The part-time tuition rate is $990 per credit hour
(Reduced load schedules are available only with special permission from the
Dean.)
Students are responsible for making their own housing arrangements,
and housing costs are not included in tuition. Affordable housing is available
in Buchanan County.
Students are strongly encouraged, but not required, to have a computer
for use in conducting research, writing papers, taking notes, etc. Laptop computers,
which can be used to access the school network and Internet from seats in the library
and classrooms, typically cost in the range of $1200-1500. A network card is required
for access to the school network.
Seat Deposit
Admitted students will receive a letter informing them of acceptance and requesting
that a seat deposit of $200 be submitted by a specific date. The deposit will be
refunded if we receive a written notice prior to April 1 that you wish to withdraw your
admission. To continue to reserve your place, a second seat deposit of $300 is due by
June 15. These seat deposits will be credited toward tuition upon your enrollment.
Withdrawal From
Classes and Refund of Tuition
Students who voluntarily withdraw from the School are responsible for paying
all assessed tuition and fees due for that semester.
The Financial Aid Office is required by federal statute to recalculate federal
financial aid eligibility for students who withdraw, drop out, are dismissed, or
take a leave of absence prior to completing 60% of a payment period or term. The
federal Title IV financial aid programs must be recalculated in these situations.
If a student leaves the institution prior to completing 60% of a payment period
or term, the financial aid office recalculates eligibility for Title IV funds.
Recalculation is based on the percentage of earned aid using the following Federal
Return of Title IV funds formula:
Percentage of payment period or term completed = the number of days completed up to
the withdrawal date divided by the total days in the payment period or term. (Any
break of five days or more is not counted as part of the days in the term.) This
percentage is also the percentage of earned aid.
Funds are returned to the appropriate federal program based on the percentage of
unearned aid using the following formula:
Aid to be returned = (100% of the aid that could be disbursed minus the percentage
of earned aid) multiplied by the total amount of aid that could have been disbursed
during the payment period or term.
If a student earned less aid than was disbursed, the institution would be required
to return a portion of the funds and the student would be required to return a portion
of the funds. Keep in mind that when Title IV funds are returned, the student borrower
may owe a debit balance to the institution.
If a student earned more aid than was disbursed to him/her, the institution would owe
the student a post-withdrawal disbursement which must be paid within 120 days of the
student's withdrawal.
The institution must return the amount of Title IV funds for which it is responsible no
later than 45 days after the date of the determination of the date of the student’s
withdrawal.
Refunds are allocated in the following order:
Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans
Unsubsidized Direct Stafford Loans (other than PLUS loans)
Subsidized Direct Stafford Loans
Federal Perkins Loans
Federal Parent (PLUS) Loans
Direct PLUS Loans
Federal Pell Grants for which a Return of funds is required
Federal Supplemental Opportunity Grants for which a Return of funds is required
Other assistance under this Title for which a Return of funds is required (e.g., LEAP)
Because the amount of tuition owed depends on the number of calendar days of the academic
term completed by the withdrawing student, any student contemplating withdrawal should
contact the Financial Aid Office for a calculation of tuition and fees owed as of the
student's intended withdrawal date.
Withdrawal forms are available from the Director of Student Services. Withdrawal is effective
only upon completion of the Law School's withdrawal form, approval of that form by the Dean or
his or her designee, and payment of all tuition or fees owed to the Law School. Any tuition paid
by the student prior to withdrawal that exceeds the amount for which the student is responsible
will be refunded by the Law School to the student at the address provided to the Law School by
the student within three weeks of the date of withdrawal. However, if the Law School is obligated
under the terms of a student's loan program to remit the excess tuition to a lender or other
appropriate agency, the Law School will do so.
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