Where UChicago Students Find Tuition Rates and Tax Information on the Bursar Site

The University of Chicago Bursar site (bursar.uchicago.edu) publishes tuition and fee rates for your academic program on its Tuition and fees page, and annual tax reporting information and tax documents on its Taxes page. Both are top-level sections of the site, alongside Services, Funding sources, and Policies. The site lists rates for the two most recent academic years, and rates for the upcoming academic year are updated every May.

Tuition and Fee Rates

The Tuition and fees section is organized by academic program, so you look up the rate for the program you are enrolled in rather than a single university-wide number.

• What is listed: Current tuition and fee information for each academic program, with the two most recent academic years' rates shown side by side.
• When it changes: Rates for the upcoming academic year are posted in May each year. If you are planning a budget in spring, expect the new figure then rather than earlier.
• How to use it: Compare the two published years to see how your program's rate has moved, then treat the May update as the figure that applies to the coming year.

If you need a rate for a year older than the two shown, the page will not have it; plan to request it from the Bursar's office instead.

Tax Reporting and Tax Documents

The Taxes section is where the Bursar points students for annual tax reporting information and the annual tax documents available to them as UChicago students. Use it when you are filing a return, when a sponsor or family member asks for documentation, or when you need to confirm which forms apply to your situation.

The site describes this section at a general level. It does not, in the material available here, spell out form-by-form eligibility rules, so treat the section as the starting point and confirm specifics with the Bursar's office if your situation is unusual.

Where These Fit in the Site

The Bursar site is built around five sections, and knowing the map saves time:

Two related points from the site are worth knowing before you go looking:

• Payments and funding are separate pages. External scholarships, 529 College Savings Plans, and Prepaid Tuition Plans are submitted through the UChicago BackPack Portal, while domestic and international payments go through the Student and Authorized User Portals. The Funding sources page explains the options; the Services page explains how to pay your bill.
• Policies is where financial responsibility lives. If your question is about deadlines, consequences of a missed payment, or what you agreed to as a student, that is the Policies section, not Tuition and fees.

A Practical Sequence

1. Confirm your program name as the Bursar lists it, then open Tuition and fees and read the two most recent years.
2. If you are budgeting for the coming year, wait for the May update before locking in a number.
3. For filing season, open Taxes for the annual reporting information and your available documents.
4. For anything about paying, refunds, or authorized users, move to Services; for aid, loans, 529s, or veterans' benefits, move to Funding sources.
5. For deadlines and obligations, read Policies.

The Bursar also posts announcements, events, and dates on Instagram at @uchicagobursar, which is useful for catching the May rate update and tax-document timing without repeatedly checking the site.