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Field Guide UT Austin

What will a semester at UT cost you?

Costs for the semester

UT’s lowest Texas-resident rate. Yours depends on your college.

A semester’s share of UT’s $724 for the year

UT’s 2026–27 estimate, about $1,713 a month

A semester’s share of UT’s $1,840

A semester’s share of UT’s $3,666

Fall or spring is about 4.5 months

Money you’ll have
How this is calculatedThe math

Costs are added up for the semester. The starting numbers are UT’s 2026–27 fall-and-spring estimates for a Texas resident, halved.

Job income is your hourly pay times your weekly hours, over 4.3 weeks for each month. What’s left is money in minus costs.

Where the starting numbers come from2 sources

Checked November 12, 2026. Change any number to match your own quote or bill.

UT financial aid deadlinesUT’s cost of attendance, line by lineWork-study at UT