B.A/B.Sc from Lewis University [LEWISU], Romeoville - Fees & Admission Details 2025

• Most of my classes were practical and required a lot of research to understand the concepts. I had a theory only in one class. I was pursuing an MS in Computer Science with Cloud Computing as my major. I was focusing more on AWS cloud, Network Security & Digital Forensics. These courses add a lot of value to your learning.
• We had two classes per week in person and one class used to be online.
• We always had 20 students in each class.
• 90% of the class were Indian students and 10% were of various nationalities.

• Fees:
  • $2500 per class/subject.
  • Each international student must undertake a minimum of 10 classes (30 credits) to qualify for a degree. Some may have to take more classes if they have no prior work experience or educational qualification in that particular field. If so, they have to take prerequisite courses.
  • $2500*10 = $25,000
  • Hostel—I have no idea since I stayed off campus.
  • Insurance = $750 per semester
  • Fees can be paid semester-wise, either in advance or through Nelnet EMI. However, enrolling in Nelnet EMI costs an additional $60 enrollment fee per semester.
  • Each semester, international students must enrol in a minimum of 3 classes; that is $7500 + $750 insurance.
• Average Fee per month = $2062
• Rent = $400-$2000 (depends on type and location of stay)
• Food = $350-$800 (depends on how often we eat outside)
• Car/Transport = $650-$800 (If purchased on EMI)
• Insurance = $200
• Fuel = $200
• Mobile = $60
• Estimated average based on midpoint will be around $5022 however it may vary based on several factors.
• Most international students earn about $3000 per month; hence, they manage their stay and food at a lower price and also they often buy a used car to prevent monthly EMI.
   

• The difficulty level is medium with theory and practical both at a good pace.
• Positives aspect can be - course curriculum, responsiveness of the professors
• Negatives aspect can be - very limited professors in Project Management 
• The Classes can be any day from Monday - Friday and the timings would be from 6pm - 10pm.  
• The average student size would be from 15 - 20 and 50% of them would be indians

• The full breakdown of fees for my entire course -College fee per semester is 8909.
• The fees charged at my college was Semester wise.
• Monthly rent - Around 500-600 dollars, outside the campus 
• Groceries and utilities - 250
• Transport and car maintenance - it really depends on 200-500 .

• The course for each subject is for 8 weeks only so you need to keep up with each of your classes you have and you have assignment in each week for most if the courses and exam in mid term and final which will be 4th and 8th week.
• Each week you will be having quiz discussion and an assignment and mostly if you take 3 classes Semester you can do all 3 in first term or all 3 in second term preferably one online and one offline in term 1 and one offline in term2.
• Mostly classes will be in evening and each class will be around 3 hours. In most of the classes they will be 40 people and out of which 30 are Indians.

• It is credit based and for each subject you have 3 credit hours and as international student you need to do 9 credit hours per semester and for 3 credit hours it will cost you 2500$ and 500$ admin fees and lab fees for each semester and in addition a international student insurance which costs you 980$ in total you will pay 9000$ per semester if you take 3 subjects and in order to finish your degree you need to have 33 credit hours which rounds up you will pay 32000$ in total.

• The curriculum was dead easy. It was theoretical. It was really easy getting a 4.0 GPA. All the graduate students had classes in the evenings. Usually 6-10. AVG students vary based on the course...
• Take 20 per course average. My course has 2022-2023 60 students. Recent semester it was 350, Lewis is getting popular. 90% are Indian students.

• 830 per credit hour
• Total 30 credit hours
• Total tuition is 24,900
• We have to pay every semester before registering for next semester. You can't register unless you clear business hold on your account, which goes off after the pending tuition is paid
• Rent: 380 with utilities before i got a job ( 7 people in 2BHK)
• After I got a job, it was 600 when we had 4 people in the house and it had 6 occupancy, but we even had 7 people at times.
• Transportation
• When i lived in city, monthly pass was 75
• In suburb, i used to drive tesla
• At my recent place, we had trash ( waste management) 83 every 3 months
• Monthly expense
  • Water: 150-180
  • Electricity- 380-460
  • Pantry: 200 whole household
  • Food: 400 whole household

• The initial few subjects did feel somewhat easy, but in my third semester, it began to become increasingly challenging. The curricula of courses were much more on theoretical knowledge, with all the assignments requiring lots of independent problem-solving. Sadly, not too much practical stuff could be found, at least from my side, in those courses.

• The most positive and negative aspects of the course varied by subject and depended on the instructors. Some courses were highly engaging and insightful, while others felt less impactful.

• It has credit based fee system , 850 per semester

• For an international student at Lewis University, the tuition fee is from $795 to $1,170 per credit hour, depending on the program, Room and board for on-campus housing is $7,700–$9,100 per semester, including meal plans. $200 per semester for student services and $1,000 annually for health insurance.

• Monthly living expenses, including rent, utilities, transportation, and groceries, average $1,200–$1,800 for off-campus students.

It was fairly easy and down to earth. I felt that I was pretty well prepared for the real world afternoon I graduated from Lewis University. Some of the technology was a little dated, but I think a general education and major classes were good.

Tuition was owed at the beginning of each semester. You had to set up the payment in the front office building to make sure you are all set and let the loan companies and/or banks handle it from there.