Free Program Costing Calculator
Evaluate the cost per student seat by combining direct instructional salaries with infrastructure overhead variables across every academic programme.
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Add each lecturer or instructor. Cost = hourly rate × total teaching hours for this programme.
Add recurring infrastructure costs allocated to this programme (annual or per-semester amounts).
Add materials, consumables, software licences, or any other direct programme costs.
Add instructional costs and overhead items, then click Calculate to see the cost per student.
How to Calculate Programme Delivery Cost Per Student in 3 Steps
Follow these steps to get results in under a minute
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"We were operating several programmes at a loss without realising it because our cost tracking was spread across four spreadsheets. This tool gave us a consolidated per-student cost view in minutes."
"The separation of instructional costs from overhead helps us identify which cost centres are controllable and which are fixed commitments. Exactly the analysis format our governing board expects."
"We run a mix of full-time and part-time lecturers with different hourly rates. Being able to enter each one separately and see the aggregate instructional cost per student made the budget justification process straightforward."
"We use the cost-per-student output when setting tuition fee bands each year. This tool gives us a defensible calculation that we can share with the finance committee and the student council."