cost of attendance. Eligible applicants should review their program's aid instructions, including any FAFSA requirements, and compare a personalized aid offer with the relevant program's current cost-of-attendance budget.

What are the work-study opportunities at California Northstate University?

Students seeking paid work at CNU should distinguish an ordinary part-time job from Federal Work-Study. Work-Study is a need-based federal aid program: eligibility, if offered to a student, appears through the financial aid process, while wages are earned by working rather than credited automatically against tuition.

The university's health-professions focus may also bring academic research, supervised clinical training and other career-related experiences. These should not be assumed to be paid jobs. Before accepting an offer, students should ask the financial aid office about work eligibility and available positions, and ask their program whether outside employment is compatible with its course and clinical schedule.

For career planning, a student should look for concrete support relevant to the chosen degree - such as placement guidance, application preparation, interviewing help or professional networking - and distinguish those services from documented employment outcomes. An internship or clinical assignment is not, by itself, a job offer.