Tuition and Fees

Registration

• Fall trimester registration is due on or before 6:00pm eastern on Monday, July 17, 2023 and must be accompanied by your $1000 deposit and financial aid application, if applying.
• Spring trimester registration is due on or before 6:00pm eastern on Thursday, December 14, 2023 and must be accompanied by your $1000 deposit and financial aid application, if applying.
• Summer trimester registration is due on or before 6:00pm eastern on Monday, April 15th, 2024 and must be accompanied by your $1000 deposit and financial aid application, if applying.
• All matriculated students who register after the deadlines listed above will be assessed a late fee of $125, plus an additional $5 per day, until they register.

ALL STUDENTS  (including those maintaining matriculation) are required to register.

Students pay tuition according to the following schedule:

*Per each additional credit over 14 credits – $1,394

Mechina Program

The AJR Mechina Program consists of two different sections: Mechina Hebrew and Mechina Jewish Studies. Both sections each meet two days a week, for a total of four periods a week for students enrolled in both. The special rate for both sections of Mechina is $8,235 per trimester. With the permission of the Academic Dean, students may enroll in a single section of Mechina (i.e., either Mechina Hebrew or Mechina Jewish Studies) at the rate of $4,120 per trimester. The Mechina Hebrew section typically involves a two or three trimester progression (Mechina 1, Mechina 2, and Mechina 3), which prepares students to take Hebrew 250 (1A). See the Academic Catalog, Section XVII for more information.

CORE CONCEPTS SEMINAR – Ordination students are required to take four of the six trimesters of Core Concepts Seminar. Rabbinical and cantorial students are not charged for these four seminars and receive no credit.

FIELDWORK SUPPORT SEMINAR – Although students receive no credit for Fieldwork Support Seminar it costs $3,316 and is considered two credits for purposes of tuition package calculation. Fieldwork approval is required & the form can be downloaded here: FWSS Approval Request Form.

Tuition Payments

• Full payment (or your first payment plan payment) for Fall Trimester 2023 is due by Thursday, September 7, 2023.
• Full payment (or your first payment plan payment) for Spring Trimester 2024 tuition is due by Thursday, January 18, 2024.
• Full payment for Summer Trimester 2024 (or your first payment plan payment) is due By Thursday, May 9, 2024.

• While there is NO charge for ACH electronic funds transfer from a bank account, a 3% convenience fee is added on to all credit card payments for tuition and fees.  
• Please Note:
  • All payment of tuition and fees take place in Populi
  • Debit cards are treated like credit cards and will incur the 3% convenience fee
  • AJR does not accept paper checks from students for the payment of tuition and fees
  • If there is a reason why this automatic payment is a hardship please speak with the registrar to set up an alternative plan.

• Should full payment not be received by September 7th, January 18th, and May 9th respectively, students will automatically be put on a payment plan. Students will not be able to re-register, (unless an arrangement to complete payment is reached), or be ordained until full payment is received. The penalty for failure to pay in full by the end of the trimester is based on the amount of unpaid balance. The penalty will be assessed monthly until the balance is paid.

  If the Balance is:	The Penalty is:
  Less than $100	$ 50
  $100 to $500	$100
  $501 and up	$150

• Payment Plan – If full payment poses a hardship, tuition may be paid in monthly installments. A late payment fee will be assessed if payment plan payments are not received by their due dates. Installments payments for Fall Trimester are due on the 7th of September, the 15th of October, and the 15th of November. Installment payments for Spring Trimester are due on the 18th of January, and the 15th of February and the 14th of March. Installment payments for the Summer Trimester are due on the 9th of May, and the 13th of June and the 15th of July. All late Payment plan payments will be subject to a $75 late fee. This fee will be automatically assessed the day after a payment is missed.

Refunds

• Refunds (Complete Withdrawal from Term) – Students who cancel their entire registration prior to the first day of classes are entitled to a refund of 95% of that trimester’s tuition; students who withdraw after the first day of classes during the first two weeks of the term are entitled to a refund of 80% of that trimester’s tuition; students who withdraw during the third week of classes are entitled to a refund of 60% of that trimester’s tuition. No refunds will be made after the start of the fourth week of the term.
• Refunds (One or More Courses – but not all courses) – Students who drop a course within the add/drop period will do so without penalty. Students who withdraw from a course after the add/drop period ends, but within the first month of a trimester (for a course that runs the entire term), or within the first two weeks of the course for a course that runs half the term, are entitled to a refund of 60% of the tuition for that course. No refunds will be made after the first four weeks of classes for a course that runs the entire term or after the first two weeks of a course that runs half the term.
• Intersession Refunds – Students who cancel registration of an intersession course prior to the start of the first day of the course are entitled to a refund of 95% of the course.. Given the condensed nature of intersession courses, students who withdraw from an intersession course by 11:59 am on the first day, are entitled to a 50% refund for a two-day intersession course, and a 75% refund for a four-day course. If a student withdraws from an intersession course after 11:59 am on the first day of the course, no refund will be given.
• Registration fees, in all cases, are nonrefundable.
• Credit card convenience fees are nonrefundable.
• All refunds will be made by check.

Specific Policies for GI Bill Recipients

Credit for Prior Learning (38 CFR 21.4254(c )(3). The school maintains a written record of the previous education and training of the GI Bill recipient and grant credit appropriately, with the training period shortened proportionately.

Pro Rata Refund (38 CFR 21.4254(c)(13), 21.455). We will refund the unused portion of prepaid tuition and fees on a pro rata basis. The exact proration will be determined on the ratio of the number of days of instruction completed by the student to the total number of instructional days in the course. Any amount in excess of $10.00 for an enrollment fee or registration fee will also be prorated.

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