UFCD Advanced & Graduate Students: 
Stipends and Tuition

Stipends are different for each advanced education program. Review the table below for information relating to program stipends.

Tuition is based on credit hour rates.  Tuition rates are subject to change at any time during enrollment.  Current tuition rates (2006-2007) vary depending on your date of enrollment (first semester registered in classes). Please check your

Fall and Spring Semesters
All postgraduate and graduate students are registered for 12 credit hours during fall and spring semesters.  Calculate your tuition based on your date of admission.

Summer A, B, C Semesters
A beginning student (Summer B), or student in the final term of studies (Summer A) is registered for 4 credit hours. A continuing student (Summer C) is registered for 8 hours. Calculate your tuition based on your date of admission.

Fees
In addition to tuition, some programs are required to purchase instruments. In 2005-2006, students were allotted the following amounts in their budgets for purchasing instruments:
   Endodontics -  $37,900.00
   Orthodontics - $  4,000.00
   Periodontics -  $10,600.00
   Prosthodontics -  $7,900.00

Listed below are 1st-year stipends.  Stipends may vary after the first year of study. All stipends are subject to change at any time during your enrollment.
 

Program	Stipend
Advanced Education in General Dentistry*	$30,000.00
Craniofacial Pain	$12,000.00
Dental Biomaterials	Variable
Dental Public Health	Variable
Endodontics	$5,000.00
Oral Biology	Variable
Oral Pathology	$16,000.00
Oral Surgery	Variable
Orthodontics	$5,000.00
Pediatric Dentistry	$27,000.00
Periodontics	$9,500.00
Prosthodontics	$7,000.00

*Stipend amounts are the same for Advanced Education in General Dentistry programs in Apopka, Hialeah, Jacksonville and St. Petersburg.