2025 - 2026 Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees:  This is the sum of money the college charges for instruction. Cochise College charges tuition at a per credit rate and most classes average 3 to 4 credits per course. Actual tuition costs for a student will vary depending on the student’s residency and program. Some programs such as nursing and aviation are charged a higher tuition rate. In addition to tuition, many courses require additional fees to cover costs associated with the courses, each program will have differing fees. A complete list of these tuition & fees can be found later on this page.

Living Expenses – Housing and Food: This is an estimate of living expenses. This will differ on an individual basis. This includes rent, food, household supplies and utilities.

Books, course materials, supplies, and equipment: This is the average estimated cost of books and supplies for a typical student for an entire academic year. This includes books, educational supplies, and technology-related expenses.

Travel: Average transportation costs include standard vehicle maintenance, commuting to campus, and trips home.

What a student actually spends on travel may be higher or lower depending on their number of trips, distance, and mode of travel.

Direct Costs – Are billed by Cochise College. They include:

• Tuition and Course Fees
• On-Campus Housing and Meal Plans
• Books, course materials, supplies, and equipment

Indirect Costs - Are not billed by Cochise College. They are other expenses you might incur as a student, but are not billed directly to you by the college. Indirect costs will vary depending on your individual situation. They include:

• Off-Campus Housing and Food
• Books, course materials, supplies, and equipment (if purchased somewhere other than from Cochise College)
• Travel
• Medical/Dental expenses
• Miscellaneous Personal Expenses (i.e., laundry, personal grooming items, etc.)

Indirect costs will vary depending on your individual situation.

A housing deposit is required prior to check-in. All housing costs are due at registration.
Chiricahua and Huachuca Hall - Single Occupancy
Desert View Townhouses - Double Occupancy

*18 meal swipes per week-all you can eat one time through the line

A housing deposit is required prior to check-in. All housing costs are due at registration.
Bugen Hall 

The cost for fuel has been included in the hourly training rates. A "fuel surcharge" is added to flight rates should fuel costs increase significantly. The basis for the current flight rates is $5/gal. A fuel surcharge may already exist and will be adjusted as necessary. You will be notified prior to any adjustment in pricing.

Course costs include the minimum required training hours per the FAA. Any hours required above these to obtain the required proficiency will be billed at hourly rates. Course fees also include required books and first-time testing fees (knowledge test and DPE costs). Failed knowledge or practical tests will require additional training and testing fees.

Additional Fees

Cochise College is a member of the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program, which offers a reduced tuition rate of 150% of in-state tuition at participating two- and four-year college programs outside of their home state.

Fill out a WUE application or contact the Admissions Office for more information.

WUE Application (Online Form)

With the Cochise Combo, in-state and WUE students living in the college residence halls are not charged room rates when they register for 16 or more Cochise College credits and purchase meal plan.

Residents of non-WUE states are eligible for Housing Combo (+) Plus, which includes all the benefits of the Cochise Combo housing deal, plus you’ll pay 150% of in-state tuition.

Housing Combo Plus Tuition Application (Online Form)

Housing Combo I (International) Tuition Application (Online Form)

Cochise College is a member of the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program, which offers a reduced tuition rate of 150% of in-state tuition at participating two- and four-year college programs outside of their home state.

Fill out a WUE application or contact the Admissions Office for more information.

WUE Application (Online Form)

WUE Program Guidelines

• Legal resident of participating state (documentation required): Alaska, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Marianas Islands, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington or Wyoming
• Tuition for WUE students is 150 percent of institution’s in-state resident tuition
• Acceptance to Cochise College.
• Full-time student status at Cochise College.
• Annual accumulation of 24 credit hours at a minimum 2.0 GPA.

If you are 60 years or older, you may apply for a Golden Apache tuition program as an Arizona resident who lives in Cochise County. This program allows a tuition discount of the regular in-state tuition rate and of the online tuition rate. Registration fees, lab fees, bookstore charges, avionics, flight tuition and fees, and non-credit courses are not included in this discount.

Tuition charges will be discounted to the published Golden Apache rate in the college catalog each year. The Golden Apache tuition rate cannot be applied retroactively.

Golden Apache Tuition Application (online)

Golden Apache Guidelines

• 60 years of age or older on or before the first day of class (documentation required)
• Cochise County County resident
• Meet Arizona in-state residency requirements
• Acceptance to Cochise College

• Legal residency in New Mexico (documentation required)
• Acceptance to Cochise College
• Full-time student status at Cochise College
• Annual accumulation of 24 credit hours at a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average
• Tuition rate granted for a maximum of four semesters at Cochise College
• Online classes are not included in the tuition discount

New Mexico Rate Application (Online Form)

To improve educational opportunities for students of their respective states, Cochise College and the Instituto Tecnológico de Agua Prieta (ITAP) have an agreement in which students can pay resident tuition rates at each institution.

Sonoran residents who are eligible to enroll at the resident tuition rate at ITAP are eligible to enroll at Cochise College in Cochise County and pay the same tuition as students from Arizona:

Sonoran Exchange Form – Mexican Citizens (PDF)
Sonoran Exchange Form – U.S. Citizens (PDF)

Likewise, Arizona residents who are eligible to enroll at Cochise College and pay in-state tuition can enroll at ITAP and pay the same tuition as students from Sonora. Arizona residents interested in studying at ITAP should call Cochise College’s International Office at (520) 417-4758.

Tuition waivers are available to students from Sonora through an agreement between the Arizona-Mexico Commission and the Comisión Sonora-Arizona. Qualifying students from Sonora who are studying in Arizona may pay in-state tuition for a maximum of two years. Students from Arizona who wish to study in Sonora have a series of educational and living options available.

For more information:
Instituto de Educacion Sonora-Arizona
Calle Guerrero # 39 entre Colosio y Sonora, Colonia Centro, C.P. 83000 Hermosillo, Sonora
Phone/Fax: (662) 289 76 00 Ext. 2401/2383
instituto_sonora_arizona@hotmail.com

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