Pikeville College - Student Financial Services - Institutional Cost

Institutional Cost

Pikeville College seeks to provide excellent instruction and pleasant living conditions at a modest expense.

As a private institution of higher education, Pikeville College does not receive a fixed amount of state or federal funding. Student tuition covers approximately one-third of the educational cost. Therefore, to support its academic programs, the College accepts funds from foundations, corporations, endowments, alumni, parents and friends of the College. Additionally, the College administers an extensive federal, state and institutional financial aid program.

Students may attend Pikeville College despite their financial limitations. In order to do so, however, they are urged to seek financial assistance early from the Office of Student Financial Services. A chart detailing the institutional cost for the 2010-2011 academic year can be found below. These fees are subject to annual revision.

Fees

The cost of all instructional material, with the exception of books, required supplies and the fees listed below, is included in the tuition charge.

1. Room Deposit: Fifty dollars is required at the beginning of an academic year. This fee is refundable or credited to the student’s outstanding balance thirty days after they leave Pikeville College. Damages made to a room or apartment will be deducted before a refund is made.
2. Graduation Fee: A one-time thirty dollar fee is assessed when the student applies for graduation.
3. Student Teaching Fee: An extra one hundred dollar fee is assessed when a student registers to take supervised field experience.
4. Special Fees (only as applicable):
   • Late registration: $10
   • Transcripts: No charge
   • Credit by examination: $100 per course plus $100 for each semester hour granted.
   • Work experience credit: $100 per course plus $100 for each semester hour granted.
   • Returned checks: $20

*All charges are subject to change.

Room and Board

Room rent is assessed at the beginning of each semester. All students in college housing must furnish sheets, pillows, blankets, pillow cases and towels for themselves.

The meal plan covers the actual number of weeks that classes are in session during the fall and spring semesters. A meal plan is required of all resident students. The food service is willing and able to accommodate students with special dietary needs as prescribed by their doctors. Consequently, no exemption from the meal plan will be granted unless the College and the student’s physician agree that the food service is incapable of supplying a specific diet. Applications for exemption from the meal plan are available at the Office of Student Services, and should be returned two weeks prior to the beginning of the semester. Commuter students may also purchase meals in the dining hall.

Financial Responsibilities

All students are personally responsible for payment of financial obligations. Students must, therefore, be familiar with the following policies, since no exception will be made.

An outstanding balance can be paid in three installments by the 15th of the following months: (Fall semester) September, October and November; (Spring semester) February, March and April. A 1.5% service charge on the total unpaid balance will automatically be added to the student’s account each month. To avoid service charges, the full outstanding balance must be paid in full with the first billing of each semester.

If an account is substantially in arrears, a student may be refused permission to continue in classes. Therefore, students are urged to report to the Business Office any inability to comply with a billing or any perceived discrepancies in their account.

Any student who does not have a balance of zero at the end of each semester will not be permitted to register for a new semester or summer term until that balance is paid.

Charges for parking tickets, library fines, unauthorized use of phones or other charges will automatically be added to a student’s account and will become part of what a student owes the College.

No transcript will be issued to a student, nor will one be forwarded to another college, when there is an unpaid balance.

A student will not be allowed to participate in commencement or receive a diploma if an outstanding balance exists.