Tuition & Fees
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Tuition Payment Methods
All payment links can be found in the Student Portal section of the web site.
CES requires all fees and tuition to be paid in full before the granting of a degree or the release of transcripts or grades.
All payments-from anywhere in the world-must be made in U.S. dollars by personal check, cashier's check, or money order, all drawn on a U.S. bank and made payable to Columbia Evangelical Seminary. You may also make via PayPal (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express accepted).
Columbia Seminary reserves the right to make changes in fees, course programs, and all administrative structures described in our catalog and elsewhere without prior notice being given.
Changing Mentors/Programs:
If the student changes programs and/or changes mentors, there will be a $200 change and administration fee and the student will pay the mentor's remuneration directly to the mentor. These payments will be above and beyond the tuition fee.
Program Extension
Program extensions are no longer offered after 2022.
Incidental Fees
Other expenses students may incur will be from such things as text books (we do not supply text books) and other research sources such as CDs, DVDs, library memberships, external lectures, telephone, email, and, if desired, travel. Also, while most work is submitted electronically, students are responsible for the cost of postage if physical mail is required.
CES requires all fees and tuition to be paid in full before the granting of a degree or the release of transcripts or grades.
All payments-from anywhere in the world-must be made in U.S. dollars by personal check, cashier's check, or money order, all drawn on a U.S. bank and made payable to Columbia Evangelical Seminary. You may also make via PayPal (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express accepted).
Columbia Seminary reserves the right to make changes in fees, course programs, and all administrative structures described in our catalog and elsewhere without prior notice being given.
Changing Mentors/Programs:
If the student changes programs and/or changes mentors, there will be a $200 change and administration fee and the student will pay the mentor's remuneration directly to the mentor. These payments will be above and beyond the tuition fee.
Program Extension
Program extensions are no longer offered after 2022.
Incidental Fees
Other expenses students may incur will be from such things as text books (we do not supply text books) and other research sources such as CDs, DVDs, library memberships, external lectures, telephone, email, and, if desired, travel. Also, while most work is submitted electronically, students are responsible for the cost of postage if physical mail is required.
REFUND POLICY
No matter which tuition payment method students select, students are entitled to a 100% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) within 7 calendar days after enrollment.
Students are entitled to an 80% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) between 7 and 14 calendar days after enrollment.
Students are entitled to a 60% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) between 14 and 21 calendar days after enrollment.
Students are entitled to a 40% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) between 21 and 30 calendar days after enrollment.
Students are entitled to a 20% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) between 30 and 45 calendar days after enrollment.
There will be no refunds if more than 45 days have elapsed since the enrollment date. Enrollment into any of CES programs is explicit agreement with these refund parameters.
PROCEDURE OF WITHDRAWAL
All requests for refunds and student withdrawals must be in writing and sent through the U.S. postal service, or by other hand-delivered methods (e.g., FedEx or UPS) and sent prior to the next tuition-payment due date. CES monthly payments are set for the 15th day of each month. If a student fails to send his/her withdrawal letter by the 15th, he/she will be responsible for that month's late fees. E-mail and phone call withdrawals are not acceptable. All withdrawal letters must have the student's signature and be dated for verification purposes, and this cannot be done via e-mail or phone. Subsequent re-enrollments are not allowed.
Student Obligations:
If a student has completed more credits than he/she has paid for at the time of withdrawal, the student shall be obligated to pay for all the credits he/she has completed, and any outstanding late fees.
Special Note:
In the past, some students did not submit letters of withdrawal, but they simply stopped making payments-not letting us know of their intent to withdraw. When this happens, the student is billed and responsible for three consecutive months of late fees. To avoid this, the student must send CES a letter of withdrawal via regular mail (not email) before the next scheduled payment date.
Nonrefundable Fees:
The application and evaluation fee, and fees for Ministry-Experience Credit transfer are nonrefundable.
Extreme Circumstances:
No leaves of absence are allowed.
Late or Missed Payments:
Sometimes, for whatever reason, a student might be late with a payment. A late fee is charged according to the fee table displayed on the web site.
If a payment is missed altogether for a particular month, a late fee is assessed and the student will be notified on the corresponding statement. Interest, if applicable, will accrue.
If three non-consecutive payments are missed in a year, the student’s status will immediately be placed on academic hold. Academic hold means the student cannot make any further progress on his or her education until the hold is removed, and the mentor will be notified appropriately. The school will notify the student of the official hold. The following steps must be taken to have the academic hold removed.
However, CES policy says that if a student misses three consecutive months of tuition payments, it is a reasonable assumption that the student no longer wants to be a student, and upon the third month of consecutive non-payments, the student is unceremoniously removed from the active student status, forfeiting all previous tuition paid.
However, as stated above, the student is responsible for the late fees for those three consecutive months. And, until that is paid, the student will have an outstanding bill with CES and no transcripts or any other official records of the student's work will be released until it is paid in full. Therefore, if a student makes no payments for a three month period, he/she will be automatically removed from the active student status, he/she will no longer be a student, and he/she will owe three late fees. Again, any person who has not made a payment for three consecutive months shall forfeit all tuition and fees he/she has paid to CES. Re-enrollment is not allowed.
Students may not arbitrarily suspend their studies and payments and then pick them up at a later date. If a student needs to stop working on a degree program, he/she must simply go through the withdrawal process.
Students are entitled to an 80% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) between 7 and 14 calendar days after enrollment.
Students are entitled to a 60% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) between 14 and 21 calendar days after enrollment.
Students are entitled to a 40% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) between 21 and 30 calendar days after enrollment.
Students are entitled to a 20% refund on tuition payments if they request such in writing (sent via U. S. mail, not by email) between 30 and 45 calendar days after enrollment.
There will be no refunds if more than 45 days have elapsed since the enrollment date. Enrollment into any of CES programs is explicit agreement with these refund parameters.
PROCEDURE OF WITHDRAWAL
All requests for refunds and student withdrawals must be in writing and sent through the U.S. postal service, or by other hand-delivered methods (e.g., FedEx or UPS) and sent prior to the next tuition-payment due date. CES monthly payments are set for the 15th day of each month. If a student fails to send his/her withdrawal letter by the 15th, he/she will be responsible for that month's late fees. E-mail and phone call withdrawals are not acceptable. All withdrawal letters must have the student's signature and be dated for verification purposes, and this cannot be done via e-mail or phone. Subsequent re-enrollments are not allowed.
Student Obligations:
If a student has completed more credits than he/she has paid for at the time of withdrawal, the student shall be obligated to pay for all the credits he/she has completed, and any outstanding late fees.
Special Note:
In the past, some students did not submit letters of withdrawal, but they simply stopped making payments-not letting us know of their intent to withdraw. When this happens, the student is billed and responsible for three consecutive months of late fees. To avoid this, the student must send CES a letter of withdrawal via regular mail (not email) before the next scheduled payment date.
Nonrefundable Fees:
The application and evaluation fee, and fees for Ministry-Experience Credit transfer are nonrefundable.
Extreme Circumstances:
No leaves of absence are allowed.
Late or Missed Payments:
Sometimes, for whatever reason, a student might be late with a payment. A late fee is charged according to the fee table displayed on the web site.
If a payment is missed altogether for a particular month, a late fee is assessed and the student will be notified on the corresponding statement. Interest, if applicable, will accrue.
If three non-consecutive payments are missed in a year, the student’s status will immediately be placed on academic hold. Academic hold means the student cannot make any further progress on his or her education until the hold is removed, and the mentor will be notified appropriately. The school will notify the student of the official hold. The following steps must be taken to have the academic hold removed.
- the student must pay all outstanding late fees, and
- the student must make a monthly payment, and
- the student must send a letter or email to school explaining the student’s request to come off of academic hold along with a commitment to make future monthly payments on time.
However, CES policy says that if a student misses three consecutive months of tuition payments, it is a reasonable assumption that the student no longer wants to be a student, and upon the third month of consecutive non-payments, the student is unceremoniously removed from the active student status, forfeiting all previous tuition paid.
However, as stated above, the student is responsible for the late fees for those three consecutive months. And, until that is paid, the student will have an outstanding bill with CES and no transcripts or any other official records of the student's work will be released until it is paid in full. Therefore, if a student makes no payments for a three month period, he/she will be automatically removed from the active student status, he/she will no longer be a student, and he/she will owe three late fees. Again, any person who has not made a payment for three consecutive months shall forfeit all tuition and fees he/she has paid to CES. Re-enrollment is not allowed.
Students may not arbitrarily suspend their studies and payments and then pick them up at a later date. If a student needs to stop working on a degree program, he/she must simply go through the withdrawal process.