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All costs are subject to change without prior notice. The current rates for graduate students can be found at the University's Cost of Attendance Web page at http://cost.ua.edu.
A nonrefundable application fee of $25 is required with all applications for admission to the University.
The estimated semester costs listed below are based on spring 2003 rates. All rates are subject to change without notice.
| University tuition, resident | $1,778.00 |
| University tuition, nonresident | $4,812.00 |
Full-time enrollment for graduate students is 9-15 hours per regular semester. An overload charge is assessed for each credit hour in excess of the full-time schedule. This charge is $152 per credit hour for graduate residents and $442 per credit hour for graduate nonresidents.
| Hours Enrolled | Tuition Charged | ||
| Resident | Nonresident | ||
| 1 | $467.00* | $757.00* | |
| 2 | $619.00* | $1,199.00* | |
| 3 | $771.00* | $1,641.00* | |
| 4 | $923.00* | $2,083.00* | |
| 5 | $1,075.00 | $2,525.00 | |
| 6 | $1,227.00 | $2,967.00 | |
| 7 | $1,379.00 | $3,409.00 | |
| 8 | $1,531.00 | $3,851.00 | |
*Students registering for 1-4 hours may choose to waive the activity/recreation privileges ($111.25) and/or the health services ($71.50) portion of University tuition, reducing what they owe by a total of $182.75. Students may do this provided they do not wish to use these privileges and services, including facilities. The student may choose to waive these privileges or services when paying the registration bill.
Auditing courses. Auditing a course does not affect the rate charged for the course.
All costs listed below are based on summer term 2003 rates and are subject to change without notice. The current rates for graduate students can be found at the University's Cost of Attendance Web page at http://cost.ua.edu.
Interim Session
| Resident tuition, per credit hour | $143.00 |
| Nonresident tuition, per credit hour | $404.00 |
Summer Sessions
There are two five-week summer sessions. The rates below are per session.
| Hours Enrolled | Tuition Charged | |
| Resident | Nonresident | |
| 1 | $276.00* | $566.00* |
| 2 | $428.00* | $1,008.00* |
| 3 | $580.00* | $1,450.00* |
| 4 | $732.00* | $1,892.00* |
| 5 | $884.00 | $2,334.00 |
| 6 | $1,036.00 | $2,776.00 |
*Students registering for 1-4 hours in a summer session may choose to waive the activity/recreation/athletic privileges portion ($27.25) and/or the health services portion ($16.50 per session) of University tuition. Students may do this provided they do not wish to use these privileges and services, including facilities, during the summer session(s). The student may choose to waive these privileges or services when paying the registration bill.
Additional hours are charged at the rate of $152.00 for residents and $442.00 for nonresidents.
Auditing courses. Auditing a course does not affect the rate charged for the course.
The payment of charges is a part of the registration process. Registration is not complete until enrollment has been confirmed by the student directly with the Office of Student Receivables. All prior semester charges must be paid before the student's enrollment will be confirmed for a subsequent semester.
Enrollment confirmation with required payment may be made through the mail by check or credit card; by telephone (205-348-4470) or on the Web (http://www.tideguide.ua.edu) with a credit card; or in person at the Office of Student Receivables (105 Student Services Center) by cash, check, or credit card. Confirmation when no payment is required can be made in person, by mail, by telephone (205-348-5350), or via the Web (http://www.tideguide.ua.edu).
If all or a portion of a student's registration expenses are to be paid by some type of financial aid or by a sponsoring agency and the registration bill does not reflect this actual or anticipated transaction, it is the student's responsibility to provide written evidence of this support to the Office of Student Receivables.
To verify confirmation has been received, call ALBERT at (205) 348-0700 or check your student account at http://www.tideguide.ua.edu.
Payment of registration charges with a check that is subsequently returned from the bank unpaid will result in an additional late registration fee and a returned check fee.
Failure to clear a returned check taken in payment for registration charges will result in administrative withdrawal from classes. Once this action is taken, the student cannot be reinstated for the semester, but will owe the prorated portion of the charges for tuition, room, and telephone (basic service), as specified in the "Withdrawal from the University" section of this catalog.
All charges collected during the registration process are subject to correction for errors in calculation, to ensure that correct amounts are collected as required by the board of trustees and current policies of the University.
There is an annual fee, currently $55.00, to participate in the BAMA Plan. The deadline for BAMA Plan enrollment is July 5. Summer term charges are not eligible for the BAMA Plan.
Signing up for the BAMA Plan and making payments toward anticipated registration expenses does not ensure or affect class enrollment, dorm assignments, or meal plan purchases. Students must apply for dorm assignments through Residential Life, must apply for meal plans through Bama Dining, and must enroll for classes in accordance with Office of Academic Records and University Registrar procedures. Meal plan contracts must be completed and returned to Bama Dining by specified deadlines to be added to the student's registration bill.
The required payment of one-half of all current semester registration charges can be made with cash, check, money order, credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or Discover), financial aid applied to the student's account, faculty/staff or graduate student grants, sponsoring agency contracts, or anticipated financial aid verified by Student Financial Aid. The deferred amount plus a deferment fee, currently $30.00, is payable by the midpoint of the semester.
Financial aid (other than work-study) is applied to a student's account in payment of institutional charges. No refund will be made on applied aid unless the student's account reflects a credit balance.
Meal plans for which the student has contracted after he or she has confirmed registration for the semester must be paid in full at the Bama Dining office.
Federal financial aid awarded for a fall/spring academic year cannot be used to pay for prior year outstanding balances in excess of $100.00. This prior balance must be paid by personal payment, regardless of the amount of aid anticipated or disbursed for the first enrollment period of the academic year, before that enrollment can be confirmed.
The following list of fees is not necessarily exhaustive and the amounts are subject to change without notice.
| Apartment application deposit | $100.00 |
| Apartment application fee | 25.00 |
| BAMA Plan participation fee (annual) | 55.00 |
| Course fees | varies |
| Deferment fee (per semester) | 30.00 |
| Diploma fee, master's | 40.00 |
| Diploma fee, doctorate | 40.00 |
| Diploma fee (if graduation requirements are not met and diploma was ordered) | 10.00 |
| Dissertation/Thesis binding fee | 25.00 |
| Doctoral dissertation publication fee | 55.00 |
| Duplicate diploma and degree identification card | 20.00 |
| Duplicate diploma | 20.00 |
| Duplicate Action Card | 20.00 |
| International student fee | 50.00 |
| Late payment fee, monthly | 25.00 |
| Late registration fee | 25.00 |
| Misused Action Card fine | 25.00 |
| Readmission application fee | 15.00 |
| Reinstatement fee | 25.00 |
| Residence hall application fee | 25.00 |
| Residence hall deposit | 75.00 |
| Returned check fee (per check) | 20.00 |
| Room change fee | 25.00 |
| Spouse activity fee | 114.25 |
| Transcript fee (per transcript) | 5.00 |
| Transcript fee (faxed) | 11.00 |
| Transcript fee (overnight delivery) | 17.00 |
| Transcript hold fee | 25.00 |
In addition to registration charges, other expenses, such as library fines, traffic fines, automobile registration fees, and pharmacy charges, may be incurred by the student and charged to the student's account. These charges are payable when incurred and are billed to the student's permanent home address by the Office of Student Receivables. Failure to pay these amounts when billed may subject the student to the action(s) specified in the "Delinquent Accounts" section below.
Payment can be made through the mail by check or credit card; by telephone (205-348-4470) or on the Web (http://www.tideguide.ua.edu) with a credit card; or in person at the Office of Student Receivables (105 Student Services Center) with cash, check, or credit card.
In the event of a past due balance of any nature on the student's account, diplomas will not be issued; enrollment for subsequent terms will not be allowed; college credits will not be transferred; and transcripts of college credits will not be released until the balance is paid in full. Failure to meet financial obligations of any kind to the University could subject the student to eviction from University housing; suspension of future services; referral of the student's delinquent account to a collection agency; and the assessment of additional late payment charges, transcript hold fees, attorney's fees, and other costs and charges necessary for the collection of any amount not paid when due.
If a student's University account has an outstanding balance due and the University has in its possession any funds payable to the student (from payments or credits applied to the student's account, payroll checks, and/or any other source, except as noted in "Use of Federal Financial Aid to Pay Prior Year's Charges" section), the University reserves the right to withhold the funds necessary to clear the student's outstanding balance and to cover any collection costs incurred. Once those amounts are paid, any remaining funds will be paid to the student.
For further information, write The University of Alabama, Office of Student Receivables, Box 870120, Tuscaloosa,
AL 35487-0120, call (205) 348-5350, or e-mail http://receivables@fan.ua.edu. The
Student Receivables Office is located in 105 Student Services Center.
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