C O S T   O F   A T T E N D A N C E

• TUITION AND OTHER EXPENSES

  • Application Fee

  • Tuition for Full-time Graduate Students: Fall, Spring, Summer

  • Residency

  • Payment for Registration Expenses and Confirming Enrollment

  • BAMA Plan Installment Payment Option

  • Deferment of Registration Expenses

  • Use of Federal Financial Aid to Pay Prior Year's Charges

  • Other Fees and Charges

• COST OF ATTENDANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

  • Estimated Cost by Semester

  • Explanation of Cost of Attendance

TUITION AND OTHER EXPENSES

Tuition for Full-Time Graduate Students - Fall and Spring Semesters
The current rates for graduate study are shown under the University's Cost of Attendance web page. We strive to ensure that all tuition rate information is current. There may be times when circumstances beyond our control require amendments to our fee structure and therefore all rates are subject to change without our notice. Full-time for graduate students is defined as 9-15 hours. An overload charge is assessed for each hour in excess of the full-time schedule. This charge is also listed on the Cost of Attendance web page.

Tuition for Graduate Students - Summer Term
The summer term consist of several sessions - a 3-week interim and two 5-week sessions. For current rates for summer term please refer to the University's Cost of Attendance web page.
Other Fees and Charges

There are other administrative fees and charges that are levied for specific items in addition to tuition charges. There is a list of some of these fees and charges together with the current rates on the University's Cost of Attendance web page.

Residency

Payment of Registration Expenses and Confirming Enrollment

Other forms of payment include, financial aid, scholarships disbursed or authorized (reflected on the student’s account); sponsoring agency contracts; tuition assistance from various private, federal, and state funds; the Alabama P.A.C.T. program; tuition assistantships, University faculty/staff or departmental grants.  If all or a portion of a student’s registration expenses are to be paid by some type of financial aid or by a sponsoring agency and the student’s account does not reflect this actual or projected transaction, it is the student’s responsibility to provide written evidence of this support to the Office of Student Receivables.

Schedule Confirmation

Automatic Schedule Confirmation/Not Attending Cancellation

The student's schedule will be automatically confirmed after the confirmation/payment deadline, if the student has sufficient payment from projected or actual credits (e.g., financial aid, scholarships, 3^rd party contracts, etc.) reflected on the account to pay all registration costs. Thus, if the student will not be attending, it will be necessary for the student to indicate this on his/her myBama student account no later than the cancellation/confirmation deadline date. The student also has the option of indicating that he/she will be attending on the web thus confirming the schedule at an earlier point. Once the schedule has been confirmed, the student will be liable for charges incurred and must officially withdraw through the Academic Records Office.

Allowing Others to Conduct Business for the Student

Students will be able to allow a parent or parents to view their financial student account and make payment/confirm the fall schedule. Through myBama, the student will assign a user ID and password to allow this access and will need to give this information to the parent.  It is still the student's responsibility to make sure that the schedule has been confirmed by the deadline.

Other Financial Payment Policies

Continuing students that register for courses after the confirmation deadline (above) will be charged a $25.00 late registration fee.

All charges collected during the registration process are subject to correction for errors in calculation to ensure that correct amounts are collected as required by the board of trustees and current policies of the University.

Meal plans contracted for after the student has confirmed registration for the semester must be paid in full at the Bama Dining Office.

Payment of registration charges with a check that is subsequently returned from the bank unpaid will result in an additional late registration fee and a returned check fee. Failure to clear a returned check taken in payment for registration charges will result in administrative withdrawal from classes. Once this action is taken, the student cannot be reinstated for the semester, but will owe the prorated portion of the charges for tuition and dorm room charges as specified in the "Withdrawals from the University" section.