Student Accounts
| Location: |
Old Main First Floor |
| Phone: |
(717) 691-6004 |
| Fax: |
(717) 691-2315 |
| Email: |
busoffc@messiah.edu |
| Office Hours |
8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Counter Hours |
8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
| Mailing Address: |
Messiah College
Box 3011 A/R
Grantham, PA 17027 |
Bills will be mailed in late July for the Fall Semester and in late November for the Spring Semester. Bills are always sent in the student's name. These initial bills will be based on registration and financial aid information available to the Business Office at the time of the mailing. Financial aid, that is known at the time of the billing, will be listed as anticipated financial aid. The financial aid award payment must actually be received before it is credited to the student account. Adjustments, if required, will be made and reflected on the statements that are mailed in September and February.
Periodic statements of activity on student accounts will be mailed to the student's permanent address on record. It is the student's responsibility to update the address on record by contacting the Registrar's Office. Duplicate copies of the initial bills (July and November) can only be sent to another address if the student completes a duplicate billing form in the Business Office. The Business Office will also periodically send statements of account through campus mail to all students. Students may check their account at any time online using MC Square.
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 Fall Semester by August 22, 2008 and December 22, 2008 for the Spring Semester.
2) The Monthly Payment Option (MPO) administered by Tuition Management Systems, requires ten (10) equal monthly payments for the estimated annual amount due. Payments are made directly to Tuition Management Systems by the 20th of each month starting in June and ending In March. If you have enrolled in the Tuition Management System Monthly Payment Plan before the July bill is mailed, the bill will reflect a credit for one-half of the yearly contracted amount. The same is true for the Spring Semester bill. It is important to make these payments to Tuition Management Systems on time each month. Your individual monthly payments to TMS will not show up on your Messiah statement, only the lump sum semester amount. (more instructions below)
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 you clearly communicate relevant information to the Business Office when you send your payment. Any outstanding balance carried beyond the due date is subject to a finance charge of 1.25% per month.
Summer Sessions and Independent Study Courses
Payment in full is required at registration for summer sessions and independent study courses.
At Messiah College, we are trying to help families more easily accommodate educational expenses within their individual financial situations. If you would like to pay your education expenses monthly, you can use the Interest-Free Monthly Payment Option (MPO) offered by our partner, Tuition Management Systems. The payment plan is available for a $60 enrollment fee and includes personal account service, automated account information 24 hours a day, and access to your account through their web site. Tuition Management Systems is a nationwide company providing education payment options to more than one million families at hundreds of colleges and universities. With this Monthly Payment Option, expenses for the year may be spread over the fall and spring semesters in ten (10) equal payments, without interest, beginning June 20, 2008 and continuing through March 20, 2009. This service can prove to be very helpful for your family whether or not you qualify for financial aid.
To enroll in this program, please call a Tuition Management Systems Representative a 1-800-356-8329 or log onto their web site at www.afford.com/messiah. You may enroll in the program until August 29, 2008.
Fall Semester 2008: August 22, 2008
Spring Semester 2009: December 22, 2008
A $100 late fee will be assessed to the account if not paid by the due date.
Each year we provide a voluntary student health insurance plan. All full-time students are charged for this plan on the Fall Semester bill. The plan covers sickness, accident, and major medical expenses for a 12-month period beginning August 1, 2008 and ending August 1, 2009. This 24 hour-a-day coverage includes all vacation periods. Coverage for participation in intercollegiate athletics is covered under a separate policy maintained by the College. Basic services in the College Health Center are provided without charge whether you have this or another insurance plan.
If you would like to waive the student health insurance, please fill out the Voluntary Waiver of Insurance Coverage form and mail to the Business Office before September 12, 2008. This form will be enclosed with the Fall Semester bill or it may be printed from the web site. Before you fill out the waiver, please consider that once you waive the insurance for the year, your next chance to enroll is not until Fall 2009. We encourage seniors to take this coverage even if they already have health insurance because most insurance plans cover the student only until graduation, but under this reasonable plan coverage continues until August 1, 2009.
Students starting at Messiah College in the spring are not automatically covered by the insurance plan. They must fill out the enrollment card and return it with payment to the Business Office.
COST
The cost of this program is $413. Family coverage (spouse and/or dependent) is available for an additional charge.
Spouses and dependents are not covered unless you request coverage. You may request coverage by simply completing the enrollment card and returning it along with your check made payable to Messiah College to:
Messiah College
Box 3011 A/R One College Avenue
Grantham, PA 17027
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Deadline to enroll or waive the insurance is September 12, 2008. This is the only time you may enroll in the program. Your coverage will begin August 1, 2008. All full-time students will be charged for the insurance. If the waiver is not received by September 12, 2008 the insurance fee will stay on the account. The insurance fee will not be removed for waivers received after the deadline of September 12, 2008.
This plan administered by:
BCS Insurance Company
2 Mid America Plaza, Suite 200
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
630.472.7700
For claim submission, please use the form below.
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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 student 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 2nd day of J-term classes.
3. Student who withdraw after the completion of the 5th week of classes will not receive a refund of tuition or residence fees.
4. Student Government, Student Services, and Lab fees will not be refunded
after the first week.
5. Dining Services fee refunds are pro-rated weekly up through the fifth week.
6. Students who withdraw after the J-term, but before the first day of Spring Term, will be treated as part-time students for refund purposes. As such, no J-term refunds are issued after the 2nd day of J-term classes.
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. Spring Semester room and unlimited meal plans will be adjusted only for students enrolled in credit-earning, academic, off-campus cross-cultural activities (for which Messiah has charged a fee), during J-term.
11. Medical Leave Refund Provision:
- Refunds for tuition, room and board will be calculated based upon the date of the medical leave paperwork. All other fees are not refundable.
- Fall semester refunds for medical withdrawals are calculated in accordance with the schedule included in the official institutional refund policy.
- Spring semester segments will be treated separately:
- Students who withdraw after January-term, but before the first day of spring-term will be treated as part-time students for refund purposes.
- Students are granted medical leave during spring-term will receive refunds based upon the schedule included in the official institutional refund policy, with the first week beginning on the first day of spring-term.
12. 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.
13. 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.
13. 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
14. Other financial aid will be refunded in proportion to and along the same schedule as tuition.
The fees, procedures, and policies listed above supersede those published previously and are subject to change at any time.
