Graduate Catalog 2019-2020 > Admission, Application, and Fees and Financial Assistance > Fees and Payments

Fees and Payments

Upon acceptance of admission to the university, the student likewise accepts all conditions of payment as well as all terms and regulations of the university. No promise or contract that differs from these terms shall bind the university unless it has been signed by the chief operating officer of Lindenwood University. The university reserves the right to increase or reduce fees each year according to changes in fiscal conditions.

Semester Graduate Tuition

Five-Term Graduate Tuition

Residential Charges

*Applied music fees are applied to individual lessons in piano, voice, orchestral instruments, and organ.

**Studio course fees are applied to courses such as ceramics, color theory, photography, and figure drawing.

Notes: (1) The graduate contract degree rate will be determined at the time of admission into the program. (2) Provisions for extended stay housing and meals, degree programs, tutoring, and additional services are available upon request.

An initial $200 housing deposit is required to reserve campus housing for residential students. By making the housing deposit, the student and the student’s parent or guardian indicate acceptance of the terms and conditions of the university. No refund of this housing deposit will be granted to any student who withdraws from the university after making this deposit but prior to the start of an academic term.

The housing deposit becomes a refundable room-damage deposit once the student has attended classes and the semester charges have been paid. This deposit remains on account at the university as long as the student resides in university housing. The cost for any damages to the student’s university housing will be deducted from the deposit.

Students are eligible for the refund of their deposit upon departure from campus housing (coinciding with graduation or any move from university housing). In order to qualify for this refund, students must meet all financial obligations to the university, satisfy all outstanding debts, and complete the residential checkout process. Any student wishing to move off campus and receive a refund of the housing deposit must also personally notify the Office of Residential Life in writing of plans to move out of university housing. Failure to do so by the date of the last class or exam of the semester or prior to vacating campus housing will result in forfeiture of the deposit.

Application materials for the refund of the room-damage deposit are available in the student portal.

All tuition charges and fees are due prior to the beginning of the term. Students should consult their student account representatives in the Business Office regarding due dates or to make other payment arrangements prior to the beginning of the term. Alternatively, students may also use their student portals to remit payment. Payment options include the following items:

• Direct Corporate Invoicing is available for students who work for companies that require an invoice from Lindenwood University in order to process tuition assistance. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the employer’s tuition voucher is submitted to the Business Office before the payment deadline of each term. Failure to submit the necessary paperwork to the Business Office by the published payment deadline may result in late fees.
• The Corporate Promissory Note is available to students who work for companies that have tuition reimbursement plans. Proof of employment and a copy of the company’s reimbursement policy must be on file in the Business Office. The amount of the promissory note cannot exceed the amount the employer pays for tuition for each term. The due date for all promissory notes is 30 days following the conclusion of the term for which the note applies. A monthly late charge will be assessed after this date. Also, the student will forfeit the privilege of executing a promissory note in any future term if payment is not received in full by the due date. By signing a promissory note, students give Lindenwood University permission to contact their employers if the note is not paid by the date due. Any payment or financial aid received prior to the promissory note due date will be applied to the balance appearing on the student’s account. In addition, all transcripts and documents must be submitted to the Office of University Admissions to ensure that federal and state aid programs can be administered.
• Direct Debit Payment Note (DDP): Lindenwood University offers a direct debit payment plan for the convenience of students. Payments can be made directly (electronically) from a checking or savings account; there are no fees associated with this method of payment.

Students must meet all financial obligations to the university in order to qualify for continued enrollment or graduation. Each term, students must pay all money due to the university, including tuition, fees, parking fines, library fines, and any other financial obligation. A student with a delinquent account can expect the following consequences:

•    Enrollment for the subsequent term will not be allowed.

•    Final grades for the current term will be withheld.

•    A transcript will not be issued.

•    A diploma will not be issued.

The university reserves the right to withdraw any student who fails to meet his/her financial obligations to the university. Students who are withdrawn for nonpayment are liable for all charges on their student accounts at the time of withdrawal.

Within the first week of a term, a student may drop classes via the student portal without having to obtain the signature of a faculty member. No grade of W will appear on the student’s transcript as a result of dropping classes during this week, and the classes will be dropped as a “never attended."

In the event that a student wishes to withdraw from a course or courses or from the university altogether, the following conditions apply with respect to the refund of charges.

• Any student who withdraws from the university prior to the start of the second week of a term is eligible for a refund of charges for that term except the initial enrollment and housing deposits, book vouchers, books and other course materials. The refund of residential charges will be pro-rated.
• Any student who withdraws from all courses after the start of the second week of the term is eligible for a refund of the tuition charges (including course-overload charges) for the courses the student attended upon the start of the term. Refunds are granted according to the schedule in the tables below.

Refunds for 16 Week Courses

Refunds for 12 Week Courses

Refunds for 8 Week Courses

Refunds for 4 Week Courses

Full-time resident semester students whose academic status is not affected by the withdrawal from a course or courses they have already attended are not eligible for any refund of tuition for the withdrawal from those courses. No refunds are granted to students who remain enrolled unless the student never attended the course being dropped.

Note: The reduction in credit hours resulting from withdrawing from a course will also result in a review and adjustment of the student’s financial scholarship, if applicable.

Students wishing to withdraw from Lindenwood University should submit a completed withdrawal form (with the signatures of the instructors for each of the courses the student attended and the signature of the student’s advisor) to the Office of Academic Services.

Notes: (1) Calculations of the return of Title IV aid for withdrawals occurring during the first two weeks of a term will be based on the last date of attendance for the term in which the student withdraws. Students who initiate a withdrawal from the university after the first two weeks of the term will be eligible for a refund of Title IV aid based on the date that the withdrawal form was submitted to Academic Services.

(2) Any student who earns the grade of AF in all coursework within a term will be considered unofficially withdrawn for that term and will be subject to a Title IV refund calculation. Based on this calculation, a portion of Title IV aid may be unearned and required to be returned to the appropriate agency.

(3) Residential charges will be pro-rated for a term after the student signs either a New Student Housing Application or a Returning Student Housing Application. Application, lab, miscellaneous fees, and room reservation deposits are nonrefundable, except as indicated under the Housing Deposit section of this catalog.

(4) The enrollment fee is nonrefundable after May 1.

Appeals of withdrawal and refund calculations or other institutional charges from students and parents who feel that individual circumstances warrant exceptions from published policy should email the assistant vice president for the business office at BusinessOfficeAppeals@lindenwood.edu. In order to appeal a decision, the student must submit a written request including any evidence that would substantiate the appeal.

After the amount of the refund has been calculated, the Student Financial Services Office will determine the Title IV refund amounts according to the calculation schedule approved by the U.S. Department of Education. Refunds to specific Title IV programs will be made to the following programs in the order outlined:

1. Outstanding balances on FFEL Program Loans (Unsubsidized Stafford, Subsidized Stafford)
2. PLUS
3. Federal Pell Grant awards
4. Federal SEOG awards
5. Other Title IV student assistance
6. Other federal, state, private, or institutional aid
7. The student

No Title IV program may receive a portion of the federal refund amount if that program was not part of the student’s original package.

When a student officially or unofficially withdraws from school and has received a cash disbursement for educational expenses that exceeds non-institutional costs of education up to that time, the student owes the excess amount to the Title IV program(s) that helped meet the student’s educational costs. Lindenwood University will follow the same procedures used in the refund policy to determine which Title IV program(s) will receive the student-owed repayment. The university will notify, bill, and collect the amount owed the Title IV program(s) from the student.