Many students have been fully reimbursed for their St. John's University
tuition. Reimbursing corporations include the United States Department of
Defense, McDonnell Douglas, Upjohn Pharmaceutical, Nissan Manufacturing, Shell
Oil, Occidental Oil, and Wackenhut Services.
Various police departments and health care facilities across the country
have reimbursed St. John's University tuition to their personnel. Various
corporations have received a tax deduction when matching funds are donated by
Alumni to St. John's University.
Tuition is $50 per semester hour for the Associate degree, $60 per hour for
the Bachelor degree, $75 per hour for the Master degree and $100 per hour for
the Doctorate Degree.
Degree students have a choice of three tuition plans. Plan A is tuition paid
in full when a student begins a degree program. Plan B offers a percentage of
tuition paid, when accepted into a degree program, and a 5% carrying charge on
the tuition balance to be paid monthly. Plan C is a minimum of $100 tuition,
paid when accepted into a degree program, and a 10% carrying charge on the
tuition balance to be paid monthly.
All monthly tuition is to be received by the first of each month and
considered late if received after the 15th of the month; a late fee of $10 is
assessed when tuition is received late. The late fee must be included in the
next month's tuition payment for the student to maintain an active student
status.
All tuition, book fees and graduation fees must be paid in full by the
deadline stated in the student's graduation packet mailed to graduates prior to
graduation.
Refunds apply to students paying tuition in full upon initial admission.
Students who withdraw within the first 3 days of being formally admitted may
receive a 90% refund. This is considered a full refund since there are
significant administrative costs to admitting a new student. Students
withdrawing within the first 3 weeks may receive a 75% refund. Students
withdrawing before the 5th week may receive a 50% refund. There are no refunds
after the 5th week.
All withdrawals must be in writing. Students electing Plan C are ineligible
for tuition refunds.
The annual student activity fee provides many administrative services such
as processing daily incoming correspondence, filling textbook orders and
instructor assignments, all computer services, address changes, administration
of all final examinations and recording of all final grades, all miscellaneous
phone calls and correspondence, printing and mailing of the official University
quarterly publication ATTAIN and many other services that enable a student to
complete a correspondence degree program in a smooth, efficient way. This
$35 fee is paid upon acceptance into a degree program. Students enrolling mid
year pay a prorated amount. The annual student activity fee of $35 is to be paid
at the beginning of each year, no later than January 15th.
St. John's University has made every attempt to keep fees to a minimum.
Each time a student applies for admissions there is a non-refundable $50
application fee. Each time a student changes an undergraduate major or a
graduate degree program there is a $50.00 re-evaluation fee. Tuition will be
adjusted to current rates when there is a change in a major or in a degree
program.
If a student should become inactive by being 2 months behind in tuition,
there is a $50.00 re-activation fee in order to reactivate a student's status.
When an inactive student becomes active their tuition is adjusted to current
rates; any update in curriculum, textbooks, etc. will also be adjusted in order
to enable the student to resume their studies.
Before a student can be reactivated, past tuition and fees must be remitted.
There is a $10.00 late fee each month tuition is not received before the 15th
of the month. This late fee must be included with the next tuition payment. The
annual student activity fee is $35; there is a $25 late fee if received
after the required deadline.
There is a $4.00 text book fee for each book to cover the cost of
postage, handling and insurance. Foreign students will pay the postage for
shipping books according to the cost to send books to a particular country.
Books are automatically shipped air mail to foreign students unless surface
mail is requested. Official or student copy transcript fees are $5.00 per
request.
Miscellaneous fees may go into effect after the printing of this catalog.
St. John's University has a minimum number of fees compared to a campus program.
An active student is considered to be a fully enrolled student who has
either paid tuition in full or is paying monthly tuition, each and every month,
until tuition is paid in full, and has paid the annual student activity fee. An
inactive status does not refer to the rate at which students submit assignments.
To receive student services a student must maintain an active student status.
Students are considered inactive if they are two months behind in tuition
payments or have not remitted the student activity fee within the time required.
To activate a student's status, a $50 reactivation fee must be remitted as well
as any late tuition and/or late fees. Any tuition balance will be adjusted to
current rates.
Included in the graduation fee are preparation of the official transcript
and diploma, computerizing permanent records, cap, gown and hood rental,
graduation facility rental, and many other graduation costs.
All tuition, miscellaneous and graduation fees must be received at the
University no later than December 1st for the January graduation and June 1st
for the July graduation.
The graduation fees are as follows:
Associate Degree $100.00
Bachelor Degree $150.00
Master Degree $200.00
Doctoral
Degree $250.00
There is a $4.00 handling and mailing fee for each textbook that is mailed.
This fee also includes the cost for the assignment materials. All orders must be
pre-paid. Book orders for foreign students will be sent air mail unless a
student requests them to be sent by surface mail. Cost of shipping to foreign
countries will vary.