Billing Information

• Schedule for Billing and Collecting Charges
  
  
• Payment of Tuition and Fees
  
  
• Deferred Payment Option
  
  
• Tuition Adjustment Policy for Withdrawal

SCHEDULE FOR BILLING AND COLLECTING CHARGES

Generally, the fall semester tuition bills are due at the beginning of August, and the spring semester tuition bills are due at the beginning of December. An e-mail message will be sent to the student's official University e-mail account announcing that the eBill is available. Please refer to the due date provided within the e-mail. eBill notifications will be sent approximately three weeks prior to the due date. Payment of tuition/fees or confirmation of registration must be completed prior to this date to avoid the $50 late payment fee. Please allow time for processing (5-7 business days) for payments sent through the mail.

One-half of annual tuition is payable each semester. Entering students must pay $500 by June 30, and a statement will be mailed in early June. Any balance on the fall semester tuition is generally due by the first Friday in August for all students. Spring semester tuition is due for all students by the first Friday in December. There is a late fee of $50 for any payment that is not made on time. A schedule of tuition and fees for the 2007-2008 academic year appears below. Costs for future years are subject to change and can be expected to increase each year.

* Students at the University Park location will be charged an activity fee of $186 rather than the $50 reflected here for the Carlisle location.

The deferred payment plan allows students to defer payment of two-thirds of their semester bill. This plan allows payment over a period of three months with payments of one-third of the semester charges. The first one-third of tuition, fees, and room is payable by the due date of the semester bill and the remaining two-thirds is payable over the subsequent two months. There is a $45 fee to use the plan, payable with the first one-third payment.

A student withdrawing without completing the semester in which he or she is enrolled is not automatically entitled to a tuition refund. If, however, the student has submitted a written request (countersigned by the Director of Financial Aid) to an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, who certifies that the withdrawal is “for good cause and without prejudice,” then an adjustment of tuition will be made for the semester in accordance with federal regulations and the following schedule:

Institutional Adjustment:

• Adjustment percentage based on student's last day of attendance provided withdrawal form is filed within one calendar month of last day attended.
• Students incur 20 percent charge for first week of class.
• Students incur additional 10 percent charge for each subsequent week.
• Students incur full cost (100 percent) beginning with the ninth week.

NOTE: Adjustment is based on the tuition amount only. Information technology fee and activities fee are non-refundable.

For students receiving student loans, federal regulation requires the University to calculate a Return of Federal Student Aid Funds for students who withdraw (officially or unofficially) from all classes on or before the 60 percent attendance point in the semester.

Using a pro-rata schedule, the percentage of the semester attended is used to calculate the amount of the student's earned versus unearned Federal student aid funds. The number of calendar days spent attending classes is divided by the number of calendar days in the semester to determine the percentage of the semester attended.

The unearned portion of Federal student aid funds will be returned to the appropriate aid program(s). The funds are returned in the following order:

1. Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
2. Federal Subsidized Stafford Loan
3. Federal Perkins Loan
4. Federal Grad PLUS Loan
5. Any other federal student financial assistance received by the student

Students withdrawing from classes are responsible for payment of any balance due after the required return of Federal student aid funds.

Students who fail to comply with this withdrawal procedure, or who are dismissed for non-attendance, disciplinary, or academic reasons, are ineligible for refunds. For other students withdrawing, the refund will be calculated using the institutional method. There is a $100 Administrative Fee charged.