Program Tuition:

The tuition of Semester@CPP program is $5,900 per semester (17 weeks). The tuition is for 12 credit units. If a student would like to take more credit units, each additional unit will be at the cost of $492. 

Tuition will be due before the start of semester.

Application Fee:

The application fee will be $175 per student. It is due once application is submitted. 

Health Insurance:

Per policy of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, school-designated health insurance is mandatory for all international students in F-1 status. The insurance fee will be adjusted every year. For 2024-2025 academic year, it is approximately $750 per semester. 

Health insurance fee will be due before student arrives in the U.S.

Lodging Expenses:

On-campus lodging options include University Dorm and University Village (click for more information). On-campus lodging fees can range from $800 to $1,200 per month.  Semester@CPP students are also allowed to live off-campus.

Due time for making lodging fees will be decided and communicated by the housing coordinators. 

Textbooks, Class Supplies and Class/Lab Fees:

Every Cal Poly Pomona student is automatically enrolled in the “Instant Access” program that gives you access to digital textbooks & materials. Students will pay $250 for that. If you don’t need that, you may opt out from that program to save $250 but will be responsible for looking for textbooks & materials yourselves. If you decide to opt out, please do that before the semester begins. 

Some classes and lab activities will charge additional class fees. You can view the fee information in the course syllabus and make the payment in your student account.

Visit Cal Poly Pomona Public Class Schedule to view the courses. Please select the term that you plan to study, and click "Display Subjects". 

To check description and prerequisite requirement of the courses, please visit Cal Poly Pomona University Catalog. Click the College on the left column, select the department, and click the course name to view the detailed information. 

Each course offered at Cal Poly Pomona is labeled with a "Subject Letter" and a 4-digit "Catalog Number". For instance, IBM3012 is the course of "Principles of Marketing Management", where IBM is the "Subject Letter", meaning the International Business Management Department, while "3012" is the "Catalog Number". 

Catalog 1000~1999 (undergraduate-level): for 1st year freshmen 

Catalog 2000~2999 (undergraduate-level): for 2nd year sophomores

Catalog 3000~3999 (undergraduate-level): for 3rd year juniors

Catalog 4000~4999 (undergraduate-level): for 4th year seniors

Catalog 5000~5999 (graduate-level): for 1st year graduate students

Catalog 6000~6999 (graduate-level): for 2nd year graduate students

For courses with catalogs higher than 3000, pre-requisites are usually required.

Course petition will take place during the "add/drop period" which is usually two weeks before the semester starts. Students will receive a reminder email with a link to "Submission of Course Petitions".

Once the "add/drop period" begins, students will submit their course petitions. And here is the "Petition Form Guideline (PDF)". 

Please note that if any petitions gets denied, you can repeat the same procedure to submit a new petition for a new course. 

When filing the Petition Form, you may be asked to provide the "Recent Concurrent Enrollment/Letter of Permission from a DSO/PDSO at the School Issuing your I-20", please ignore that. Instead, please download the statement claiming that you are a Semester@CPP student HERE (DOC), complete your personal information, and then upload it as one of the attachments in the Petition Form.

As a Semester@CPP student, you will make the tuition payment of $5,900 (for 12 credit units) via Flywire, bank wire, personal check, or cash HERE.

However, once each course petition gets approved, you will receive an email from College of Professional and Global Education with tuition payment notification of $1,020 per 3-unit course.

REMEMBER: You do NOT need to pay for that! because that payment notification is for Open University students who are U.S. local students. The Semester@CPP program, somehow, is built on Open University, but is for international students like you. You are receiving that email because the campus uses a same student management system for both Open University and Semester@CPP program students. 

Differences between Semester@CPP program and Open University:

Please email yingchuanw@cpp.edu if you would like to apply for on-campus lodging. Since the on-campus lodging is limited, please plan to apply as early as possible. 

Please purchse your school-designated health insurance HERE.

Please select "Cal Poly Pomona" as the school name, the fiscal year that you are enrolled, and please select "Semester@CPP Program" as the plan type.