University Charges, 2011–12
Tuition, Housing, and Meals
Check both the tables below for the tuition for your program.
| Tuition Charges for Normal Standard Programs | Per Semester |
|---|---|
| Standard Program Full Time — 12 or more credits | $12,000 |
| Standard Program ¾ Time — 11 credits | $9,000 |
| Standard Program ½ Time — 6 to 10 credits | $6,000 |
| Standard Program ¼ Time — 2 to 5 credits | $3,000 |
Students are encouraged to attend all blocks each semester. Standard Programs have courses at the rate of one semester credit hour per week, as well as Development of Consciousness (DC) credits. The DC credits, as well as MV S100, are not used to calculate charges or enrollment status. Ph.D. Candidates pay 50% tuition; Ph.D. Researchers pay 25% of tuition. PhD Researchers are always full time.
Housing and Meals Charges per Semester
Full Meals | Single Room | MSV Housing |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 or more weeks | $1,600 |
$1,400 |
+ $750 |
| 6–11 weeks | $800 |
$700 |
+ $300 |
| 2–5 weeks | $400 |
$350 |
+ $150 |
Housing charges must be accompanied by full meal charges. Meal charges are not available to students without housing charges. If you wish to stay on campus while not enrolled (including Winter and Summer holidays), there will be an additional housing and meal charge payable in advance. All students who live on campus are required to pay for full meals, which consists of three meals per day, six days per week, and two meals on Sunday. Single undergraduate students under 22 years of age are required to live in residence halls, or may live with their parents when their parents are Fairfield residents.
Students moving off-campus during a semester
Students who move out of the residence halls after they have registered will not be eligible for a reduction in housing charges for that semester.
Charges for summer enrollment
| Tuition, per credit | $350 |
| Housing and meals, per month | $750 |
Graduate courses during July are intersession credits added to Spring semester, or for August 1–19 added to fall semester. Undergraduates credits are in a separate summer term. Undergraduates taking summer internships who are off campus, and were full time during the Spring semester may be eligible for a tuition scholarship.
| Tuition Charges for Nonstandard Programs | Per Semester |
|---|---|
| Master's in Business Administration | $3,600 |
| Master's in Maharishi Vedic Science | $2,000 |
| Per unit charge (less than 10 credits) | $350 |
Nonstandard programs are evening/weekend or one-course-at-a-time distance education schedules. Full-time definition is six credits for graduate Nonstandard Programs, not including DC credits.
Charges for professionals programs
Charges for the M.S. in Computer Science and the Accounting MBA Professionals Track are per program, not per semester. Six credits per semester are required for full-time status.
The content of this page was reviewed in October 2011.
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