PROGRAM	TUITION	SEMESTER
Art Education	$15,750	per semester, Fall and Spring semesters
	$6,300	Summer (6 credits)
Art Criticism and Writing; Art Therapy; Computer Art; Design Criticism; Fine Arts; Illustration as Visual Essay; Photography, Video and Related Media	$15,750	per semester, Fall and Spring semesters
Art Practice	$12,600	per summer semester
	$6,300	per semester, first year fall and spring semesters
	$9,450	per semester, second year fall and spring semesters
Branding	$16,825	per semester, Fall and Spring semesters
	$6,750	Summer (6 credits)
Design; Interaction Design	$16,825	per semester, Fall and Spring semesters
Digital Photography	$12,600	per semester, Fall and Spring semesters (12 credits)
	$9,450	Summer (9 credits)
Live Action Short Film	$15,750	per semester, Fall and Spring semesters
	$6,300	Summer (6 credits)
Social Documentary Film	$19,240	per semester, Fall and Spring semesters

DEPARTMENTAL FEES
Art Criticism and Writing	$250	per semester
Art Education	$250	per semester
Art Practice	$500	summer semesters only
Art Therapy	$250	per semester
Branding	$325	per semester
Computer Art	$1,200	per semester
Design	$400	per semester
Design Criticism	$250	per semester
Illustration as Visual Essay	$500	per semester
Interaction Design	$400	per semester
Live Action Short Film	$1,000	per semester
Photography, Video and Related Media	$1,200	per semester

PER CREDIT CHARGE
Students registered for less than 12 credits or more than 15 credits per semester for Graduate Division courses (16 credits for MFA Art Criticism and Writing and MFA Design Criticism) will be billed at the rate of $1,050 per credit ($1,125 for Design and for Interaction Design; $1,285 for Social Documentary Film. Tuition for more than 15 credits (16 credits for Art Criticism and Writing, and Design Criticism) is fully refundable during the drop/add period. After the drop/add periods, refunds for extra tuition charges will be prorated based on the institutional refund policy.
NOTE: Graduate students may audit one undergraduate or one continuing education course each semester that they are enrolled as matriculated and full-time students. Courses must be audited during a two-year period and cannot exceed four courses in total. All applicable course fees will be charged. Courses open to auditing are subject to availability.

ENROLLMENT FEE
Once an offer of admission has been extended, applicants must submit a $1,000 nonrefundable enrollment fee to the Office of Graduate Admissions in order to secure a space in their intended program of study. Enrollment fees will be processed only as space remains available in each department. Five hundred dollars of this fee will be applied to the first semester tuition.

HEALTH INSURANCE FEE
$650 per semester (waivable at www.sva.edu/aetna)

MISCELLANEOUS FEES
$100 Late registration fee
$200 Late payment after the tuition due date
$20 Replacement of lost student identification cards
$20 Returned check fee
$100 Course adjustment fee charged 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 $1,000 enrollment fee and an $800 housing deposit ($300 nonrefundable placement fee and a $500 security deposit) must be submitted to the Office of Graduate 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.

Note: You should expect tuition, fees and housing charges to increase at a minimum of 3 percent to 5 percent annually.

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. SVA does not accept checks drawn on a foreign bank or a foreign branch of a domestic 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 a possible $75 fee, payments from foreign banks may be made by wire transfer to:

Chase Manhattan Bank/Funds Transfer Services
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 include student name and SVA identification number in wire notes.

Note: Wire transfers can take several business days for bank processing. Please plan accordingly.

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 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 in order to participate in the plan. SVA offers this option free of any interest or finance charge. There is a $200 processing fee per year for participating in the plan. SVA will consider all financial aid awards when calculating the payment plan, thereby reducing the amount of the monthly installments. International students are eligible for the payment plan only after they have attended at least one full time semester at SVA and paid their tuition in full. Contact the Office of Student Accounts for more information. Telephone: 212.592.2415; fax: 212.592.2088; email: 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:

0% if withdrawal occurs prior to the start of classes
10% if withdrawal occurs during the first and second week of the semester
50% if withdrawal occurs during the third and fourth week of the semester
75% 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.