Charges

Residence Hall Charges

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Residence hall occupancy is based on two persons per room, for the duration of an entire term. All single undergraduates under 22 years of age should plan on living in the residence hall, unless living full-time with their parents.

Before the room assignment process is initiated, receipt of both the residence hall application and the room deposit are required. Prior to moving in, students must have been accepted for the session in question and be financially cleared.

Residence Hall Package Plans*

* The residence hall package plan includes unlimited access to laundry facilities, utilities, health club membership (Lamson and Meier), and limited health care. It does not include health care lab work and x-rays, comprehensive psychological or substance use/abuse interventions or testing, health insurance, or miscellaneous expenses such as linens, cleaning, books, supplies, transportation or food. University Medical Specialties (UMS) charges the insurance company for any coverage applicable to the services provided to residence hall students, thus students should take their insurance information with them when utilizing UMS services. UMS waives any copay or deductible (for the student/family) for the limited health care provided.  Note:  Lamson and Meier Halls will close at 12 pm on Wednesday morning following the end of Fall Semester and will reopen at 12 pm on Wednesday morning before the beginning of Spring semester.  Residents needed housing during the closure time should speak with a residence hall dean. 

Residence Hall Room Deposit Payment
The room deposit is $250, payable by each resident prior to room assignment. Assignments are made on a first-come first-served basis. For priority room assignment, submit your application and deposit by July 15 for fall term, November 15 for spring term, and April 15 for summer terms. If a deposit is received after those dates, expect to be assigned to temporary housing.

Residence Hall Room Deposit Refund
Room deposits are refunded if you do not move into the residence hall and cancel your application by August 1 for fall term, December 1 for spring term, and May 1 for summer term. Cancellation must be made through the residence hall housing office. Students will receive room assignment notification during the month of July for the upcoming fall semester. They are expected to confirm this room assignment online. Failure to confirm or cancel by August 1 will result in room cancellation as well as release of the room deposit. Rooms that have been confirmed and then canceled after August 1 will result in forfeiture of the room deposit.

Failure to Check Out Properly
Students are charged if they leave the residence hall without following checkout procedures. Additional charges may be assessed depending on the amount of cleaning and/or repairs required.

Personal Effects Insurance. The University does not provide personal effects insurance coverage. The University is not responsible for the loss or damage, from any cause, of personal belongings brought to the campus. This is true even though students are required by the University to purchase certain items or to keep them in a specified place. The University strongly recommends that students secure their own personal effects insurance coverage.

Meal Plan Charges

Residence Hall Meal Plan
Undergraduate residence hall students under age 22 are required to participate in the Declining Balance Meal Plan. The minimum meal plan charge is $2,283 per semester. The meal plan can be used for purchases at the Terrace Café, Gazebo and campus vending machines.  In some cases, the minimum meal plan will not meet your complete food needs for the semester (for example, $2,283 should cover approximately two average meals each day, every day, throughout the semester). Students who know they will require a larger meal plan amount may opt to add additional funds through Dining Services. 

Students who run out of funds in the meal account during the semester may add to the balance in increments of $100 by request at the Office of Dining Services in the Campus Center.

There is no refund.  The meal plan is non-refundable. 

All residence hall students of Andrews University employees receiving 60% educational allowance must select a meal plan regardless of the student’s age. Women living in Damazo Hall can select the Damazo Meal Plan. please contact your Student Financial Services financial advisor.

Meal plan cost per semester ($2,283)

Café Account
Minimum amount to open a Café Account ($50)

The Café Account is a plan for graduate and undergraduate students not living in a dormitory. Students may use their Café Account card to purchase food from the Terrace Café, Gazebo, or vending machines.  To open a Café account with cash, check or credit card, visit the Office of Dining Services. To open a Café account with a credit balance on a student account, visit the Office of Student Financial Services.

University Apartments Charges

Apartments

* Apartment rates include all utilities: local telephone, basic cable television, and high-speed Internet

Houses

Monthly Rental Rates

One–three bedroom houses ($705-$1295)
The Office of University Apartments provides apartment descriptions and application forms upon request. Application forms can also be downloaded from www.andrews.edu/apartments/. If notice of cancellation is received before the date of stated occupancy, the application fee is refunded minus the $20 processing fee. Apartments or houses are assigned from the processing list in the order in which the application fee is received.

A student’s immediate family only includes husband, wife, children, parents and biological siblings. Birth certificates must be provided showing the relationship to the student. Any other relatives (cousins, nieces, nephews, in-laws, etc.) who desire to live with students must first receive permission from the University Apartments director. Rent is increased by $20 per month for each additional person that is not immediate family as described above or the student does not have legal guardianship over. No overcrowding is allowed.

Single students wanting to share an apartment with a roommate will pay an additional $20 rent per month. The monthly rent, along with the additional extra person charge, will be divided between the roommates.

Rent Payments
The first month’s rent is prorated to the date of occupancy. Students are required to pay the first month’s rent in advance. Thereafter, rent is due in advance on the 1st of each month. A late fee of $30 is charged for any payment made after the 10th of the month. Payments can be made in person, by using the drop box, by mail or online. Address all payments and inquiries to:

Office of University Apartments
Andrews University
Box 10920
Berrien Springs MI 49104

Termination of Occupancy
All tenants are required to sign a year lease at the time of occupancy. At the end of the initial lease a new lease has to be signed if the tenant wishes to continue occupancy.

College of Education and International Services

Center for Intensive English Programs

Language Training (Short-Term Intensives)
Individuals and groups may register for short-term intensives: fall semester, beginning in August and late October; spring semester, beginning in January and early March. The program fees (tuition) will be pro-rated. Housing and meal plans are available for an additional fee. 

CIEP Fall and Spring Semesters

Students taking ESL classes in the Center for Intensive English Programs (CIEP) pay the following tuition rates:

• 12-16 credit or non-credit hours/week - $5,500 (may receive a discount)
• Under 12 credit or non-credit hours/week - $460/credit hour (Each course is 4 credits)

CIEP Summer Semester

Students taking ESL classes in the Center for Intensive English Programs (CIEP) pay the following tuition rates:

• 12 credit or non-credit hours/week - $5,500 (may receive a discount)
• Under 12 non-credit hours/week - $460/non-credit hour (Each course is 4 credits)

Tuition and fees do not include application fee, textbooks, health insurance, and transportation to and from Andrews University.  Transportation can be arranged from the South Bend Airport and other local transportation depots through our transportation team at trans@andrews.edu.

Andews University requires all international students to be covered under the Student Health Insurance Plan.  Insurance rates are confirmed annually at https://www.andrews.edu/services/hr/students/insurance/index.html.

Please contact the Center for Intensive English Programs at ciep@andrews.edu for information regarding discounts available for CIEP students.

College of Arts and Sciences

International Language Studies

Music
Non-Credit music lessons

Students wishing to charge non-credit music lessons to their account must receive authorization from Student Financial Services, prior to signing up for the lessons.

Non-Credit music lessons have a fee of $38
    Per 30-minute lesson

Practice room fee for students enrolled in non-credit music lessons is $89 per semester

Music lessons for credit

All applied music lessons for credit have a fee of $160 per credit

Music ensemble fee adjustments

• Half tuition rate for students who register for music ensemble for credit and whose combined load exceeds 16 credits
• No tuition for students who audit music ensemble and whose combined load exceeds 16 credits

College of Professions

Department of Aviation Charges

Flight Majors: Flight-training fees are to be paid at the beginning of each semester. This is to insure that flight training progresses without interruption due to financial limitations. Any additional flight or ground instruction, beyond each training module, will incur additional hourly training fees. Students must plan to cover their own costs of the 1st class FAA medical, and in the case of international students, the TSA application fee.  FAA written flight tests, charts and other materials are additional and cannot be charged against the flight training fees.

Please note: Flight training fees are non-refundable. Students should plan to complete their training within the semester they have enrolled for the course. If, due to special circumstances, approved by the department; students unable to complete the training may be given a specified extension to finish their flight during the following break or semester. Beyond that exception, unused hours after the semester enrolled are forfeited and will be unusable.

Aviation Professional Fee

The fee is required for all non-U.S. students training as Private, Instrument and Multi-engine pilots. An approved application allots one year of training for each of the above flight ratings. If a student does not complete the rating in that time frame, they will be required to repay the TSA fee and reapply to continue training.

Community (Non-Flight Majors) Taking Flight Training
Flight-training fees will be on a pay-as-you-go basis. Ground School classes are available with no university credit for $402 per course for the private, instrument and commercial courses and $1055 for the CFI course. Credit for such courses may be obtained by registering through the registrar’s office and paying regular tuition. For flight certificates without credit call the Department of Aviation for a cost estimate.

Flight Training Fees and Rates
Rates and fees are subject to change without notice due to changes in operating costs (insurance, fuel, etc.). Every attempt will be made to maintain published rates. Check with the airpark administration for current rates. Flight-training fees listed below apply to this bulletin:

Course Fees For Flight Training Labs
The full fee amount is due at the beginning of the semester/registration for each course.

Community Non-Credit Classes for Aviation Airframe and Powerplant Certificate

For those wishing to attend classes to earn the FAA Airframe and Powerplant Certificate without university credit, there is a cost of $35,100 for the program ($675 per AU credit equivalent, includes lab fee).  Should the student want university credit at a later date, the difference between the then-current university tuition rate and the non-credit rate would have to be paid.  FAA test fees are additional.  Tool costs may be waived for students who own tools appropriate the program requirements.  Contact the Department of Aviation for more details.

College of Health and Human Services

Physical Therapy Professional Programs

These fees do not include transportation costs, general education fees, special tests, insurance, books, or graduation fees.

* Set by Department
** Students not taking the entire block of PT classes pay regular doctoral tuition up to a maximum of the PT package tuition rate and are not charged the PT professional fee for that semester.

Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Charges

Program Specific Fees and Discounts

MAR: Full-time on-campus students and online students receive an automatic 50% tuition adjustment.

MAYYAM/MA Religious Education:  Full-time on-campus students may apply for a tuition discount (based on GPA and other criteria), at the Seminary, at the Seminary Dean’s office each semester by drop/add date (see below).

MDiv: The MDiv fee is already highly discounted to a flat registration fee for full time students and a discounted per credit fee for part-time students.  No further discounts are available.

The registration fee is due August 15 for fall semester, December 15 for spring semester, and May 10 for summer term.  Any overload credits (over 14 for fall and spring semesters or over 12 for the summer) are charged at the regular per-credit master’s tuition rate.

MDiv students taking a graduate course in the College of Arts & Sciences in fulfillment of their elective course requirement may request a 50% tuition reduction (up to 9 credits), provided the class is not full and there are a sufficient number of students paying full tuition to warrant the teaching of the course. Directed study, laboratory courses, and study tours are not eligible for reduced tuition. Neither is this discount available for dual-enrollment students who have been accepted in a graduate degree program in the College of Arts & Sciences. Application form is available in the PhD office, but should be submitted to the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

A per-credit recording fee is charged for prior learning (CPL).

DMin: NAD employees are eligible for a 56% discount off the published doctoral rate. Tuition includes general and graduation fees.

Intercultural Studies DIS (formally DMISS): 50% discount off the published doctoral rate.

PhD/ThD: Visit the PhD program office for scholarship applications in January of each year. 

Doctoral: Seminary Doctoral students will receive a 75% discount for Seminary MA level prerequisites taken on campus.  If the prerequisite is taken on line, then the student’s credit is reduced by the current SOLC per credit fee [see Seminary Online Learning Center (SOLC) charges.]

PhD students taking a graduate course in the College of Arts & Sciences in fulfillment of their elective course requirement may request a 75% tuition reduction (up to 9 credits), provided the class is not full and there are a sufficient number of students paying full tuition to warrant the teaching of the course. Directed study, laboratory courses, and study tours are not eligible for reduced tuition. Neither is this discount available for dual-enrollment students who have been accepted in a graduate degree program in the College of Arts & Sciences. Application form is available in the PhD office, but should be submitted to the Dean of Arts & Sciences

Seminary Scholarships and Discounts

Scholarships
Endowed/Named Scholarships—Application deadline will be set some time during spring semester for awards for the next year.

Emergency Scholarship
For true emergencies (health, accident, job loss, etc.) please visit the Seminary Dean’s office for application details.

Seminary Spouse Discount
Available to master’s-level students enrolled in Seminary programs whose paying spouses are enrolled full-time in a Seminary program. Student must submit application to Seminary Dean’s office each semester by drop/add date. Details and applications are available in the Seminary Dean’s office. Discount, if granted, would net Seminary master’s tuition to $175 per credit (maximum 9 credits per semester).

Note: The purpose of this section is to summarize the most common Seminary fees. Seminary students are still responsible for all fees and policies as set forth in this Bulletin.

Other departmental charges for individual courses are listed in the Class Schedule or disclosed in the syllabus. These charges, which may be significant, are added to tuition.