Cost Per Use and Tuition Calculator
Compare purchase cost per use or user-selected tuition components per credit and course.
A QUICK WALKTHROUGH
How to use this tool
- Choose a mode, units and inputs. Tuition uses named components and explicit inclusion; enter named credit-count scenarios.
- Calculate and review every contribution and scenario.
- Copy the fixed report or download UTF-8 TXT.
Formula and precision
Use: price ÷ uses. Tuition: sum included charges − included scholarship/refund deductions; divide by declared credits or courses. Exact rational arithmetic; decimal display rounded half away from zero, with exact fractions.
Scope
Published tuition may differ from billed tuition. Inclusion and credit basis are user declarations. No aid, tax or institution rules. Purchase mode excludes maintenance, running costs and resale. Parsing resource limits: each numeric text is at most 512 characters; scientific exponent magnitude is at most 1000; displayed decimal places are integers from 0 to 100. At most 500 component/category rows, comparison lines and scenario lines per respective list. Exceeding a limit is rejected without truncation; exact fractions are exported in full. These are parsing limits, not caps on business quantities.
Local processing
Inputs stay in this browser. Reports include all inputs, assumptions and tables.
GOOD TO KNOW
Common questions
Does this define a policy?
No. This is arithmetic using your own inputs; no institution, aid, tax or grading policy is assumed.