Universities that charge under US$5,000 a year: 1,823 of them

1,823 universities in 108 countries whose published international tuition is under US$5,000 a year — and 307 more that charge nothing at all.

Ranked on the lowest rate each university publishes, converted to US dollars at the European Central Bank reference rate for 2026-09-07 so that figures in different currencies can be compared. The rate as the university itself publishes it is in the last column; that is the figure that governs.

Which countries have the most of them

CountryUniversities under US$5,000
France468
Japan348
India98
United States90
Poland66
Austria64
Canada63
Germany60
Indonesia51
Chile47
Italy24
United Kingdom18
Singapore17
Pakistan16
Belgium16
Lithuania16
Malaysia15
Switzerland15
Türkiye14
Portugal14
Ukraine12
Nigeria11
Colombia11
Russia10
Ireland10
Czechia10
Egypt9
Romania9
China9
Ghana9

The cheapest of them

Rates under US$100 a year are left out. At that level the published number is an enrolment charge or the lowest band of an income-scaled scale, not a tuition rate — the universities that genuinely charge nothing are on the tuition-free page instead.

UniversityCountryA year, in US$As the university publishes it
University of FerraraItaly$181€156
Politeknik BosowaIndonesia$283IDR 5,000,000
Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical CollegeUnited States$300$300 – $14,000
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa UniversityTürkiye$413TRY 20,000 – TRY 40,000
Universitas Muhammadiyah SurakartaIndonesia$465IDR 8,200,000 – IDR 26,300,000
Sparsh Himalaya UniversityIndia$466₹44,000 – ₹62,500
STMIK Triguna DharmaIndonesia$468IDR 8,260,000 – IDR 8,360,000
Institut Agama Islam Tafaqquh Fiddin DumaiIndonesia$473IDR 8,350,000
STMIK PontianakIndonesia$475IDR 8,390,000 – IDR 12,740,000
Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia$476IDR 8,400,000 – IDR 16,500,000
CT UniversityIndia$476₹45,000 – ₹500,000
Lingaya's Lalita Devi Instititute of Management and SciencesIndia$476₹45,000
Potti Sreeramulu Telugu UniversityIndia$476₹45,000 – ₹59,500
R. N. G. Patel Institute of TechnologyIndia$476₹45,000 – ₹72,800
Swami Vivekananda UniversityIndia$476₹45,000 – ₹427,300
Vivekananda Global UniversityIndia$476₹45,000 – ₹50,000
Harapan Bangsa Institute of TechnologyIndonesia$482IDR 8,500,000 – IDR 38,000,000
Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia$482IDR 8,500,000 – IDR 15,000,000
Hiroshima Bunkyo UniversityJapan$485¥75,000 – ¥450,000
Konan UniversityJapan$485¥75,000 – ¥300,000
Matsumoto Dental UniversityJapan$485¥75,000 – ¥400,000
Osaka Electro-Communication UniversityJapan$485¥75,000 – ¥450,000
Shiseikan UniversityJapan$485¥75,000 – ¥725,000
Tsu City CollegeJapan$485¥75,000 – ¥195,000
Academy of Labour Social Relations and TourismUkraine$488UAH 21,750 – UAH 43,500
Gujarat Maritime UniversityIndia$489₹46,200
Akita University of Nursing and WelfareJapan$490¥75,800 – ¥120,000
Kogakkan UniversityJapan$490¥75,800 – ¥700,000
Kyoto College of Medical ScienceJapan$490¥75,800 – ¥700,000
Nagoya Bunri UniversityJapan$490¥75,800
Niigata Medical Technology Specialist SchoolJapan$490¥75,800 – ¥500,000
Osaka University of TourismJapan$490¥75,800 – ¥700,000
Saitama Junshin Junior CollegeJapan$490¥75,800 – ¥120,000
Shobi UniversityJapan$490¥75,800 – ¥700,000
Takachiho UniversityJapan$490¥75,800 – ¥500,000
Institut Agama Islam PemalangIndonesia$491IDR 8,660,000 – IDR 9,000,000
University of ShizuokaJapan$491¥76,000 – ¥535,800
TRABZON ÜNİVERSİTESİTürkiye$491TRY 23,798 – TRY 105,646
Miyazaki Municipal UniversityJapan$494¥76,400 – ¥535,800
ARTVİN ÇORUH ÜNİVERSİTESİTürkiye$494TRY 23,943 – TRY 28,579
ANKARA SOSYAL BİLİMLER ÜNİVERSİTESİTürkiye$496TRY 24,000 – TRY 80,000
Tokushima UniversityJapan$496¥76,740 – ¥152,070
Politeknik Negeri BalikpapanIndonesia$499IDR 8,800,000 – IDR 14,950,000
Akademia Nauk Stosowanych - Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Administracji w OpoluPoland$499PLN 1,850 – PLN 4,850
Uczelnia Społeczno-Medyczna w WarszawiePoland$499PLN 1,850 – PLN 4,200
Wielkopolska Akademia Społeczno - Ekonomiczna w Środzie Wielkopolskiej - Akademia Nauk StosowanychPoland$499PLN 1,850 – PLN 2,750
Wyższa Szkoła Planowania StrategicznegoPoland$499PLN 1,850 – PLN 4,500
Kabale UniversityUganda$499UGX 1,875,000 – UGX 4,048,500
Sharda UniversityIndia$500$500
University of the PunjabPakistan$500$500 – $1,000
Adventist University of AfricaKenya$500$500 – $800
Africa Centre of Excellence for Water ManagementEthiopia$500$500 – $5,000
All Saints University School of MedicineDominica$500$500
Beltei International UniversityCambodia$500$500 – $600
Benha National UniversityEgypt$500$500 – $6,000
Breyer State Theology UniversityPanama$500$500 – $1,500
Galen UniversityBelize$500$500 – $600
Garden City UniversityIndia$500$500 – $900
H. Lavity Stoutt Community CollegeBritish Virgin Islands$500$500
Invertis UniversityIndia$500$500 – $2,375
Mangalayatan UniversityIndia$500$500
National University of Modern LanguagesPakistan$500$500
Northern Marianas CollegeNorthern Mariana Islands$500$500
PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGEUnited States$500$500 – $550
The Asia Pacific School of BusinessSingapore$500$500
University of FairfaxUnited States$500$500
University of KigaliRwanda$500$500
University of LivingstoniaMalawi$500$500 – $3,333
University of the Philippines Open UniversityPhilippines$500$500 – $1,000
Windsor University School of MedicineSt. Kitts & Nevis$500$500 – $2,000
NorQuest CollegeCanada$502CA$694 – CA$926
European School of Law and AdministrationPoland$503PLN 1,866 – PLN 5,429
Ikuei UniversityJapan$504¥78,000 – ¥560,000
Lakehead UniversityCanada$507CA$700 – CA$2,825
Georgian CollegeCanada$507CA$700
Regent CollegeCanada$507CA$700
University of Human EnvironmentsJapan$507¥78,508 – ¥815,000
Hajvery UniversityPakistan$508PKR 141,000 – PKR 208,000
Kaziranga English AcademyIndia$509₹48,100 – ₹70,000
Poltekkes Kemenkes BanjarmasinIndonesia$510IDR 9,000,000
Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Manajemen YKPN YogyakartaIndonesia$510IDR 9,000,000 – IDR 13,000,000
Sekolah Tinggi Multi Media "MMTC" YogyakartaIndonesia$510IDR 9,000,000
Sekolah Tinggi Teologi BandungIndonesia$510IDR 9,000,000 – IDR 18,000,000
STIKES Katolik St. Vincentius a Paulo SurabayaIndonesia$510IDR 9,000,000 – IDR 13,600,000
Universitas Indo Global MandiriIndonesia$510IDR 9,000,000
Atlantic School of TheologyCanada$510CA$705 – CA$1,899
Escola Superior de Música de CatalunyaSpain$511€440
College of Management “Edukacja”Poland$512PLN 1,900 – PLN 7,500
Warszawska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna im. Bolesława PrusaPoland$512PLN 1,900 – PLN 12,400
Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna Związku Nauczycielstwa PolskiegoPoland$512PLN 1,900 – PLN 12,400
Beacon International CollegeSingapore$513SGD 650 – SGD 1,180
Nova Scotia Community CollegeCanada$514CA$710 – CA$5,815
P P Savani UniversityIndia$514₹48,600 – ₹198,000
Vistula School of HospitalityPoland$515PLN 1,909 – PLN 8,000
Pułtusk Academy of HumanitiesPoland$515PLN 1,909 – PLN 8,000
St. Clair CollegeCanada$515CA$711
National Insurance Academy, PuneIndia$516$516 – $3,440
SAIT PolytechnicCanada$517CA$714 – CA$1,040
Universitas AbdurrabIndonesia$517IDR 9,120,000 – IDR 45,000,000
Hosei UniversityJapan$517¥80,000
Osaka Institute of TechnologyJapan$517¥80,000
Aomori Chuo Gakuin UniversityJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥120,000
Aomori Chuo Junior CollegeJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥126,000
Baiko Gakuin UniversityJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥700,000
International Budo UniversityJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥700,000
Iwate Prefectural UniversityJapan$517¥80,000
Japan Electronics CollegeJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥110,000
Kansai University of Social WelfareJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥600,000
Kansai Vocational College of MedicineJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥100,000
Meiji Gakuin UniversityJapan$517¥80,000
Morinomiya University of Medical SciencesJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥150,000
Osaka Shin-Ai Gakuin UniversityJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥900,000
Senshu University Kitakami welfare education technical schoolJapan$517¥80,000
Shuko Junior CollegeJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥120,000
University of NagasakiJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥535,800
Yamaguchi Gakugei UniversityJapan$517¥80,000 – ¥350,000
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de LyonFrance$523€450 – €775
Fernando Pessoa UniversityPortugal$523€450 – €3,000
École Supérieure Privée d'Ingénierie et de TechnologiesTunisia$523€450 – €3,000
Emanuel UniversityRomania$523€450 – €550

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