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Algoma tuition, 2026–27

How much is tuition at Algoma?

$5,982.48 a year for an Ontario student in any program, before fees.

International students pay $22,601.26.

First year, full time, fall and winter, from Algoma’s own 2026–27 fee schedule, read September 21, 2026.

For an Ontario student

  • Every undergraduate program

    $5,982.48

    2 terms × $2,991.24 = $5,982.48 Fee schedule

Arts and science cost about the same across Ontario: from $5,982.48 to $6,250 at the 24 universities compared. Algoma is the cheapest of them. Every university side by side

For an international student

  • Every undergraduate program

    $22,601.26

    2 terms × $11,300.63 = $22,601.26 Fee schedule

On top of tuition

Ancillary and incidental fees: $485.51 a year. Plus the Sault Ste. Marie bus pass and the student health plan. Source

What these fees cover differs by university, so they are not added to the tuition above.

First year in residence, all in

The cheapest way to live on campus in first year: tuition, the cheapest first-year room and the meal plan a first-year has to buy.

  • Tuition, any program

    $5,982.48

  • Residence

    $5,631.81

    Single, Lou Lukenda Dormitory, the cheapest first-year room. Residence fees

  • Meal plan, required

    $3,000

    Plan A Meal Plan, the cheapest required plan. Meal plans

  • From

    $14,614.29

Plus $485.51 in ancillary fees. The dearest first-year room is $6,152.31 (Single, Algoma Dormitory). Books, a phone plan and trips home are not counted. Every university, all in

“A meal plan is mandatory for all students assigned to a dormitory style building. / **With the exception of those staying in the Spirit Village Townhouses, students are required to purchase one of the meal plan options listed in the chart.”

Every Algoma room is a single.

Some of it comes back. Algoma lists 19 entrance scholarships, 16 of them automatic on your average.

Algoma entrance scholarships, and what your average is worth

Reading these figures. Algoma charges one rate for every undergraduate program.

These are 2026–27 rates. Students starting in fall 2027 pay the next year’s, which Algoma publishes in the spring. Confirm on the fee schedule before you budget.

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