Tuition, Fees, & Expenses

Tuition

The tuition fee for the academic year 2009–2010 is $36,170. This fee includes health care services under the Yale Health Plan, but does not include the hospitalization insurance fee. The Corporation of Yale University reserves the right to revise tuition rates as necessary.

Fees

An annual fee of $865 is charged to the Student Financial Services bill for use of the School of Architecture’s shops, computers, printers, and other equipment furnished by the School. This mandatory fee applies to all students and is refundable only upon withdrawal from the School, according to the tuition rebate and refund policy itemized below.

General Expenses

Housing

The Graduate Housing Department has dormitory and apartment units for a small number of graduate and professional students. The Graduate Dormitory Office provides dormitory rooms of varying sizes and prices for single occupancy only. The Graduate Apartments Office provides unfurnished apartments consisting of efficiencies and one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments for singles and families. Both offices are located in Helen Hadley Hall, a graduate dormitory at 420 Temple Street, and have office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Applications for 2009–2010 are available as of April 1 online and can be submitted directly from the Web site (www.yale.edu/gradhousing). For new students at the University, a copy of the letter of acceptance from Yale will need to be submitted to the address on the application form. The Web site is the venue for graduate housing information and includes procedures, facility descriptions, floor plans, and rates. For more dormitory information, contact grad.dorms@yale.edu, tel. 203.432.2167, fax 203.432. 4578. For more apartment information, contact grad.apts@yale.edu, tel. 203.432.8270, fax 203.432.4578.

The University’s Off-Campus Housing service, limited to current or incoming members of the Yale community, is located at Helen Hadley Hall, 420 Temple Street, and is open from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The listings may also be accessed from any computer at Yale at www.yale.edu/offcampushousing.

Food Services

Yale University Dining Services (YUDS) has tailored its services to meet the particular needs of graduate and professional school students by offering meal plan options that allow flexibility and value. The Any 10 Meal Plan offers meal service at the Hall of Graduate Studies dining hall and University Commons for ten meals per week, plus six bonus meals per year and $75 per semester in points to eat either on campus or at selected local restaurants. Nonresident students may purchase a 5 Lunch Plan with three bonus meals, good Monday through Friday.

YUDS locations are a popular option for all members of the Yale community. In addition to Commons and the Hall of Graduate Studies, the following retail locations are available: Divinity School Café on Prospect Street, the Café at Kline Biology Tower, Donaldson Commons at the School of Management, Marigolds at the School of Medicine, the Thain Family Café at Bass Library, Triple E’s at 221 Whitney Avenue, Triple E’s at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, and Durfee’s Convenience Store at 200 Elm Street. For students and staff choosing to dine in any of Yale’s residential college dining rooms, “all-you-care-to-eat” meals are offered at one affordable price for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner and require the diner to be accompanied by a host from that college.

Inquiries concerning food services should be addressed to Yale University Dining Services, 246 Church Street, PO Box 208261, New Haven CT 06520-8261; tel. 203.432.0420. More information can be found on the Web at www.yale.edu/dining.

Total Cost of Education

For a single student living off campus in the 2009–2010 academic year, a reasonable, albeit modest, estimate of total cost may be estimated by the following costs to be $54,211 for first-year M.Arch. I students and $52,911 for all other students.

*Students may receive a waiver of the $1,338 hospitalization fee from the Yale Health Plan upon evidence that they have valid and sufficient alternative hospitalization coverage. Further information regarding health services can be found on pages 137–41.

Student Accounts and Bills

Student accounts, billing, and related services are administered through the Office of Student Financial Services, which is located at 246 Church Street. The telephone number is 203.432.2700.

Bills

Yale University’s official means of communicating monthly financial account statements is electronically through the University’s Internet-based system for electronic billing and payment, Yale University eBill-ePay.

Student account statements are prepared and made available twelve times a year at the beginning of each month. Payment is due in full by 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the first business day of the following month. E-mail notifications that the account statement is available on the University eBill-ePay Web site (www.yale.edu/sis/ebep) are sent to all students who have activated their official Yale e-mail accounts and to all student-designated authorized payers. It is imperative that all students activate and monitor their Yale e-mail accounts on an ongoing basis.

Bills for tuition, room, and board are available to the student during the first week of July, due and payable by August 1 for the fall term; and during the first week of November, due and payable by December 1 for the spring term. The Office of Student Financial Services will impose a late charge if any part of the term bill, less Yale-administered loans and scholarships that have been applied for on a timely basis, is not paid when due. The late charge will be imposed as follows:

Nonpayment of bills and failure to complete and submit financial aid application packages on a timely basis may result in the student’s involuntary withdrawal from the University.

No degrees will be conferred and no transcripts will be furnished until all bills due the University are paid in full. In addition, transcripts will not be furnished to any student or former student who is in default on the payment of a student loan.

The University may withhold registration and certain University privileges from students who have not paid their term bills or made satisfactory payment arrangements by the day of registration. To avoid delay at registration, students must ensure that payments reach Student Financial Services by the due dates.

Charge for Rejected Payments

A processing charge of $25 will be assessed for payments rejected for any reason by the bank on which they were drawn. In addition, the following penalties may apply if a payment is rejected:

1. If the payment was for a term bill, a $110 late fee will be charged for the period the bill was unpaid.
2. If the payment was for a term bill to permit registration, the student’s registration may be revoked.
3. If the payment was given to settle an unpaid balance in order to receive a diploma, the University may refer the account to an attorney for collection.

Yale University eBill-ePay

There are a variety of options offered for making payments. Yale University eBill-ePay is the preferred means for payment of bills. It can be found at www.yale.edu/sis/ebep/. Electronic payments are easy and convenient—no checks to write, no stamps, no envelopes, no hassle. Payments are immediately posted to the student’s account. There is no charge to use this service. Bank information is password protected and secure, and there is a printable confirmation receipt. Payments can be made twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, up to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the due date to avoid late fees. (The eBill-ePay system will not be available when the system is undergoing upgrade, maintenance, or repair.) Students can authorize up to three authorized payers to make payments electronically from their own computers to the student’s account using Yale’s system.

Use of the student’s own bank payment service is not authorized by the University because it has no direct link to the student’s Yale account. Payments made through such services arrive without proper account identification and always require manual processing that results in delayed crediting of the student’s account, late fees, and anxiety. Students should use Yale eBill-ePay to pay online. For those who choose to pay by check, remittance advice with mailing instructions is available on the Web site.

Yale Payment Plan

The Yale Payment Plan (YPP) is a payment service that allows students and their families to pay tuition, room, and board in ten equal monthly installments throughout the year based on individual family budget requirements. It is administered by the University’s Office of Student Financial Services. The cost to enroll in the YPP is $100 per contract. The deadline for enrollment is June 19. For additional information, please contact Student Financial Services at 203.432.2700 and select “Press 3” from the Main Menu. The enrollment form can be found online in the Yale Payment Plan section of the Student Accounts Web site: www.yale.edu/sfas/financial/accounts.html#payment.

Tuition Rebate and Refund Policy

On the basis of the federal regulations governing the return of federal student aid (Title IV) funds for withdrawn students, the following rules apply to the rebate and refund of tuition.

1. For purposes of determining the refund of federal student aid funds, any student who withdraws from the School of Architecture for any reason during the first 60 percent of the term will be subject to a pro rata schedule, which will be used to determine the amount of Title IV funds a student has earned at the time of withdrawal. A student who withdraws after the 60 percent point has earned 100 percent of the Title IV funds. In 2009–10, the last days for refunding federal student aid funds will be October 28, 2009 in the fall term and March 26, 2010 in the spring term.
2. For purposes of determining the refund of institutional aid funds and for students who have not received financial aid:
1. 100 percent of tuition will be rebated for withdrawals that occur on or before the end of the first 10 percent of the term (September 5, 2009 in the fall term and January 17, 2010 in the spring term).
2. A rebate of one-half (50 percent) of tuition will be granted for withdrawals that occur after the first 10 percent but on or before the last day of the first quarter of the term (September 21, 2009 in the fall term and February 1, 2010 in the spring term).
3. A rebate of one-quarter (25 percent) of tuition will be granted for withdrawals that occur after the first quarter of a term but on or before the day of midterm (October 18, 2009 in the fall term and February 28, 2010 in the spring term).
4. Students who withdraw for any reason after midterm will not receive a rebate of any portion of tuition.
3. The death of a student shall cancel charges for tuition as of the date of death, and the bursar will adjust the tuition on a pro rata basis.
4. If the student has received student loans or other forms of financial aid, rebates will be refunded in the order prescribed by federal regulations; namely, first to the Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan, Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan; Federal Perkins loan; Federal Graduate Plus Loan; then to any other state, private, or institutional scholarships and loans; and, finally, any remaining balance to the student.
5. Loan recipients (Stafford, Perkins, or Yale Student Loan) who withdraw are required to have an exit interview before leaving Yale. Student Financial Services will provide notification about completing the exit interview.