Full time tuition, including registration fee: $14,070 per semester (full time registration is considered 12-15 credits)
Health Insurance fee (waivable): $650 per semester

The health insurance fee can be waived through the following link: www.sva.edu/aetna.

Note: Tuition fees and housing charges increase at a minimum of 4 percent to 7 percent annually.

UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENTAL FEES
Advertising and Graphic Design	$625	per semester for foundation year.
	$875	per semester for second, third and fourth years.
Animation	$975	per semester.
Cartooning and Illustration	$625	per semester for foundation year.
	$375	per semester for second, third and fourth years.
Fine Arts	$625	per semester for foundation, second, third and fourth years.
Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects	$1,325	per semester.
Film and Video	$1,325	per semester.
Screenwriting	$825	per semester.
Interior Design	$1,125	per semester.
Photography	$1,175	per semester.
Visual and Critical Studies	$625	per semester.

PER CREDIT CHARGE
Students registered for more than 15 credits per semester (16 credits per semester for BFA Visual and Critical Studies) will be billed for each additional credit at $940 per credit.

SUPPLIES
Students must purchase their own supplies necessary for their courses. Full-time students should budget between $1,050 and $3,150 for art supplies each year.

MISCELLANEOUS FEES
$100 Late registration fee
$200 Late payment fee assessed to accounts not paid in full after the tuition due date
$20 Replacement of lost student identification cards
$20 Returned check fee
$100 Course adjustment fee assessed after the course adjustment period is over

HOUSING
SVA housing costs in one of the college's residences range from $9,300 to $13,500 for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Should an offer of admission be extended, a nonrefundable $500 enrollment fee and an $800 housing deposit ($300 nonrefundable placement fee and a $500 security deposit) must be submitted to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

New students will be placed in housing on a first-come, first-served basis. The housing deposit will be returned only if a student cannot be placed in housing.

PAYMENT
Payment may be made by check, money order, American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa or JCB credit card. Checks should be made payable to: School of Visual Arts. The College cannot accept cash payments.

All payments are to be made in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. An additional fee of $75 plus any other balance incurred for conversion of foreign currency to U.S. funds will be charged for processing money orders or bank checks drawn on a foreign bank or a foreign branch of a domestic bank. To avoid the $75 processing fee, payments from foreign banks may be made by wire transfer to:

Chase Manhattan Bank
4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10004
ATTN: Operations Manager
For the account of
School of Visual Arts, Inc.
Account #957-348746
ABA #021000021

Please list student name and SVA identification number.

A student's registration for a semester is not complete until all bills due for that and any prior semester are paid in full. Bills for tuition are mailed on June 15 and November 1 and are payable by August 1 and December 1, respectively. The Office of Student Accounts will impose a late charge if any part of the semester bill is not paid when due.

No degrees will be conferred and no certificates of attendance or transcripts will be furnished until all bills due the School of Visual Arts are paid in full.

TUITION PAYMENT PLAN
Students may choose to pay annual tuition charges in 10 monthly installments, 5 installments per semester. The agreement is for the fall and spring semesters and payments begin on August 1 and end on May 1. Students will be asked to sign the Payment Plan Application and Agreement Form. SVA offers this option free of any interest or finance charge. There is a $200 processing fee for participating in the plan. SVA will consider all financial aid awards when calculating the payment plan, thereby reducing the amount of the monthly installment. International students are eligible for the payment plan only after they have attended at least one full time semester at SVA as a student and paid tuition in full. Contact the Office of Student Accounts for more information.
Telephone: 212.592.2415; fax: 212.592.2088;
e-mail: studentaccounts@sva.edu.

REFUNDS
The enrollment fee is nonrefundable. The health insurance
fee is refundable only if withdrawal occurs before the beginning of classes. Students who wish to withdraw from SVA must notify their academic advisor in writing. Written approval from a parent or guardian must be included if the student is under 18 years of age. The effective date of the withdrawal is the date written notification is received by the academic advisor. Lack of attendance alone does not entitle a student to a refund.

Refunds (less the nonrefundable enrollment and/or health insurance fee) are made after the prorated percentages of liability are applied, unless superseded by an existing state or accrediting agency refund policy. Please note, only tuition, department fees, course fees and housing costs are prorated. Prorated housing costs are based on the check out date, not the official date of withdrawal.

The prorated percentages of liability (tuition and fees owed) are based on the official date of withdrawal, as follows:

000% if withdrawal occurs prior to the start of classes
010% if withdrawal occurs during the first and second week of the semester
050% if withdrawal occurs during the third and fourth week of the semester
075% if withdrawal occurs during the fifth through eighth week of the semester
100% if withdrawal occurs after the eighth week

No refund will be made for withdrawal occurring after the eighth week of the semester.

Title IV recipients should note that the amount of the student refund will be calculated only after the aid proceeds are appropriately returned to each program. Please contact the Office of Student Accounts or the Office of Financial Aid for more information on Title IV refunds.