McMaster tuition, 2026–27
How much is tuition at McMaster?
$6,163.20 a year for an Ontario student in arts and science, before fees.
Engineering and iBioMed, Level 1 is the highest first-year rate, at $12,694.70. International students pay $45,158.40.
First year, full time, fall and winter, from McMaster’s own 2026–27 fee schedule, read September 21, 2026.
For an Ontario student
Humanities and Social Sciences, Level 1 (Science, Health Sciences, Nursing and Arts & Science are the same)
$6,163.20
30 units × $205.44 = $6,163.20 Fee schedule
Engineering and iBioMed, Level 1 (37 units)
$12,694.70
37 units × $343.10 = $12,694.70 Fee schedule
Integrated Business and Humanities (BCom), Level 1
$10,293
30 units × $343.10 = $10,293.00 Fee schedule
Commerce (Business I), Level 1
$9,541.80
30 units × $318.06 = $9,541.80 Fee schedule
Arts and science cost about the same across Ontario: from $5,982.48 to $6,250 at the 24 universities compared. McMaster is cheaper than 15 of the other 23. Every university side by side
For an international student
Humanities and Social Sciences, Level 1
$45,158.40
30 units × $1,505.28 = $45,158.40 Fee schedule
iBioMed (IBEHS), Level 1
$73,284.42
37 units × $1,980.66 = $73,284.42 Fee schedule
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, arts and science
$6,163.20
Residence
$6,550
Traditional quad, Hedden, Moulton or Wallingford Hall, the cheapest first-year room. Residence fees
Meal plan, required
$7,280
Trad A, the cheapest required plan. Meal plans
From
$19,993.20
Plus ancillary fees. The dearest first-year room is $13,990 (Pod suite single, Lincoln Alexander Hall). Books, a phone plan and trips home are not counted. Every university, all in
“Residence Meal Plan is an integral component of living in any of the McMaster University residences and all students living in residence must purchase a mandatory meal plan – there are no exemptions.”
The cheapest room is a quad, so a double costs more than the figure shown.
Some of it comes back. McMaster lists 14 entrance scholarships, 8 of them automatic on your average.
McMaster entrance scholarships, and what your average is worth
Reading these figures. From McMaster's proposed 2026–27 fee schedule, published by its Financial Affairs office; the registrar's final table was not readable. McMaster's approved 2026–27 budget states the same 2% domestic increase.
These are 2026–27 rates. Students starting in fall 2027 pay the next year’s, which McMaster publishes in the spring. Confirm on the fee schedule before you budget.
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