2009-2010

All tuition and fees are due and payable in full at the beginning of each semester to the Business Office. Financial deferments may be made, but in no case will the deferment be extended beyond 60 days after the official registration day. The deferred payment fee is $20. Any balance not covered by an approved payment plan will be assessed interest at 1% per month on the unpaid balance, or 12% per annum. A past due student account balance will result in notification from the Director of Financial Services to the student to officially withdraw from classes.

* Discount is available for five or more transcripts ordered at one time.

The various tuition and fees are subject to change without prior notice, but Drury University attempts to provide such change information as soon as appropriate trustee action is taken.

Explanation of Tuition & Fees

Tuition: The basic charge to cover the general instructional expenses, student services, library and plant operations. Tuition covers but a portion of these costs, which also are supported by generous gifts and grants and endowment income.

Student Fee: The university assesses a fee that is budgeted and spent for student activities and services.

Audit Fee per hour: A reduced rate of tuition designed for students and members of the community who merely want to take a course without credit and examinations. The audit fee per course enables an undergraduate
to sit in on as many class periods as the student desires in any lecture course on the campus. Studio courses, laboratory courses, online courses and methods courses in education are not conducive to auditing and must be taken for credit. Any student may take one course per semester as audit on a space available basis. The course must be designated as audit before the sixth week of the semester. Prior permission of the instructor is required and student participation will be determined by the instructor. Audit students receive
neither a grade nor credit for the course.

Transcript Fee: A charge to cover the cost of processing a request for a certified transcript copy and mailing to prospective employers and graduate schools. Students completing their degree will receive one free transcript.

How Drury tuition is paid

Basically, educational costs are met by Drury families in three ways:

1. The full cost may be covered by personal or family resources. The total bill is paid in full at the beginning of each semester, or a percentage of the full amount is paid and the balance is due in accordance with a plan for deferred payment. Master Card and Discover also are acceptable forms of payment. Payments may be made in person, by mail or online by accessing eRegistrar.

2. The student may qualify for a type of financial aid that is awarded directly through the university and is credited to the student’s bill by the Financial Services office. These kinds of financial aid awards are made annually and the amount awarded is divided equally between charges for the fall and spring semesters. Listed are the scholarships and grants that are directly credited to the student’s bill:

Federal Pell Grant
Continuing Studies Academic Scholarship
Jack Tharp Scholarship
Adelaide Jones Scholarship
Alpha Sigma Lambda Scholarship
Phi Theta Kappa

3. The student may receive financial aid which, by law, cannot be automatically credited to the student account but which is paid to the student for application to educational expenses.

The following forms of financial aid result in money being paid to the student. With these types of aid, the student is solely responsible for paying university costs in accordance with the established payment plan.

Charles Gallagher Student Financial Assistance Program: Each semester the state forwards a master check to the university, on behalf of each eligible student. Typically, this check arrives much later in the semester than the due date for tuition payment. Upon receipt, the funds will be applied to the student’s account. Billing is not postponed nor can an account be credited because a Charles Gallagher grant is expected.

Federal Stafford Student Loan: This loan program represents an agreement between the university student and a commercial lending institution. Loan monies may not be released to the student until the student is fully charged. Drury University’s refund policy provides for prorated charges through the third week of classes. The loan will be wire transferred from the lending institution to the student’s account as early as the third week of school. After the third week of classes, the university will automatically generate and mail a refund check to the student for any loan monies in excess of the student’s account balance. Students will have to visit the Financial Services office to endorse a loan check and apply it to their account if they borrow from a lending institution that does not utilize wire transfers.