Tuition and Fees

If you enroll in courses offered through Acadeum, a fee will be assessed for each course taken. This fee is in addition to tuition and is nonrefundable after the last day to drop a course. See the Office of the Registrar for more information on Acadeum.

An administrative fee is charged if you elect to study in an approved off-campus program.

If you take a leave of absence or withdraw from the college after physically moving into your housing assignment for the term, you will be assessed this fee up until the 60% marker in the semester.

You may order all of your textbooks online and have them shipped to the College’s Post Office or another address. Visit the Allegheny Bookstore to get started.

(varies per courses taken)

The Campus Center’s Game Room houses a collection of DVD movie titles that are free to sign out for 48 hours with the student’s AllCard.

You may pay any fines throughout the semester by visiting the Student Leadership and Involvement Office, located on the third floor of the Campus Center. Fines unpaid by the end of the semester are submitted to Financial Services, where they are applied to your billing account. If you have a question regarding a Campus Center fine/fee, contact the Student Leadership and Involvement Office at 814-332-2754.

$33 lost movies replacement fee after 9 days

A processing fee of $25 for a one-year program or $50 for a two-year program is charged when you apply for enrollment in a Cooperative Program (a 3-1 or 3-2 program). This fee helps to offset costs of special record maintenance, correspondence, and transfer credit. All accounts must be in good standing before approval for the application will be given.

$50 – 2 years

Full-time students may audit additional courses for no additional charge with the permission of the instructor.

Non-degree-seeking students auditing courses are responsible for any special laboratory or damage fee, but will not be charged required fees.

Other individuals must: obtain the permission of the instructor and of the Office of Admissions, list their intention to audit the course with the Financial Services Office, and pay a fee equal to half of the semester course fee.

If you register for any course within a semester that takes your total credit load in that semester above 24 credits, you will be charged a fee for each additional credit over 24. The fee will be equal to the per-credit tuition fee for that semester.

If damage is assessed when you move out of a residence hall, apartment, or College-owned house, you will receive a copy of the Room Condition Report and a charge will be added to your account. If you have a question regarding a Dorm Damage Fee, contact the Residence Life Office at 814-332-3865.

Any student moving into their assigned residence hall, apartment, or College-owned housing prior to the scheduled arrival date will be assessed a fee. Any student not departing from their residence hall, apartment, or College-owned housing by the required departure date will be assessed a fee.

An administrative study fee is charged if you elect to participate in an Independent Study Program.

When a check is returned unpaid for any reason, the insufficient funds fine will be charged to your account.

If the account balance is not paid or payment arrangements are not made by the drop/add period each semester, a late payment fee of $100 will be applied to your account. If a balance remains at the end of the semester, an additional $150 fee will be applied. Any balance remaining 60 days after leaving the College (graduation, withdrawal, leave of absence, etc.) will be sent to collections.

Overdue reminders, recall notices, and hold notices are sent to you via email or directly to your campus post office box. The replacement cost of items is assessed when held longer than 50 days after the due date. If you have a question regarding a library fine, contact the Pelletier Library at 814-332-3768.

If you lock yourself out of your room, Public Safety will let you in. After three lock outs, you will be charged $25 per lock out. An appeal can be made through Public Safety.

If your ID card is lost or damaged, you must report the issue to Student Financial Services in Bentley Hall. Then the card is canceled and a new card is issued upon receipt of payment. If the Student Financial Services office is not open, please report to Public Safety in Murray Hall, and they will issue a temporary card.

If you lose your residence hall key, you should report this to the Office of Residence Life and/or Public Safety as soon as possible. For non-residence hall keys, please immediately notify the office that issued the key. If keys are lost, stolen, or not returned, you will be charged the lost key fee per key to cover the cost of lock changes. Failure to return College keys within 24 hours of moving out will result in an improper checkout charge equal to the lost key charge. Additionally, College keys should not be reproduced; this is subject to conduct action including a $500 fine.

A music fee is assessed based on a weekly half-hour or hour lesson when you register for individual music-instruction studio classes (voice, organ, piano, orchestral instruments, etc.). If you have been billed for music lessons and are no longer planning to receive them, the lesson(s) must be dropped through the Registrar’s Office via an add/drop card. For any questions, please contact Financial Services at 800-376-7075, or in Bentley Hall.

Parking fines are assessed by Public Safety and charged to your account. You have 3 days to appeal a parking ticket. Appeals will be reviewed at the end of the semester. If you have a question regarding a parking fine, contact the Office of Public Safety at 814-332-3357.

You can request a parking permit in Self Service and pick up the sticker at the Public Safety Office located in Murray Hall. The Office is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.