Broad-Based Fees

This fee supports the expansion of interdisciplinary faculty teams that provide new, relevant educational programs for UB students and that build UB’s competitiveness in attracting new research support to the university. This research support provides opportunities for graduate student research and an improved standing for UB in the national and international research community. It also supports building educational capacity (i.e., faculty, advising, infrastructure) to allow UB to offer more course sections in high-demand course areas.

There are several opportunities for students to provide feedback on fee planning.

• Broad-based Fee Consultation Process: Consultation with our students on proposed fee amounts takes place every year, in accordance with SUNY Fee Policy. During this annual consultation period, UB engages the student population directly regarding proposed changes to Broad-based fee rates for the upcoming academic year. UB advertises and solicits this student feedback in a variety of ways, from advisory groups to surveys and email inquiries, and takes this feedback into consideration when submitting fee rate increases to SUNY.
• Students can share feedback on any of the Broad-based Fees at any time, or participate in advisory and programming committees.
• For more information on getting involved or to share your feedback, contact the respective fee contact listed below or your student government representatives.
• For more information on services provided by the fees, please review the Broad-based Fee expenditure reports* on the Broad-based Fee Consultation web page.

*2021-22 Actual Broad-based Fee revenue expenditure reports are expected to be available online by December 2022.

Effective fall 2020, UB will automatically waive certain fees for students who meet the following criteria.

Fees (if applicable) waived for students enrolled in exclusively online academic programs and high school students who are enrolled in high school programs:

• Health Fee
• Transportation Fee
• Campus Life Fee
• Recreation Fee
• Athletic Fee

Fees waived for students in School of Management, School of Law, School of Dental Medicine, and Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences:

• Career Services Fee

Waivers will not be granted for the following fees:

• Academic Excellence and Success Fee (ACES)
• College Fee
• Technology Fee
• Transcript Fee

The following programs are the academic programs at UB that are available exclusively online. Students enrolled in these academic programs are eligible for Non-resident Online Tuition rates and are eligible for the Comprehensive Fee Waiver.

*Online tuition rate not applicable

Updated 6/9/2023

To continue to offer programs and services that our UB students need and expect in the current SUNY, New York state, and UB budget climate, SUNY approved the following adjustments to the 2020-21 Comprehensive Fee. Requests for increases were limited to those deemed absolutely necessary and were limited to select student services.

• Overall, students will see a 2.03% increase in the Comprehensive Fee, including the addition of a new Career Services fee. Fees for a few select student services were increased. This includes:
  • 2.14% increase in the existing components of the Comprehensive Fee
  • A new $50 Career Services fee
• The Athletics Fee will be reduced by $53.00 to $212.75 for the fall 2020 semester. This is due in part to the Mid-American Conference (MAC) decision to pause the fall sports season as a result of COVID-19. 
• The Academic Excellence and Success fee (ACES) will remain at an annual rate of $525 for 2020-21.

Other components of the Comprehensive Fees that have increased for the 2020-21 academic year include:

• Campus Life — $7.50 increase
• Technology Fee — $24.50 increase 
• Student Health Fee — $26.00 increase

• Career Services Fee: This fee supports programs that enable students to explore careers early in their academic experience. Programs will help them discover their interests, build skills, and define a path to their desired careers. Students will create connections with peers, alumni and industry experts and build portfolios of out-of-classroom learning experiences that will give them a competitive advantage in the job market.