All fees
are established by the Board of Trustees and may be changed
periodically.
Financial Aid
Tuition
Rates for On-Campus Credit Courses
Enrollment
and Late Registration Fees
Student Activity Center
Fee
Student Technology Fee
Additional Fees
Graduate Studies Fees
Paying Tuition and Fees
Residency Status Policy
Tuition
Status for Graduate Fellows and Assistants
Residency Status for
Migrants
University
Policy for Use of Motor Vehicles
Vehicle Registration Fee
Vehicle Registration
Refund
University
Housing and Dining Services
Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Tuition
Rates for On-Campus Credit Courses
| Rates
Per Credit Hour: 2003-2004 |
| Level
of Courses |
Michigan
Residents |
Non-Michigan
Residents |
| Undergraduate |
$148.75 |
$379.75 |
| Master's/Specialist's |
$200.05 |
$397.40 |
| Doctoral |
$216.35 |
$429.10 |
A
special course fee of $60 per credit will be assessed for all
Physical Therapy (PTH) and Physician Assistant (PHA) courses.
A special course fee of $30 per credit will be assessed for
some audiology and all speech pathology courses.
NOTE: Students who audit courses are assessed tuition
at the regular rates. Special course fees are published in the
university’s Undergraduate Bulletin. Students who enroll for
credit by examination are assessed $40/credit hour.
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Enrollment
and Late Registration Fees
All students who have been admitted to Central Michigan
University and who are planning to register for one or more
on-campus courses are charged a non-refundable Enrollment Fee
each semester or session. The fee for 1-6 semester hours is
$40.00; for 7 or more semester hours, the fee is $80.00.
Late Registration. Students registering on or after the first day of
classes for the semester or session will be assessed a $100 late registration fee.
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Student
Activity Center Fee
Students enrolled in seven or more credit hours will be
assessed a $50.00 Student Activity Center fee for each of the
fall and spring semesters. Those whose course work requires
them to be away from campus full-time will be exempted from
paying this fee. Students who pay the SAC fee in both fall and
spring semesters have free use of the Student Activity Center
in the summer.
For students enrolled in fewer than seven credit hours in fall
and winter semesters, the Student Activity Center fee of $50
per semester is
optional, and there is an additional optional Summer fee of
$25.00 per six week session. There is a family fee available
for $25.00 per semester regardless of the student’s
enrollment status.
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Student Technology Fee
Graduate students enrolled in 7 or more credits will be
assessed a $110 technology fee per semester. Students enrolled
in 1-6 credits during a given semester or summer session will
be assessed a $55 technology fee per semester or summer
session.
Additional Fees
For the Fall and Spring terms, all students will be assessed a
$75 per semester library fee, and a campus improvement fee of
$37.50 per semester. Students enrolled in seven or more credit hours
will be assessed a $25 per semester campus programming
fee.
| Graduate
Studies Fees |
|
| Application
for Admission Fee |
(non-refundable |
| -
U.S. Citizens or Resident Aliens |
$35.00 |
| -
International Applicants |
$45.00 |
| Change
of Program Fee |
$30.00 |
| Application
for Graduation Fee |
$35.00 |
|
(per degree) |
|
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Paying
Tuition and Fees
CMU offers two options for paying tuition. Tuition and fees
for registration may be paid in full when billed. Tuition and
fees for Phase II Registration, as well as fee adjustments
made necessary by changes during the Drop and Add period, will
result in later refunds or billings. Any past due financial
obligations must be paid prior to the time of registration.
Registration will not be accepted until such obligations are
met.
As an alternative, students may budget and pay all or part of
the academic year (fall and spring semester) fees in nine
equal monthly installments without interest charges through
AMS, a third party. The plan may be used to cover tuition
and/or on-campus housing charges and can supplement all other
forms of financial aid such as grants, loans and scholarships.
Enrollment in this AMS plan and payments begin in the spring
preceding the covered academic year. For more information
about this option, contact the Receivable Accounting Office,
126 Warriner Hall, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859.
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Tuition
Status for Graduate Fellows and Assistants
For the purposes of determining tuition rates, doctoral level
fellows and assistants are given in-state tuition for the
duration of their program of study. Master's and specialist's
level fellows and assistants are classified as Michigan
residents only during the academic year of the award
(including subsequent summer).
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Residency Status
for Migrants
Migrant status is one factor considered when determining if a
student is domiciled in Michigan for tuition purposes.
Michigan migrants are defined as individuals who have made
their livelihood in seasonal work in the State of Michigan and
have traveled interstate for this purpose. Migrant students
will meet the residency requirement if they, or their parents,
or legal guardians, were employed in Michigan for at least two
months during each of three of the preceding five years.
Verification of employment as migrant workers should be
secured from the Michigan Farm Labor and Rural Manpower
Services Office. Other appropriate evidence may also be used
by migrant workers to prove their residency.
Michigan residence is claimed by means of self-certification
by the student, giving names of employer, date of employment,
and location.
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University
Policy for Use of Motor Vehicles
Students must register with the CMU Police Department any
motor vehicle which they park on the university campus, except
that students attending only Saturday classes and evening
classes beginning after 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday need
not register their vehicles. Registration must be completed by
the first day of classes, as soon as the student parks a
vehicle.
Any student who has a vehicle on campus is expected to become
familiar with, and to abide by the Mount Pleasant and
university traffic regulations and procedures. The university
parking regulations, as well as parking areas designated for
specific groups, are published with the campus map in a
brochure available at the CMU Police Department.
Bicycles should also be registered at the CMU Police
Department.
Vehicle
Registration Refund
Students leaving the university within two weeks after the
close of the fall semester or prior to the spring semester
will be entitled to a fifty percent motor vehicle registration
refund. Applications must be made prior to the end of the
first week of classes of the second semester. Students
withdrawing from the University within two weeks of the first
day of classes are entitled to a full refund of the motor
vehicle registration fee for the semester if the decal is
unused. If the student puts the decal on the vehicle and
cannot remove it, the student will only receive a half refund.
Applications for refunds should be made to the CMU Police
Department and be accompanied by identifiable portions of the
parking decals.
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University
Housing and Dining Services
Graduate students may live in housing of their own choice, but
CMU does offer a variety of housing and board accommodations
to both single students and students with families.
On-campus university-owned apartment housing is available for
graduate students: single or married, with or without
children. Housing office staff will identify apartment-mates
for those who wish to share an apartment but do not have a
particular person in mind. In order to create a community of
graduate students, the university’s housing office, when
possible, places graduate students residing in
university-owned apartments in close proximity to one another.
The rates for the 2002-03 academic year are as follows:
One-bedroom, two-person apartments are $335 per person per
month. Fees for a two-bedroom, two-person apartment are $385
per person per month.
One, two, and three-bedroom university family apartments are
assigned according to date of application for apartment
housing. Most units are furnished. The approximate monthly
rates for students range from $465 to $554.
Graduate students may also live in residence halls. Residence
halls provide several lifestyle options, quiet study areas,
and often such extras as weight rooms and computer labs.
Room/board rates vary depending on the meal plan chosen. The
19-meal plan is approximately $5,524. All students residing
on- or off-campus are eligible for residence hall board
options. Several areas in the Bovee University Center serve
meals on a daily basis.
Application for all university housing should be made well in
advance. Listings of off-campus accommodations are available
in the Office of Residence Life. Questions concerning housing
and board arrangements should be addressed to the Office of
Residence Life, Bovee University Center, Room 201, Central
Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 48859-0001; (989)
774-3111.
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Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 was
established to protect the privacy of student records.
CMU is, therefore, not allowed to release details of a
student's financial account without prior written consent from
the student. Authorization to Release Information forms,
which will allow release of information to specific
individuals, are available in the Receivable Accounting
Office, the Student Service Court (Bovee UC 119) or
online.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)
affords students certain rights with respect to their
educational records. They are:
(1) the right to inspect and review the student's educational
records within 45 days of the date the University receives a
request for access.
Students should submit to the registrar, dean, head of the
academic department, or other appropriate official, written
requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The
University official will make arrangements for access and
notify the student of the time and place where the records may
be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the
University official to whom the request was submitted, that
official shall advise the student of the correct official to
whom the request should be addressed.
(2) The right to request the amendment of the student's
educational records that the student believes are inaccurate,
misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy
rights.
Students may ask the University to amend a record they believe
is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the University
official responsible for the record, clearly identifying the
part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is
inaccurate or misleading.
If the University decides not to amend the record as requested
by the student, the University will notify the student of the
decision and advise the student of his or her right to a
hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional
information regarding the hearing procedure will be provided
to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
(3) The right to consent to disclosures of personally
identifiable information contained in the student's
educational records, except to the extent that FERPA
authorizes disclosures without consent.
One exception which permits disclosure without consent is
disclosure to University officials with legitimate educational
interest and/or needs to review an educational record in order
to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. A
University official for the purpose of this policy is defined
as follows:
• members of the faculty;
• members of the professional, executive, and administrative
staff, excluding any member of the Central Michigan University
Police Department;
• students, when properly appointed as members of a hearing
panel or screening committee;
• representatives of the State Auditor General when
performing their legal function;
• a person or company with whom the University has
contracted (e.g. attorney, auditor, or collection agent) but
limited to only the specific student information needed to
fulfill their contract;
• others as designated in writing by the President, a
University Vice President, or Dean.
Upon request, the University discloses educational records
without a student's consent to officials of another school in
which a student seeks to enroll.
Another exception which permits disclosure without consent is
when the information consists solely of "Directory
Information." Directory information may be published or
released by University faculty and staff at their discretion.
Unless a student specifically directs otherwise, as explained
more fully in paragraph (4) below, Central Michigan University
designates all of the following categories of information
about its students as "Directory Information":
a. name, campus address, home address, telephone listing, and
campus e-mail;
b. state of residence;
c. age, date, and place of birth;
d. major field of study, including the college, department, or
program in which the student is enrolled;
e. classification as a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or
graduate student;
f. enrollment status (full-time, half-time, less than half-time);
g. participation in officially recognized activities and
sports;
h. weight and height of members of athletic teams;
i. dates of attendance and graduation, and degrees received;
j. the most recent educational institution attended;
k. honors and awards received, including selection to the
Dean's or President's list, honorary organization, or the GPA range for the selection.
(4) A student has the right to refuse the designation of all
categories of personally identifiable information listed above
(a. through j.) as Directory Information. If a student
exercises this right, it will mean that no Directory
Information pertaining to the student will be published or
otherwise released to third parties without consent, a court
order, or a subpoena.
Any student wishing to exercise this right must inform the
Registrar's Office in writing by the end of Phase II
registration regarding the withholding of all categories of
personally identifiable information with respect to that
student. Once a student has requested the withholding of
information, "Directory Information" will be
withheld until one year after the student's last attendance at
the University. Students who do not attend the University for
a period of one year will need to file a new request at their
return if they wish to reinstate the withholding of directory
information.
(5) The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of
Education concerning alleged failures by Central Michigan
University to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name
and address of the Office that administers FERPA is:
Family Policy Compliance Office U.S. Department of
Education
600 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-4605
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