Other than a small application fee to apply for the MSSE or MEM, there are no fees that a student pays to earn a certificate or master's degree in a SIME field.  The tuition costs are based upon the classes taken each semester.  The differences between online and on-campus tuition can be thousands of dollars.  If you have any questions beyond what is provided here, please reach out to a director.

On-Campus TuitionOnline TuitionFunding a SIME Degree or Certificate
Students enrolled as on-campus students are assigned either Utah resident or nonresident tuition and fees. Many fees do not increase with additional hours each semester. So, a student taking 9 hours on-campus has a tuition bill that is lower than three times the tuition of an on-campus student taking 3 hours. Students in this category have access to the benefits of on-campus students due to the payment of their fees.  The U has a tuition estimator for a semester's tuition.

Like most universities, various college's at the U have a differential tuition fee to help the college have additional funds to hire TAs and expand/retain exceptional faculty.  These fees vary vastly between colleges, so if you desire to take a class outside of the Price College of Engineering as an elective, one can expect the cost to be different than a Price College of Engineering class.

Students enrolled as an online student have one tuition rate. There is no increase for out of state tuition. There are also no additional fees or differential tuition.  Each credit hour costs the same regardless of how many hours are taken during a semester.  Online students will not have access to the same benefits as on-campus students, but do still have access to some things like mental health services.  The department has chosen the tuition for an online three-hour course to be approximately the same tuition as the tuition of an on-campus Utah resident taking exactly 3 hours of graduate Price College of Engineering hours.  For Fall 2024, Spring 2025 and Summer 2025, a 3 credit hour graduate online SIME or ME EN class costs $2,616.00.

The SIME degrees and certificates are widely considered professional masters degrees or certificates, because they do not have a thesis/research option.  The majority of students pursuing the MSSE or MEM degrees have employers that pay or reimburse tuition.  Please check with your employer to see if they will fund some or all of your graduate education.  The remaining students choose to fund the degree themselves through federal funding, loans, savings, scholarships,  etc.

Many on-campus graduate students pursuing engineering graduate degrees receive tuition reduction and a small monthly salary to perform research or become a teaching assistant.  Although SIME faculty perform research and have TAs, their students receive graduate research funding or teaching assistant funding through the Department of Mechanical Engineering.  Furthermore, students wishing to graduate with either a master's thesis or Ph.D. dissertation need to earn the degree in Mechanical Engineering, but their primary research can be in a SIME discipline.  Students needing to receive graduate research or teaching assistant funding should not apply to MEM or MSSE degree, but should apply for an M.S. in ME or a Ph.D. ME degrees.