Tuition & Fees
2007-2008 Academic Year

Fee Schedule
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Schedule of Semester Fees (2007-2008 academic year)

TUITION (If a student enrolls for more than 18 credits, the overload rate of $460 per credit hour will apply)		$11,855
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOC. FEE ($7 per credit hour for fewer than 12 credits)		$85
STUDENT SERVICE FEE ($23 per credit hour for fewer than 12 credits)		$270
BOARD: Meal Plan Options Available to All Students as Listed Below
Meal Plan Flex Dollars Plan Cost Guest Meals First-Year Students Without Limits Ultra* $100 $1,750 10     Sophomores Without Limits Ultra* $100 $1,750 10   175 Meal Plan $200 $1,695     Juniors & Seniors Without Limits* $100 $1,750 10   175 Meal Plan $200 $1,695   125 Meal Plan** $250 $1,380   75 Meals/Semester** $550 $1,380
* Allows unlimited access to residential dining seven days per week. 7:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. daily. ** To better facilitate use of traditional plans by juniors and seniors, these meals can be used to bring friends and family to dine as guests (Lottie Nelson dining room only). The only limitation is that the meal cardholder must accompany the guest and eat the meal with them.
Ala Carte Plans for Apartment & Off-Campus Living Only
Spendable Dollars Plan Cost Gold $890* $870 Silver $640* $630 Bronze $405* $400       *No flex or a la carte dollars will carry over from semester to semester. Any unused funds at the end of the academic school year will be forfeited.
Philadelphia Campus Meal Plan
Listed below are 2007-08 plans. Fees are estimated. Final fees available by September 2007.
*Super Value	10 Meal plan with $150 Flex Dollars	$1,480
*Super Value	15 Meal plan with $150 Flex Dollars	$1,630
*Super Value Carte Blanche	No Flex Dollars	$1,605
Provides for 5 dinner meals per week throughout the semester including J-term.
*Estimated

ROOM

Traditional Residence Halls: Bittner-Sollenberger-Mountain View; Miller-Hess-Grantham, Naugle, and Witmer	Single $2,050 Double $1,920 Triple $1,540 Quad $1,430
Townhouses: (Upper Classmen Only) Fry, Kelly, Mellinger, and Smith	One-Bedroom $1,975 Two-Bedroom $1,920
Satellites (Upper Classmen Only)	$1,860-$1,975
Philadelphia Campus	$1,850
Harrisburg Housing	$1,560-$1,975

Special Fees (2007-2008 academic year) 

Application for Admission (nonrefundable)	$30
Auditing, per semester hour	$340
Art Studio Fee (per course)	$30
Credit beyond 18 hours, per credit hour	$460
Credit by Examination, per credit hour (nonrefundable)	$90
Drop/Add fee	$10
Health Insurance (single coverage) academic year, nonrefundable (estimated)	est. $340
ID Replacement (nonrefundable)	$15
Late Payment Fee	$100
Late Registration fee, per course (nonrefundable)	$25
Lost Post Office Box Key	$25
Lost Room Key Fee (nonrefundable)	$50
Meal Plan Change Fee	$50
Nursing Student Fee (Nursing 202, 301, 302, 401 and 402)	$220
Parking Fee (per academic year, nonrefundable)	$100
Parking Permit Replacement Fee (nonrefundable)	$10
Private Lessons (Applied Music, includes all APM courses) (All Students: 14 one-half hour lessons per semester hour)	$300
Registration deposit for first-time students (refundable through May 1)	$200
Registration deposit, all matriculated students (Due March, refundable through July 15)	$100
Returned Check Fee (nonrefundable)	$25
Science Lab Fee (per course)	$30
Summer Room and Board 2008
Per Week (partial summer)	$210
Per Week (12 week minimum)	$190
Summer School, per credit hour	TBA
Tuition for fewer than 12 hours, per credit hour	$990

Billing Procedures
1. Bills will be mailed the third week of July for the fall semester and the last week in November for the spring semester. These initial bills will be based on pre-registration and financial aid information available at the time. Necessary adjustments will be made and reflected on the September and February statements. Financial aid is not credited until official notification of the award is received from the awarding agency.

2. Periodic statements of the activity on accounts will be mailed to the student’s home address unless another address is specified.

3.The tuition, science lab course fee, student activity fee, technology fee, and room and board charges for the Spring Semester include the January-term, Spring-term, and May-term.

Payment Policies  
1. There are two basic plans for making financial payments to the College for fall and spring semesters:

1. The Semester Plan requires payment of the entire balance due for the semester on August 24, 2007 for the fall semester and December 21, 2007 for the spring semester.
2. The Monthly Payment Plan within Tuition Management Systems requires ten (10) equal monthly payments for the estimated annual amount due with payments starting June 20 and ending March 20.

In both plans, any approved but uncredited financial aid (e. g. student loans, private scholarships, and grants) may be taken into account in computing the payment amount, provided that the relevant information is clearly communicated to the Business Office along with the payment. Any outstanding balance carried beyond the due date is subject to a finance charge of 1% per month.

2. Full payment is required at registration for summer sessions and directed study courses.

Institutional Refund Policy  
Refunds for students who withdraw voluntarily or involuntarily are determined according to the following policy:

1. The portion of tuition to be refunded to withdrawing students will be as follows:

Week 1	100%
Week 2	75%
Week 3	60%
Week 4	50%
Week 5	25%

2. For refund calculation purposes, spring semester begins the first day of January-term. Students who withdraw during J-term are considered part-time students for the purpose of calculating refunds. As such, no J-term refunds are issued after the second day of J-term classes.

3. Student who withdraw after the completion of the fifth week of classes will not receive a refund of tuition or residence fees.

4. Student Government, Student Services, Lab, music, private music lesson, art studio and all other course-related fees will not be refunded after the first week.

5. Dining Services fee refunds are pro-rated weekly throughout the semester.

6. Students who withdraw after January-term, but before the spring-term add date, will be treated as part-time students for refund purposes.

7. Refunds and adjusted bills will be sent to the student's home address following withdrawal.

8. There are no refunds for incomplete independent study or correspondence courses.

9. There are no refunds for enrolled students vacating a room after the start of the semester.

10. In accordance with federal regulations, when federal financial aid refunds are involved, the amounts are allocated in the following order: Unsubsidized Federal Direct Loans, Subsidized Federal Direct Loans, Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Direct PLUS Loans, Federal Pell Grants, Federal SEOG Grants, other Title IV aid programs.

11. The term “Title IV Funds” refers to the Federal financial aid programs authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (as amended) and includes the following programs: unsubsidized FFEL loans, subsidized FFEL loans, unsubsidized Federal Direct Stafford Loans, subsidized Federal Direct Stafford Loans, Federal Perkins loans, FFEL PLUS loans, Federal Direct PLUS loans, Federal Pell Grants, Federal SEOG.

12. Institutional and student responsibilities in regard to the return of Title IV funds:

• Messiah College’s responsibilities:
  
  • Providing each student with the information given in the policy
    
  • Identifying students who are affected by the policy and completing the Return of Title IV Funds calculation for those students
    
  • Returning any Title IV funds that are due the Title IV programs
    
• Student’s responsibilities:
  
  • Returning to the Title IV programs any funds that were disbursed directly to the student and which the student was determined to be ineligible for via the Return of Title IV Funds calculation

13. Other financial aid will be refunded in proportion to and along the same schedule as tuituion.


The fees, procedures, and policies listed above supersede those published previously and are subject to change at any time.