Cashier's Office
Explanation and Description of Fees

|| Advance Deposit || Student Activity Fee || General Fee || Student Association Fee || Room and Board || Room Reservation Deposit || Music Lessons || Special Fees ||

Advance Deposit

The advance deposit is payable at the time a person accepts admission to the University as a matriculating student. The deposit is forfeited by an applicant who makes a reservation to study at the University and does not attend within two years, except for first-time undergraduate students for the fall semester who submit a written refund request to the Undergraduate Admissions Office by May 1. In addition, advance deposits for certain graduate programs will be forfeited if attendance is not made within one year.

The undergraduate advance deposit is $200 for commuter students and $300 for students who plan to live in University housing. One half of the advance deposit can be applied to the first semester's charges, and one half of the deposit must be held on account to be refunded after graduation or withdrawal from the University, if all financialobligations have been met. For resident students, the amount held on account would convert to a security deposit for succeeding semesters. If a fall semester resident fails to notify the Housing and Residence Life Office of the intent not to return for the spring semester by December 19, the deposit is forfeited. If a current resident reserves a room for the fall semester and fails to notify the Housing and Residence Life Office by June 30 of the intent not to return for the fall semester, the deposit is also forfeited.

Advance deposits for graduate programs are automatically applied against the first semester's charges.

International students (who require an I-20 form to study in the United States) are required to send to Marywood a $1,500 advance deposit when accepted for study at the University. One half of the deposit may be used toward the expenses of the student's first semester at the University, and one half is held on account toward his/her final semester's expenses at the University. If a student's application for a visa is rejected by the U.S. Embassy, he/she may apply for a refund of his/her advance deposit (less a $25 service charge) by sending to the Marywood Cashier's Office a letter certified by the U.S. Embassy regarding this matter and accompanied by the I-20 form. Marywood University should receive this information four weeks prior to the start of classes.

Student Activities Fee

Undergraduate students registered for 4 credits, but less than 12 credits per semester, pay a $50 Student Activities Fee per semester for the fall and spring semesters.Undergraduate students registered for 12 or more credits per semester pay a $100 Student Activities Fee per semester for the fall and spring semesters. This fee is directly allocated to the Undergraduate Student Government Association, which, in turn, provides all students the following: weekly and weekend programming; funds for the student newspaper; allocations to various student clubs and organizations, including the commuter and resident committees; and the production of a major concert. The Student Activities Fee is charged to cover the costs of these activities that are over and above the costs of student activities funded by the General Fee.

General Fee

Students registered for 4 credits, but less than 12 credits per semester, pay a $170 per semester General Fee for fall and spring semesters. Students registered for 12 or more credits per semester pay a $445 per semester General Fee for fall and spring semesters. The General Fee represents a number of benefits, such as use of the Student Center, Career Services, services of the Health Office and Infirmary, Counseling/Student Development Services, national and university testing programs, use of the Library and Instructional Technology Services, Academic Computing Center, student activities, student organization membership, registration fees for the fall and spring semesters, and recreational facilities. Students who pay the $890 General Fee per year are entitled to a Student Recreation Association membership at no extra charge. Students who pay the $340 General Fee per year are entitled to receive a Student Recreation Association membership at the reduced student rate.

Lehigh Valley/Reading/Danville Student Association Fee

This $20 fee is payable per semester in the fall and spring semesters for all students who take 6 credits of course work in the Lehigh Valley, Reading, or Danville MSW Program. Not required of those students who pay the $445 per semester General Fee.

Room and Board

The room and board fee of $11,108 includes room and board for the fall and spring semesters inclusive of a 19-meal week for residents in Madonna Hall, Regina Hall, Loughran Hall,Perpetual Help Hall, McCarty Hall, or Bethany Hall. Less than 19-meal per week plans are available at the following rates:

• Room and 185-Block Meal Plan, $11,108;
• Room and 12-Meal Plan, $10,458;
• Room and 150-Block Meal Plan $10,458.

Information regarding these plans and additional board plans is available from the Housing and Residence Life Office. A limited number of single rooms are available at an additional cost of $1255. per year.

The Woodland Apartments, on-campus apartments that accommodate five or six upper-class undergraduate students, are also available. Detailed information regarding rates is available from the Housing and Residence Life Office.

The fee for a single room and a 19-meal plan for the fall and spring semesters in Immaculata Hall (all single rooms) is $12,363. Less than 19-meal per week plans are available at the following rates:

• Room and 185 Block Meal Plan, $12,363;
• Room and 12-Meal Plan, $11,713;
• Room and 150-Block Meal Plan, $11,713.

Residence in a particular residence hall is subject to availability. A security deposit/advance deposit is required of all resident students. Further information about the deposit requirements and part-time residency rates for graduate students is available from the Housing and Residence Life Office.

Annual Room Reservation Fee

An Annual Room Reservation Deposit of $300 is required each spring for students planning to live on campus the following fall. The deposit may be applied to the fall room and board charges. Once a deposit has been made and a housing agreement has been signed, the student is committed to the terms of the housing agreement for the entire academic year. Students eligible for a refund of the room deposit must apply to the Housing and Residence Life Office by June 30. Eligibility is determined by the criteria in the housing agreement. Incoming students are not required to have the $300 deposit for the fall.

Music Lessons

Private lessons are given for academic credit. The fee is $395 per semester for half-hour lessons or $790 per semester for one-hour lessons, in addition to the cost of tuition. For music majors, these fees may range from $790 to $1,580 per semester, in addition to the tuition charge for each academic credit.

Special Fees

Specific areas of concentration and courses requiring special materials, equipment, or services may carry course fees (in addition to tuition) from $5 and up. Clinical Nursing courses, which ordinarily begin in the spring semester of the sophomore year, carry course fees ranging from $75 to $200 and up (in addition to tuition) per course.

Summer school and special workshop fees are listed in separate bulletins.

The University reserves the right to adjust fees when necessary.

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Cashier's Office/Financial Aid Office Fax is (570) 961-4739. E-mail: cashier@es.marywood.edu .