Cost Recovery and Self-Supporing Programs

These programs have unique tuition and fee waiver requirements and tuition schedules, and so are an addendum to Tuition Waiver Policy. Students enrolled in any of the described programs on this page are not eligible for employee tuition and fee waivers.

Cost recovery programs are those that:

  • are allocated no state funds and must generate all costs through tuition and fees,
  • are approved by the Board of Trustees, and
  • are exempt from all tuition and fee waiver programs, but
  • must honor statutory waivers.

Self-supporting programs are those that:

  • receive no direct state subsidy (general revenue funds),
  • may depend on a special Board of Trustees approved tuition rate to cover additional costs of developing and offering the program,
  • are usually aimed at non-traditional audiences (e.g. professional, off-campus, online), and
  • are exempt from all tuition and fee waiver programs, but
  • must honor statutory waivers (information on statutory waivers).

Approved Self-Supporting Programs:

All Professional Development courses through UIS Continuing & Professional Education such as ION Professional eLearning Programs, Ed2Go and Green Flower. These programs are not for academic credit; therefore, no tuition waivers are applicable.

Approved Cost Recovery Programs:

Online Graduate Degree Programs

  • Master of Accounting - beginning in Summer 2027
  • Master in Business Administration (MBA) General
  • MBA Accounting Data Analytics
  • MBA in Applied Finance
  • MBA Business Analytics
  • MBA Business Process Management
  • MBA Cybersecurity Management
  • MBA Cybersecurity Administration
  • MBA in Management Science - begining in Summer 2027
  • MBA Healthcare Analytics
  • MBA Healthcare Management
  • MBA Human Resource Management
  • MBA IT Project Management
  • MBA Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Masters in Cybersecurity Management
  • MS Finance 
  • MS Healthcare Informatics 
  • MS Human Resource Management
  • Masters in Management Information Systems
  • MS Management Information Systems- Business Analytics
  • MS Management Information Systems- Business Process Management
  • MS Management Information Systems- IT Project Management

Online Graduate Certificate Programs

  • Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance
  • Graduate Certificate in Accounting Data Analytics
  • Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics
  • Graduate Certificate in Business Applications of Artificial Intelligence
  • Graduate Certificate in Business Process Management 
  • Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity Administration
  • Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity Management 
  • Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity Policy and Implementation
  • Graduate Certificate in Digital Forensics
  • Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Analytics
  • Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management
  • Graduate Certificate Human Resource Management
  • Graduate Certificate in IT Project Management
  • Graduate Certificate in Marketing
  • Graduate Certificate in Operations & Supply Chain
  • Graduate Certificate in Project Management for Healthcare Informatics
  • Graduate Certificate in Security and Privacy of Healthcare Information Systems