Estimate Your Costs Worksheet

Step one: Add up your USC charges.

Student charges reflected on the Cashier’s Office billing statement may vary depending upon tuition and fees, lab fees, housing,
meal plans, USCard charges, Student Health Center fees and parking permit charges. Complete the following section based on
the student’s actual charges.

Tuition (refer to your Registration Confirmation) $____________

Mandatory fees (Student Health Center, program fee, etc. Refer to your Registration Confirmation) $____________
Course fees (lab and equipment fees required for some courses. Refer to your Registration Confirmation) $____________
Orientation fee (one time, entering students only) $____________
Housing:
USC residence hall (semester payment: refer to your housing contract) $____________
or
USC-owned apartment (first month’s rent––rent due monthly: refer to your housing contract) $____________
Meal Plan: Mandatory Meal Plan, if required for your housing choice, or Optional Meal Plan $____________
USCard: $5 fee + Discretionary Account for meals, books and supplies (optional) $____________
Parking permit (optional) $____________
Student Health insurance $____________
Tuition Refund insurance (optional) $____________
Unpaid prior balance (if any) $____________
Other: _____________________________________________________________________ $____________
Other: _____________________________________________________________________ $____________

Total USC charges for the semester: $

Step two: Add up your financial aid and other credits.

Review your Statement of Financial Aid Eligibility. Do not include Federal Work-Study.
University Scholarship for semester $____________
University Grant for semester $____________
Cal Grant for semester $____________
Departmental and Outside Agency Scholarships for semester $____________
Federal Pell Grant for semester $____________
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) for semester $____________
Federal Perkins Loan for semester $____________
USC Subsidized Loan for semester $____________
GATE Unsubsidized Loan for semester $____________
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan (semester amount borrowed, multiplied by .97 to allow for fees) $____________
Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan (semester amount borrowed, multiplied by .97 to allow for fees) $____________
Federal PLUS Loan (semester amount borrowed, multiplied by .97 to allow for fees) $____________
Other: _________________________________________________________________________ $____________
Other: _________________________________________________________________________ $____________
Other: _________________________________________________________________________ $____________

Total financial aid and other credits for the semester: $

Step three: Subtract total credits (step two total) from USC charges (step one total) to determine
balance due or refund owed to you. $
Keep in mind that this worksheet only estimates your balance. You may have additional expenses to pay during the semester,
such as monthly rent charges.

USC Financial Aid Office • University Park Campus • Los Angeles, CA 90089-0914 • (213) 740-1111 • Fax (213) 740-0680 • www.usc.edu/finaid