There is no admission application fee at Harrisburg University.

Tuition payment or satisfactory arrangement to pay tuition due is required before the first day of class. Tuition is charged at the per semester hour rate shown below. Full-time tuition charges are for 12 to 18 semester hours. A student who registers for more than 18 semester hours is subject to additional tuition costs at the per-semester hour rate (for example, tuition charged for 19 semester hours will be $7,375 + $500 or $7,875). Students who register for 11 semester hours or less are charged the semester hour rate multiplied by the number of registered semester hours.

A non-refundable tuition deposit of $150 must be paid in advance of final course registration for the initial semester of attendance.

A late payment fee of $30 per month will be assessed if the student fails to make a scheduled payment when due.

Upon enrollment, a student receives a photo-imprinted identification badge, which includes an electronic security access chip, at no cost. All students are required to wear ID badges when on campus. If a student ID badge is lost or stolen and must be replaced, a charge of $50 is assessed.

Students may meet tuition expenses by enrolling in a convenient monthly payment plan. Interested persons may contact the Business Office on 717.901.5135 for more information.

Financial aid awards are based on the enrollment status of the student, defined as:

A student’s enrollment status is determined at the end of the drop/add period (week 2). The student is charged the applicable tuition rate for the number of semester hours in which the student is enrolled. Federal and state student financial aid program assistance for which the student may be eligible is then calculated and paid during week 4 or thereafter, in accordance with regulations, based on the student’s enrollment status. Stafford student loans and PLUS Loans are scheduled for disbursement on or after the 31st calendar day from the first day of the semester. University merit and need-based grants and scholarships are credited to the student’s account in week 9 of the semester. Advance payment of an estimated credit balance resulting from anticipated institutional financial aid awards is prohibited.

Students who withdraw from Harrisburg University prior to the end of the third week of the semester may be due a credit for the unearned portion of the tuition charge.

The rate of tuition refund for withdrawal from the University is as follows:

Tuition for the semester is considered fully-earned at the end of the third week of classes. For refund purposes, the semester begins on the first day of class for that semester, regardless of the student’s first class day of attendance during week one. The period of time used to calculate the tuition refund is the first day of class of the semester to the University’s determination date of official or unofficial withdrawal.

There will be no refund or additional charges for students who drop and add an equal number of semester hours within the same semester prior to the end of the drop/add period (week 2).

If a student reduces the number of courses and/or semester hours during the published drop/add period, a tuition adjustment for that course or semester hour reduction will be made, except the student maintains full-time enrollment status with 12 semester hours or more.

There is no tuition refund when a student withdraws from one or more courses after the drop-add period but remains enrolled in one or more other scheduled courses.

Scholarship payments received from a company or organization is treated as a cash payment by the student. The refund policy does not apply separately to the various types of payments credited to the student’s account.

A student is encouraged to contact the Financial Aid and Business Offices in advance of any decision to withdraw from the University to obtain an explanation of the tuition and financial aid adjustments that will occur, if any, as the result of withdrawal from the program of study.

A student who decides to officially withdraw from the University must complete and return a Withdrawal form to the Office of Records and Registration.

The determination date for withdrawal purposes shall either be the actual date of formal notification by the student or some future date specified by the student as the intended last date of attendance. The determination date is used to calculate the tuition refund, if any, and the student financial assistance program refund, if applicable.

Students who discontinue attendance in all courses during a semester and who do not officially withdraw from the University are considered unofficial withdrawals. The determination date for unofficial withdrawals shall be the end of the semester, unless other evidence is provided to the Office of Records and Registration. There are serious federal student financial aid program implications for a student who unofficially withdraws, as explained below.

Refunds are calculated upon official withdrawal from all classes and, if the student was deemed eligible for Title IV, HEA student financial assistance program funds, any refund due will be paid within 45 days from the date the student is determined to have withdrawn.

A student who officially withdraws before the 60 percent point in time of the semester - week 9 - will incur an adjustment to the amount of financial aid program funds awarded and/or disbursed for the term based on the percentage of time attended from the first day of class to the University’s determination date of withdrawal. If a student officially withdraws during or after week 10 of the 15-week semester, 100 percent of the student’s financial assistance program awards are considered earned and will be applied to the total amount of institutional charges due for the term.

For a student who unofficially withdraws during a semester, federal regulations require that only fifty percent (50%) of the student’s financial assistance program awards may be paid for that semester. The student is then responsible for all tuition charges due resulting from this reduction in awards and/or payments previously credited to the student’s account.

Merit- and need-based financial aid assistance awarded by the University for a semester are earned ratably through week 9 of the 15-week academic term, similar to the federal student assistance program refund calculation described above.

While payments of institutional aid may be credited to the student’s account on or after week 4 of a semester, the student must remain enrolled through week 9 of the semester to fully earn the award.

For example, a student with a merit award of $2,000 who officially withdraws in week 6 of the 15-week semester would only have $800 of institutional financial aid assistance applied toward tuition due for the term [$2,000 x 6/15 = $800].

Because the institutional aid award is not fully earned until week 9 of a semester, although a credit balance may appear on a student’s account due to the posting of institutional aid a credit balance refund including those funds will not be paid until week 10 of the term.

Various programs are offered in 7- or 8-week modules and the student is charged for only the number of credit hours enrolled for a single course. Where applicable, students who withdraw from the University prior to the first day of the non-standard term may be due a refund of money paid to the University.

The rate of refund for withdrawal from the University is based on the amount charged for registered credit hours and is as follows:

Various programs are offered in 7- or 8-week modules and the student is charged for the total number of credit hours enrolled for the entire program. Where applicable, students who withdraw from the University prior to the first day of the non-standard term may be due a refund of money paid to the university. Tuition for each module will be earned ratably for the assigned number of credit hours and, should a student withdraw from the program, a refund will be made for all modules not yet attempted in the program.

The rate of refund for withdrawal from the University is based on the amount charged for the program and is as follows:

Holds If a scheduled student payment is overdue, a hold may be placed on the account that prevents registration and the release of grades, transcripts, or a diploma. This hold will not be released until all debts owed to the University are satisfied.

Collections Failure to pay an outstanding balance does not release a student from the financial responsibility for charges incurred. Unresolved debts may be escalated to the next step of the collection process. Delinquent balances are subject to transfer to a collection agency. At that point, repayment will be made to the collection agency and the account holder will bear the cost of all fees and collection costs associated with this process. Account holders that have been escalated to collections can expect to see an adverse impact to their credit rating.

Harrisburg University adheres to a strict privacy policy. Under no circumstances will sensitive account information be released to any individuals or entities without prior written consent from the student. The Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations stipulate that Harrisburg University cannot release information from student records to anyone but the student without their consent. Only when a properly completed FERPA form is on file in the Office of the Records and Registration will the Business Office release account information to those authorized individuals.

General inquiries about student accounts may be made to the Harrisburg University Business Office by calling 717-901-5135. All questions about financial aid must be directed to the Harrisburg University Office of Financial Aid Services at 717-901-5115. All privacy guidelines and policies explained in detail under “Privacy Policy” will be strictly followed.