Tuitions & Fees

PhD Program Tuition and Fees
Certificate Program Tuition and Fees

PhD PROGRAM TUITION, FEES, AND TUITION REFUND POLICY 2011-2012 ACADEMIC YEAR
(Tuition and Fees may vary in subsequent academic years.)

TUITION
Annual tuition for the 2011-2012 academic year………………………………………………………… $14,500
Tuition includes the following convocation expenses:
For all students:
Convocation meals
For students residing outside the region of convocation location:
Transportation costs, not to exceed economy airfare
One night’s lodging, double occupancy, plus breakfast

Tuition is paid by the trimester and is due and payable as follows:
Fall Trimester                       due 08/01/11            $4,834
Winter Trimester                   due 12/01/11             $4,834
Spring Trimester                   due 03/01/12             $4,834
Optional Monthly Payment Plans
12 monthly installments @ $1208.34+ $10 service charge………………………………………… $1218.34
You must request a contract from the Institute Office in time to make first payment by July 20, 2011. Subsequent payments due 20th of each month.

LATE FEE……………………………………………………………………………………. 5% of overdue balance
If tuition is received after due date, the 5% late fee will apply to the amount that is due, (e.g., entire trimester tuition or monthly installment payment).

APPLICATION FEES:
Initial fee submitted with application (non-refundable)……………………………………………………… $150
Admissions Conference Fee (non-refundable)………………………………………………………………. $100
Required for applicants who qualify for Part III of the admissions    process. Submitted prior to the admissions conference.

ENROLLMENT DEPOSIT……………………………………………………………………………………….. $100
Submitted when the student makes a commitment to become a matriculated student. It is applied to tuition for the first trimester in which student enrolls.

STUDENT TUITION RECOVERY FUND FEE (STRF)…………………………….……..$37.50
Effective January 2010, California State Assembly Bill AB48, known as the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, established the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of consumer Affairs, under California Education Code 94923, Title 5 Section 76020-76140, the Bureau requires the following: “The student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) assessment rate for all new students signing enrollment agreements is $2.50 per $1,000 of tuition.  Institutions shall collect the assessment from each student at the time it collects the first payment from or on behalf of the student at or after enrollment.  The assessment shall be collected for the entire period of enrollment, regardless of whether the student pays the institutional charges in increments.”

You must pay the state-imposed STRF fee if all of the following applies to you:

1.  You are a student, who is a California resident and prepays all or part of your tuition either by cash, guaranteed student loans, or personal loans, and

2.  Your total charges are not paid by any third-party such as an employer, government program or other payer unless you have a separate agreement to repay the third party.

You are not eligible for protection from the STRF, and you are not required to pay the STRF fee, if either of the following applies:

1.  You are not a California resident.

2.  Your total charges are paid by a third party, such as an employer, government program, or other payer, and you have no separate agreement to repay the third party.

The State of California created the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) to relieve or mitigate economic losses suffered by California residents who were students attending schools approved by, or registered to offer Short-term Career Training with, the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.  You may be eligible for STRF if you are a California resident, prepaid tuition, paid the STRF fee, and suffered loss as a result of any of the following:

1.  The school closed before the course of instruction was completed.

2.  The school’s failure to pay refunds or charges on behalf of a student to a third    party for license fees or any other purpose, or to provide equipment or materials for which a charge was collected within 180 days before the closure of the school.

3.  The school’s failure to pay or reimburse loan proceeds under a federally guaranteed student loan program as required by law or to pay or reimburse proceeds received by the school prior to closure in excess of tuition and other costs.

4.  The school’s breach or anticipatory breach of the agreement for the course of     instruction.

5.  There was a decline in the quality of the course of instruction within 30 days before the school closed or, if the decline began earlier than 30 days prior to closure, the period of decline determined by the Bureau.

6.  The school committed fraud during the recruitment or enrollment or program participation of the student.

You may also be eligible for STRF if you were a student that was unable to collect a court judgment rendered against the school for violation of the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.

PARTIAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM TUITION (per trimester)… ……………………………………$3,223
PEP is a special program for students who have completed all the requirements of the Colloquium on the Integration of Clinical Theory and Practice, Research Seminars I and II, and have an approved preliminary educational plan, and for whom it is deemed appropriate by the Educational Committee. It includes two hours of mentoring, participation in the Writing Seminar, and up to four units for work completed.

NON-MATRICULATED STUDENT FEE (per trimester)……………………………………………………. $780
This permits attendance at the Colloquium on the Integration of Clinical Theory and Practice and convocation plenary sessions only. It does not include any other educational services or meals, accommodations, or travel costs.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FEE)……………………………………………………………….. 10% of current tuition
Students on leave must pay a fee of 10% of the current tuition per trimester to maintain that status. Failure to pay the fee in a timely way automatically results in withdrawn status.

READMISSION FEE……………………………………………………………………………………………… $500
For students who have been withdrawn for one or more trimesters and who wish to apply for readmission, there is a $500 readmission fee. The student will not be required to go through the initial application process but will have a readmission interview.

SUMMER ADVISEMENT FEE………………………………………………………………………………….. $100
Per contact hour with faculty during the months of July and August, payable to the Institute Office directly. Students do not receive a bill for this fee. They are responsible for submitting payment. Faculty who offer summer advisement report the number of contact hours to the Institute Office and are paid by the Institute.

GRADUATION FEE……………………………………………………………………………………………….. $300
Payable at the time approved dissertation is submitted to the Institute Office.

DISSERTATION BINDING FEE………………………………………………………………………………… $400
Covers the cost of binding and of distributing bound copies of the dissertation.

DISSERTATION RETURN FEE………………………………………………………………………………….. $25
For any dissertation not correctly submitted to the Dean’s Office. Pages not correctly collated, missing pages, or requests for substitution of pages will result in the return of the dissertation to the student.

CAP AND GOWN RENTAL FEE………………………………………………………………………………… $50

TRANSCRIPT FEE…………………………………………………………………………………………………. $10
Official transcripts must be requested in writing and are sent directly to agencies or educational institutions.  Students may request an unofficial copy of the transcript to be mailed directly to the student.

CONVOCATION COSTS
Attendance at convocations is required of all students. The costs of convocation and meals are included in tuition, as are economy airfare, breakfast, and double occupancy accommodation on the Saturday of convocation weekend for those students who live outside the region where the convocation is held. There will be no refund or credit of airfare, food, or lodging for failure to attend convocation for any reason. Airline tickets for convocation travel are purchased by the Institute or may be purchased by the student to be reimbursed by the Institute at economy rates after the convocation. Any student desiring other arrangements will be responsible for any additional costs. Mileage ($.25/mi) is reimbursed for those who drive from outside the convocation area (not to exceed economy airfare rates.)

LIBRARY ACCESS
All students are required annually to obtain borrowing privileges at a major university library.

BOOKS/MATERIALS
Students will need to purchase a limited amount of duplicated materials for the Colloquium and the Research Seminars. These costs tend to be under $50 per trimester. It is also customary for students to copy articles and purchase books needed for continued use or when necessary materials cannot be obtained through a library.

TIME LIMITS
A minimum of three years of academic work and completion of a dissertation research study are required for the degree. The candidate should anticipate from four to six years of work prior to the awarding of the degree. Although the PhD program is designed for clinicians who intend to work in the field while they earn a degree, it should be emphasized that carrying a full-time workload will extend the time required to complete the program.

PERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
Students of the Institute are required to have had personal psychotherapy before the practicum requirement of the basic curriculum can be considered fulfilled. Such personal psychotherapy shall be for a minimum of one year and may have been before or after admission to the program. Assessment of the need for further personal psychotherapy necessary to fulfill the practicum requirement will be made by the Educational Committee, together with the student, solely in relation to the student’s grasp of clinical processes and his/her demonstration of clinical competence.

TUITION REFUND POLICY

Refunds Granted Students Prior to Beginning the Trimester
Upon written application for cancellation of the enrollment agreement, delivered to the Institute Office, either in person or by first class mail, any time up to the date upon which the course of instruction is scheduled to begin, the student shall be refunded all tuition monies paid to the school for that trimester except an amount not to exceed $100 which may be retained by the Institute as a registration fee.

Refunds Granted Students after the Trimester Has Begun Students have the right to withdraw from the course of instruction at any time. Students who withdraw from the program during the course of any given trimester and have completed 60% or less of the course of instruction will be granted a pro rata tuition refund. For purposes of determining a refund, the withdrawal date will be the date that a written request for cancellation or withdrawal is received from the student at the Institute office. The refund will be made within 30 days of receipt of such request. The refund amount shall be the amount the student has paid for the trimester multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of hours of instruction for which the student has paid but not received and the denominator of which is the total number of hours of instruction for which the student has paid.

The number of hours of instruction in any given trimester will vary depending on where the student is in the program.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM TUITION AND FEES

APPLICATION FEE
There is a $50 application fee for this program.  This is a non-refundable fee to be submitted with application.

TUITION
Yearly tutition $2340 ($780 per trimester) includes 60 hours of CEU credits, attendance at the seminar and free tuition at one Sanville state-wide convocation North (Fall and Spring) or South (Winter), providing an additional six hours of CEUs.