EKU provides a high-quality education at a price that you can afford. Kentucky residents who attend EKU full-time pay $3,040 per semester in the 2008-09 school year.

Kentucky residents taking fewer than 12 credit hours per semester pay $253.34 per hour. Non-residents pay $692.17 per hour. Targeted out-of-state students taking fewer than 12 credit hours per semester pay $399.83 per hour.

Out-of-state students pay $8,306 per semester unless they qualify for the targeted out-of-state tuition of $4,798 per semester.

Targeted Out-Of-State Tuition
To qualify for this targeted out-of-state tuition ($4,798), students must meet the criteria for full admission with a minimum of 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (this includes transfer students) and meet at least one of the following three criteria:

1. Be the child of an EKU graduate who received an associates, bachelors, or masters degree.
2. Be any high ability student who has a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, and a composite ACT score of 25 or higher, with no sub-score below 18 in English, Math, or Reading.
3. Live in a designated county in a state bordering Kentucky:
   • Illinois
     Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, Williamson
   • Indiana
     Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Gibson, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison,Hendricks, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Switzerland, Union, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Washington, Wayne
   • Missouri
     Bollinger, Butler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne
   • Ohio
     Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette,Franklin, Gallia, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Meigs, Miami, Montgomery, Morrow, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union, Vinton, Warren
   • Tennessee
     Anderson, Benton, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay, Crockett, Cumberland, Davidson, Dekalb, Dickson, Dyer, Fentress, Gibson, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Johnson, Knox, Lake, Lauderdale, Macon, Montgomery, Morgan, Obion, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Scott, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Trousdale, Union, Washington, Weakley, Williamson, Wilson
   • Virginia
     Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise
   • West Virginia
     Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Putnam, Raleigh, Wayne, Wyoming