Is Student Cost Calculator legal or immigration advice?

No. SetTern tools screen cited government and catalog data for planning only. Confirm eligibility, fees, and deadlines on the official portals linked on this page.

Where does tuition come from?

Median tuition from universities in the selected city's SetTern catalog (2026 fields). Always confirm on each university's official fees page.

Why not use a tuition multiplier on living costs?

We pair cited university tuition entities with city living midpoints — not an invented avg×4 heuristic.

Student cost of living for Tokyo

Student cost of living calculator prefilled with cited Tokyo cost bands. Tuition plus living costs for study-abroad cities.

Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.

Student Cost Calculator is a free SetTern planning tool. Tuition plus living costs for study-abroad cities. Tuition from SetTern university entities (2026 catalog) — verify on each university site. Sources are cited on the page — confirm details on the official portals linked.

Cited Tokyo cost context

These planning bands come from the SetTern city catalog for Tokyo, Japan. The calculator below is prefilled from them — edit any line to match your own quote.

Living cost avg (catalog)	$3,200/mo Source
Rent 1br (catalog)	$1,000/mo Source

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$2,677/mo

$32,125/yr total · Tokyo

Rent (1br catalog): $1,000/mo ($12,000/yr)
Utilities (mid): $130/mo ($1,560/yr)
Groceries (mid): $315/mo ($3,780/yr)
Transport (mid): $105/mo ($1,260/yr)
Dining out (mid): $300/mo ($3,600/yr)
Tuition / 12 (median of 2 catalog unis): $827/mo ($9,924/yr)

Monthly living line items from the cited city catalog, plus median catalog tuition ÷ 12 when universities exist in that city.

Study city

University of Tokyo — $5,350/yr (verified 2026-07-16)
Waseda University — $14,500/yr (verified 2026-07-16)

Planning composition from cited city catalog bands + median catalog tuition — not visa funds proof and not each university's official fees page.

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Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.

Verified official sources

SetTern methodologysettern.io — How we cite costs, visas, and tool limits — not legal advice.
SetTern editorial policysettern.io — E-E-A-T, fact verification, and update cadence.
SetTern universities datasetsettern.io — Tuition bands paired with city living costs.

Common questions

Is Student Cost Calculator legal or immigration advice?: No. SetTern tools screen cited government and catalog data for planning only. Confirm eligibility, fees, and deadlines on the official portals linked on this page.
Where does tuition come from?: Median tuition from universities in the selected city's SetTern catalog (2026 fields). Always confirm on each university's official fees page.
Why not use a tuition multiplier on living costs?: We pair cited university tuition entities with city living midpoints — not an invented avg×4 heuristic.

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