Worcester, MA · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Worcester State University
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$81,373
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $3,300.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Worcester State University
| Full price, in state | $30,350 |
| Full price, out of state | $36,612 |
| After grants, at your income | $18,950 |
At this income, 13 of Massachusetts's other 51 colleges cost less after grants, and 38 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. Worcester State’s merit scholarships for Massachusetts residents are $3,000 or $4,000 a year, by high school GPA of 3.5 or 4.0. Meeting the minimum does not guarantee one.
Worcester State University's promise. Worcester State: $0 in tuition and fees for Massachusetts undergraduates with a household income of $75,000 or less, from fall 2025. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At Worcester State University, our scenarios for Massachusetts households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $4,600 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What Worcester State University says it awards for grades and test scores.
Worcester State’s merit scholarships for Massachusetts residents are $3,000 or $4,000 a year, by high school GPA of 3.5 or 4.0. Meeting the minimum does not guarantee one.
Published guarantees you may qualify for
We do not assume you qualify for any of these, and our plans never bank on them. Check each against your own situation with the aid office.
Worcester State: $0 in tuition and fees for Massachusetts undergraduates with a household income of $75,000 or less, from fall 2025
Household income up to $75,000. Covers tuition, fees.
- Worcester State’s ValuePlus page describes the same program as for Pell-eligible Massachusetts residents with an adjusted gross income of $85,000 or less, and says that a student who commutes attends free. We use the lower limit.
“Starting Fall 2025, any admitted Massachusetts undergraduate student whose household income is $75,000 or less can attend Worcester State with $0 in tuition and fees.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Worcester State University reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit. For a family that lives in Massachusetts, it also counts Massachusetts' tax deduction for money you put through its 529 plan.
The $4,600 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in Worcester State University's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Massachusetts, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price Worcester State University at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Worcester State University's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Worcester State University. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- Salem State University$17,498 a year
- Bridgewater State University$18,053 a year
- Worcester State University$18,950 a year
- University of Massachusetts Amherst$19,374 a year
- University of Massachusetts Lowell$22,018 a year
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