There is a nonrefundable $300 acceptance fee for those applicants accepted into Anesthesiol- ogist Assistant and Physician Assistant. There is a nonrefundable $500 acceptance fee for those applicants accepted into the BSN degree program. The acceptance fee does not apply to the RN to BSN degree completion program. The non-refundable acceptance deposit for ap- plicants accepted through the General Admis- sions Procedure into the pharmacy program is $1000. The acceptance deposits will be ap- plied to the student’s first quarter tuition pay- ment.. If an applicant accepted into the Phar- macy or Anesthesiologist Assistant programs encounters circumstances that prevent their matriculation, any amount paid by the applicant that is above the nonrefundable application fee and acceptance deposit will be refunded.
Anesthesiologist Assistant Lab Fees There is a $100 lab fee charged for each quarter of laboratory course work (total of $300). Application Fee
Individuals seeking admission to any South University program are charged a fee at the time of initial application:
The application fee for all programs is $50 The application fee for the professional level BSN degree program is $50. The supplemental application fee for the Master of Science Phy- sician Assistant degree program is $50. The supplemental application fee for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program is $50.
The receipt of the application fee does not constitute acceptance of the student. This fee is refundable if a refund is requested within three days of making application. A student paying this fee but not enrolling within one calendar year will be reassessed the fee upon reapplication. Auditing Fee
Audited courses are subject to the same tuition and fees as courses taken for cred- it. Refer to the Tuition section. Require- ments for auditing are published in the Aca- demic Information section of this catalog. Credit by Examination Fee
A fee of $400 will be collected for each examina- tion given a student who desires to earn credit as outlined in the Credit by Examination section of this catalog. No fee is charged for keyboard- ing and word processing examinations. Graduation Fee
A graduation fee of $125 will be collected from each candidate for graduation and is due and payable the quarter in which the candidate is to graduate. If the candidate is to receive a sec- ond degree at the same graduation ceremony, an additional fee of $50 will be charged. The fee will be $95 for a second degree awarded at a subsequent graduation ceremony. Membership Fees
Students enrolling in the Physician Assistant Studies program will incur a one-time fee for membership in the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). The fee of $75 is subject to change. Students in the physical therapist assistant program may incur an Asso- ciation of Physical Therapist Assistants (APTA) membership fee of $60, also subject to change. Students enrolling in the Anesthesiologist As- sistant Program are eligible to join the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) as a student member for $25 per year, which includes the monthly journal Anesthesiology, newsletters, and free admission to the annual meeting. Students are also eligible to join the AA profes- sional organization the American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants (AAAA) for a fee of $60, which is good for the entire time in the program.
Nonsufficient Funds Fee
For all checks returned due to nonsufficient funds, a fee of $25 will be charged to the stu- dent’s account.
Nurse Entrance Examination Fee
Applicants for the Nursing Programs are required to take an entrance examination. The fee for this test is $50 and must be paid upon registration for the test. The fee is nonrefundable once the examination is taken. The fee is refundable if re- quested in writing for applicants who withdraw their intention of taking the examination and ap- plying to the Nursing Programs.
Physician Assistant Studies Lab Fee There is a $75 clinical lab fee charged for each quarter of didactic course work ($375 total). Readmission Fee
Any student who has not been in attendance at South University for one year or longer will be assessed a $50 readmission fee. Student I.D. Replacement Fee
Photographs for student IDs are taken during orientation and student IDs are issued to new students during their first week of classes. There is no charge for the initial student ID. Stu- dents who lose their IDs may obtain a replace- ment through the office of the dean of student affairs for a charge of $10 per occurrence Transcript Fee
Each student is entitled to have one official transcript forwarded to another institution. The charge for additional copies is $5 each. Requests for transcripts should be submitted to the administrative office at the applicable campus.
Academic transcripts will not be issued to any student who has an outstanding balance with the University or is in default on any fed- eral, state, or institutional loans.
Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Program Application Fee
Individuals seeking admissions to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program must apply through PharmCas, the organization that processes cen- tralized applications to schools of pharmacy in the U.S. Information on the PharmCas application fee and process can be found at www.pharm- cas.org. Each applicant must also complete a School of Pharmacy supplemental application and submit that application and the $50 supple- mental application fee directly to the School of Pharmacy. The receipt of the $50 supplemental application fee does not constitute acceptance of the student. Unless a refund is requested within 72 hours of receipt of the application by the Uni- versity, this fee is nonrefundable. No fee waivers will be granted. Any student who pays this fee but does not enroll within one calendar year will be reassessed the fee upon reapplication. School of Pharmacy Acceptance Fee There is a nonrefundable $1,000 acceptance deposit for applicants accepted into the Doc- tor of Pharmacy degree program.
Acceptance deposits are nonrefundable. However, acceptance deposits will be applied to the student’s first quarter tuition payment. If an applicant accepted into the School of Pharmacy encounters circumstances that prevent their matriculation, any amount paid by the applicant that is above the nonrefund-
able application fee and acceptance deposit will be refunded.
Estimated Student Expenses for the South University Doctor of Pharmacy
Tuition*
Doctor of Pharmacy Program Tuition $8,795/quarter Fees/Other Expenses
Supplemental Application fee $50 (nonrefundable) General Acceptance Deposit $1,000 Textbooks (estimated cost) $325/quarter * Tuition fees are subject to change.
† All acceptance deposits are credited to tuition, but are not re- fundable if student fails to matriculate.
Payment of Tuition and Fees
All charges are due and payable on or before the registration date for each quarter. Circum- stances which prevent a student from adher- ing to these dates should be discussed with the business office. Students attending school under a grant or loan should confer with the director of financial aid concerning the pay- ment of fees; students attending school under the G.I. Bill can discuss payment of school fees with the director of financial aid.
Failure to make proper payments, unless otherwise cleared with the business office, will result in dismissal from the University. Grades will not be issued, degrees granted, or academic transcripts furnished until all fi- nancial obligations have been satisfied and all university property returned.
Refund of Tuition
Tuition charges are based on the total number of credit hours for which a student is enrolled on the first day of classes (as listed in the Uni- versity calendar), regardless of program. Re- funds or tuition adjustments will be awarded according to the following guidelines*: 1. If circumstances prevent matriculation
before a student begins attending the Uni- versity, all tuition charges will be refunded. The application fee will be refunded only if a refund is requested within three days of application.
2. A tuition adjustment results when a student officially changes enrollment status (fulltime to part time, part time to less than part time or part time to full time) during the drop/add period. No adjustment will be made for stu- dents dropping individual classes after the drop/add period.
3. Savannah campus: Refunds for students withdrawing from all classes will be based on the following guidelines: [a] students completing no more than five (5) percent of instructional time will receive a ninety-five (95) percent of tuition refund; [b] students completing more than five (5) but no more than ten (10) percent of instructional time will receive a ninety (90) percent of tuition refund; [c] students completing more than ten (10) percent but no more than twenty- five (25) percent of instructional time will receive a seventy-five (75) percent of tuition refund; [d] students completing more than twenty-five (25) percent but no more than fifty (50) percent of instructional time will receive a fifty (50) percent of tuition refund; [e] students completing more than fifty (50)
percent of instructional time will receive no refund of tuition.
The refund policy for students in South Univer- sity’s online programs is identical to the refund policies stated above for the Savannah cam- pus. Fully online students only have one add/ drop period in the first session of their quarter. Students who are starting their second session may change classes if there is no net change in the number of credits. Any student wishing to change the number of credits registered, regardless of the point in their quarter, must submit a request to their Academic Advisor. The student is responsible for consulting with Financial Aid to determine any implications of the course load adjustment
4. West Palm Beach, Tampa, Montgomery, and Columbia** campuses: Students who withdraw from all attended classes during the first week of the quarter are entitled to a refund of 75 percent of the tuition paid for the quarter. A refund of 50 percent will be made if withdrawal occurs during the sec- ond week after the scheduled date classes are to begin. Students who withdraw during the third week will be refunded 25 percent. Students who withdraw after three weeks have elapsed from the scheduled beginning of classes will be entitled to no refund of any part of the tuition paid that quarter. ** Columbia campus only: For students attend- ing the University for the first time and who withdraw from the institution, a prorate refund calculation shall be applied up to 60 percent point in time of that initial term. Prorate refund is a re- fund for a student of not less than that portion of tuition, fees and other charges assessed the student equal to the portion of the period of en- rollment for which the student has been charged that remains on the last day of attendance by the student, rounded downward to the nearest ten percent of that period, less any unpaid charges owed for the period of enrollment for which the student has been charged, and less an adminis- trative fee not to exceed the lesser of five per- cent or one hundred dollars.
Should a student withdraw from the in- stitution, any amount of refund must first be returned to the Title IV, HEA program funds, including the Federal Pell Grant program, and then to other sources of aid up to the full amount received from the program.
Return of Title IV Funds
In compliance with Federal regulations, the school will determine how much Federal student financial assistance the student has earned or not earned when a student with- draws from school.
The school will calculate the percentage and amount of awarded Federal student fi- nancial assistance that the student has earned if the student withdraws up through the 60 percent point of the term. If the student has completed more than 60 percent of the term, the student earns 100 percent of the Federal student financial assistance.
The amount earned will be based on the per- centage of the term that was completed in days
79 up to and including the last date of attendance.
To calculate the amount earned, the school will determine the percentage by dividing the num- ber of calendar days completed in the term up to and including the Last date of attendance by the total number of calendar days in the term.
If the student received more than the amount of Federal student financial assistance earned, the difference will be returned to the Federal student financial assistance programs from which funds were received in the fol- lowing order: Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, Unsubsidized Direct Loan, Subsidized Stafford Loan, Subsidized Direct Loan, Perkins Loan, PLUS Loan, Pell Grant, ACG, SMART, SEOG. Funds will be returned to the aid source within 45 days of the date that the school determines that the student has withdrawn.
If more Federal student financial assistance has been earned than has been received, the student may be eligible for a post-withdrawal disbursement. The school will notify the stu- dent of any post-withdrawal disbursement for which the student may be eligible and what steps need to be taken for the Federal financial assistance funds to be received.
If Federal student financial assistance funds need to be returned, the institution must return a portion or all of the unearned funds equal to the lesser of:
• The institutional charges multiplied by the percentage of the unearned Fed- eral student financial assistance funds • The entire amount of unearned
funds
If there are remaining unearned Federal financial aid funds to be returned, the stu- dent must return any loan funds that remain to be returned in accordance with the terms and conditions of the promissory note. If the remaining amount of funds to be returned in- clude grant funds, the student must return any amount of the overpayment that is more than half of the grant funds received. The school will notify the student as to the amount owed and how and where it should be returned. Official Withdrawal Procedure
To withdraw officially from the institution, students must contact the office of the regis- trar to provide notification of their intention to withdraw in writing. The effective date of the withdrawal cannot be earlier than date of the written contact with the registrar’s office.
Fully online students must contact their Aca- demic Advisor to officially withdraw from school. Financial Aid
Financial aid is the economic assistance avail- able to help students meet the difference be- tween what they can afford to pay and what it actually costs them to go to school. This eco- nomic assistance may be in the form of schol- arships, grants, work-study programs, or loans. A financial aid package is a combination of dif- ferent forms of financial aid that together make up a student financial aid award. A financial aid package may include grants, loans, or a combi- nation of these two.
A student’s ability to contribute to the cost of his or her education is determined by the use of a needs analysis, which is a consistent,
systematic way of measuring the ability of a family to pay for educational costs and its eligi- bility to receive funds from federal programs. It determines the ability, not the willingness, of a student or family to finance the student’s edu- cation. Everyone who applies is treated fairly and equally under this system. In determining how much a student and his or her family can contribute, a number of factors are considered. From these factors, a needs analysis deter- mines how much a student and his or her fam- ily can contribute and how much money will be needed to finance the student’s education. Application Process for Financial Aid To apply for any form of financial aid at South University, a student must:
1. Apply for admission to the University. 2. Complete a Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA). This form is for both in and out-of-state students.