EXPLANATION OF FEES
Mandatory Fees
Student
Fees: The mandatory fee
assessment for undergraduate students is based on a number of requested credit
hours as follows: Students registered for 9 or more credits: $743.50 per
semester; students registered for 8 or fewer credits: $338.94 per semester.
Student Activities Fee
(Refundable): Charged to all undergraduate
students at the request of the Student Government Association. It is used in sponsoring various student activities, student publications, and
cultural programs.
Auxiliary Facilities
Fee (Refundable): Charged to all students.
This fee is paid into a fund that is used for capital improvement, expansion,
and construction of various campus facilities such as open recreation areas
(tennis courts, basketball courts, etc.), transportation alternatives, and the
Stamp Student Union. These projects are not funded or are funded only in part
from other sources.
Athletic Fee
(Refundable): Charged to all students for
the support of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. All students are
encouraged to participate in all of the activities of this department or to
attend the contests if they do not participate.
Shuttle Bus Fee
(Refundable): Charged to all students for
the support of the shuttle bus transportation system.
Stamp Student Union
and Recreational Fee (Refundable):
Charged to all students and is used to expand recreational facilities and Stamp
Student Union services.
Recreation Services
Fee (Refundable): Charged to all students
specifically to support the construction and operation of Ritchie Coliseum and
the Campus Recreation Center, a multi-use facility that includes basketball and
racquetball courts, indoor and outdoor pools, an indoor jogging track, and
multipurpose activity spaces.
Performing Arts and
Cultural Center Fee: Charged to all students to
support the operation of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Telecommunications Fee: Assessed to all students living in university residence halls.
Technology Fee: Charged to undergraduate students, to support the improvement of
the computer systems on campus.
Other Fees
Undergraduate
Application Fee (Non-Refundable): Charged to
all new applicants. $55
Enrollment Confirmation Deposit
(Non-Refundable): $400. All newly admitted
undergraduate students who intend to matriculate in the Fall or Spring semester
must submit a $400 deposit which is credited to their tuition charges when they
enroll. Should the student decide not to enroll for the specific semester of
application, the $400 deposit is forfeited and cannot be used to offset any
charges, including orientation charges, the student may incur.
Students admitted for the Fall
semester must submit this deposit by May 1 or within 30 days from their date of
admission, whichever is later, to reserve their place in the entering class.
Students admitted for the Spring semester must submit this deposit by December
1 or within 14 days of their date of admission, whichever is later, to reserve
their place in the entering class.
Pre-College
Orientation Program Registration Fee:
$145 (two-day program), $101 (one-day program), $60.00 (per person).
Late Registration Fee: $20. All students are expected to complete their registration on
the regular registration days. Those who do not complete their registration
during the prescribed days must pay this fee.
Special Fee for
students requiring additional preparation in Mathematics (MATH 003, 010, 011,
013 and 015) per semester: $250. (Required of students
whose curriculum calls for MATH 110 or 115 and who do not pass the qualifying
examination for these courses.) This Special Math Fee is in addition to course
charge. Students enrolled in this course and concurrently enrolled for nine or
more credit hours will be considered as full-time students for purposes of
assessing fees.
Cooperative Education
in Liberal Arts, Business, and Science
(UNIV 098-099) Per Semester: $60
Engineering COOP
Program (ENCO 098-099) Per Semester:
$60
Other Special Fees: The university offers a number of courses (MBA, ENTS, Chemical
and Life Sciences, Animal Sciences) that have special course fees in addition to, or in lieu of,
the standard tuition charges. Students are encouraged to contact the department
prior to registering for the class to determine the total cost of the course.
Fees
for Auditors: Fees
for auditors and courses taken for audit are the same as those charged for
courses taken for credit at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Audited
credit hours will be added to hours taken for credit to determine full-time or
part-time status for fee assessment purposes. Special Students are assessed
fees in accordance with the schedule for the comparable undergraduate or
graduate classification.
Special Examination
Fee (Credit-by-Exam): $30 per course for all
undergraduates and full-time graduate students; credit-hour charge for
part-time graduate students.
Parking Registration
Fees: All students enrolled for classes at the
university and who drive or park a vehicle anywhere or anytime on the campus
must register to park on campus each academic year. For additional information,
please refer to Department of Transportation Services.
Textbooks and Supplies: Textbooks and classroom supplies vary with the course pursued,
but averaged $1025 in 2008 (two semesters).
Service
Charges for Dishonored Checks: Payable for each check
which is returned unpaid by the drawer bank on initial presentation because of
insufficient funds, payment stopped, post-dating, drawn against uncollected
items, etc.
For
checks up to $100: $10
For
checks from $100.01 to $500: $25
For checks over $500: $50
When a check is
returned unpaid, the student must redeem the check and pay any
outstanding balance in the account within 10 days or late fees may be
assessed and the account transferred to the Central Collection Unit
for legal follow-up. Additionally, a minimum 17% collection charge is
added to
the charges posted to the student's account at the time the transfer is
made.
When a check is returned unpaid due to an error made by the student's
bank, the
student must obtain a letter from the branch manager of the bank or a
person of
equivalent status admitting the error. This letter must be submitted to
the
Office of the Bursar to have the service charge waived.
Overdue Library
Charges: For items from the library's main
circulating collections, charges are .50 cents per day per item, and recalled
item fines are $2 per day. If an item is lost or mutilated, the borrower is
charged the estimated cost of the item plus a processing fee to cover
acquisition and cataloging costs. Different fine rates may apply to other
library collections, such as reserve collections.
Maryland
English Institute Fee: Semi-intensive, $3406.00. Intensive,
$5972.00. Students enrolled with the Maryland English Institute pay this fee in
support of the Institute. Students enrolled in the semi-intensive program may
also enroll for regular academic courses and pay the tuition and fees
associated with those offerings. The program also offers non-credit courses in
American English Pronunciation (UMEI 006) for $943.00 and Fluency Program or
Advanced Writing (UMEI 007, 008) for $1253.00. These charges were for Fall 2008 and are subject to change.
Property
Damage Charge: Students will be charged for damage to
property or equipment. When responsibility for the damage can be fixed, the
individual student will be billed for it; when responsibility cannot be fixed,
the cost of repairing the damage or replacing equipment will be prorated among
the individuals involved.
Late
Payment Fee: Per-semester fee of 5% of overdue
amount, or $10, whichever is greater, plus an additional 1.5% on each
subsequent billing.
Withdrawal
and Refund of Fees: Students compelled to leave the
university at any time during the academic year should meet with their academic
college advising office and secure a form for withdrawal. The completed form
and identification card are to be submitted to the academic college advising
office which will communicate results to the Office of the Registrar. Students
will forfeit their right to a refund if the withdrawal action described above
is not adhered to. The effective date used in computing refunds is the date the
withdrawal form is filed in the academic college advising office. Stop payment
on a check, failure to pay the semester bill, or failure to attend classes does
not constitute withdrawal. Refund requests should be processed by students with
the Office of the Bursar, otherwise any credit on the student account could be
carried over to the next semester.
If
a Cancellation of Registration is submitted to the Office of the Registrar
before the official first day of classes the student is entitled to full credit
of semester tuition.
Undergraduate
students withdrawing from the university will be credited for tuition and fees
in accordance with the following schedule:
| Prior to 1st day of classes | | 100%
|
1st 10 days of classes
| | 80%
|
3rd week
| | 60%
|
4th week
| | 40%
|
5th week
| | 20%
|
After 5th week
| | No refund
|
Note: First-semester freshmen who receive Title
IV aid and who withdraw will receive a refund in accordance with federal
regulations.
Prior to
the first day of classes, if full-time undergraduates drop a course
or courses, thereby changing the total number of credits for which they are
registered to 11 or fewer, charges for the semester will be assessed on the
basis of the per-credit-hour fee for part-time students. However, if students
later add a course or courses thereby changing the total number of credits for
which they are registered to 12 or more, they will be billed for the difference
between per-credit-hour fees paid and the general fees for full-time
undergraduates.
If during the first five days of classes full-time undergraduates drop a course or courses
thereby changing the total number of credits for which they are registered to
11 or fewer, charges for the semester will be assessed on the basis of
part-time charges plus 20% of the difference between the full-time fees and
appropriate part-time charges. After the first five days of classes, there is
no refund for changing from full-time to part-time status.
Students who register as
part-time undergraduate students and apply
for a refund for courses dropped during the first week of classes will be given
an 80% refund. No refund will be made for courses dropped thereafter.
No part of
the charges for room and board is refundable except when
students officially withdraw from the university or when they are given
permission by the appropriate officials of the university to move from the
residence halls and/or to discontinue dining hall privileges. In these cases,
the room refund will be computed by multiplying the number of periods remaining
by the pro rata weekly rate after adjusting for a service charge. Refunds to
students having full board contracts will be calculated in a similar manner. No
room and/or board refunds will be made after the 14th week of the semester.
Students are reminded that reservations for room and board must be canceled by
the date published in the residence hall and dining services agreement(s).
In computing refunds to
students who have received the benefit of scholarships and loans from
university funds, the computation will be made to return the maximum amount to
the scholarship and loan accounts without loss to the university.
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