Program Cost and Scholarship/Grant Information
Grant and Scholarship Information:
All prospective UTOP students must complete a 2024-2025 FAFSA (in addition to the 2025-2026 FAFSA needed for the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 semester aid) to be evaluated for possible grant awards to cover the cost of UTOP. The Office of First Year Transition & Programs offers additional scholarship money to help cover the cost of UTOP. To be evaluated for additional scholarship aid, students must first complete the UTOP application, FAFSA applications, and submit the $250 UTOP Participant Fee. Scholarships are available for participants who demonstrate a financial need. Participants are encouraged to pay the $250 participant fee as soon as possible to be awarded available scholarships. Students can be fully awarded the cost of UTOP or be awarded 75%, 50%, 25%, $1,000, or $500 scholarships.
Students with outstanding FAFSA requirements will be disqualified from receiving a scholarship.
UTOP 2024 Cost
The program cost comprises summer tuition and fees, summer housing cost, and the UTOP participant fee.
| Suite Option Only | |
| NC Resident (7-credit hours) | Non-NC Resident (7-credit hours) |
| Tuition and Fees: $1,747.77 | Tuition and Fees: 5,164.96 |
| Summer Housing: $1,005 | Summer Housing: $1,005 |
| UTOP Participant Fee: $250 | UTOP Participant Fee: $250 |
| Total: $ 3,002.77 | Total: $6,419.96 |