Study Abroad Fees

The Education Abroad office is here to help facilitate your study abroad experience and can advise on which experience best fits your academic, personal, and professional goals. Your EdAbroad advisor will have you registered at WWU for credit-bearing programs to maintain your full-time status while you are abroad, so that you don’t have to reapply for admission at Western upon your return. The University created the Education Abroad office as a self-supporting unit, which means EdAbroad advising staff salaries and operations are funded by fees rather than tuition. 

You will be charged an application fee and a concurrent enrollment fee. The fees will be billed to your student account at the time of registration.  The amount of the concurrent enrollment fee is determined by the length of the program you choose, as per the table below. These fees are subject to change as posted in WWU's Course Fee & Service Fee Schedule, which is usually published in August for the upcoming academic year.

Fees for Credit Bearing Programs:

Fee Type2023-Present 
Quarter Length Program
Official Travel Dates: 13-weeks/91-days or shorter 
$450 per quarter 
Semester Length Program
Official Travel Dates: 13-weeks/92-days or longer 
 
$675 per semester    
WWU Application Fee$100 
WWU Late Application Fee
Only applied to applications submitted after the deadline
$50

**Official Travel dates include onsite orientation and any additional programming included in your study abroad experience, including travel between sites.

**Academic and Calendar Year programs will be charged the equivalent of three quarters or two semesters.  

**For faculty-led Global Learning Programs, Wildlands Studies, and KCP the above fees are not separately charged to student accounts; rather, they are built into a flat program fee.

Fees for International Health Insurance:

WWU requires that students engaged in international educational activities obtain appropriate study or travel abroad health insurance before travel outside the U.S. per POL-U2101.01 Traveling Abroad for Educational Experiences. This includes both credit-bearing and non-credit programs. Review more information on Health, Safety, and Insurance.

  • ALL students participating in credit-bearing study abroad programs will be automatically enrolled in International Health Insurance coverage for the duration of their program, which will be billed to their student account. Those participating in approved affiliate provider programs that meet WWU's standards for insurance coverage will be exempt.
  • Students participating in university-related, international non-credit, co-curricular, or extracurricular travel, including Canada, are also required to have international health insurance. Information on insurance requirements will be provided when they register their travel with WWU Education Abroad. More information on non-credit travel
Insurance CoverageRate
Natural Disaster & Political Evacuation $16.50/month
International Health Insurance$1.65/day

**For faculty-led Global Learning Programs, the above fees are not separately charged to student accounts; rather, they are built into a flat program fee.

Updated July 2025