Palmer College of Chiropractic

Academic Programs

D.C. Tuition and Fees

Trimester tuition for students registered 26 to 32 credit hours is $7,805. Students registered for fewer than 26 hours will be charged $304 per credit hour. Students registered for more than 32 credit hours will be charged $304 per each additional credit hour above 32 hours.

Nonrefundable Fees:

• Application fee (one time fee) $50
• Tuition deposit $200
• Matriculation fee $150
• Activity fee (per trimester) $20
• Liability insurance fee (three consecutive payments of $65 each at the start of fifth, sixth and seventh trimesters) $195
• Late intent-to-graduate fee $50
• Re-matriculation fee (assessed to students who interrupt their course of study for more than one academic term and seek to re-enter) $50
• Late registration fee $15

General Fees (General charges applied to all degree programs):

• Payment of delinquent tuition 12% (APR service fee on monthly unpaid balances)
• Collection fee on non-sufficient funds check $20
• Reinstatement (after undeclared or involuntary withdrawal) $50
• Duplicate diploma $25
• Transcript fee $5
• Other duplicate certificates $5
• All Elective courses are $95 per credit hour.
• A drop fee of $10 will be assessed on all courses dropped before the first day of class.

Payment of Accounts

The College and its various divisions and departments reserve the right to modify or change requirements, rules, tuition and fees. Such regulations shall go into force without notice whenever it is determined appropriate by the College. Palmer College of Chiropractic has established all tuition, fees and bookkeeping procedures on an academic-term basis. Tuition, fees and other charges are due and payable on the tenth day of classes.

Estimated cost of books and equipment per Academic term (D.C. Program) During each academic term, the student will be required to purchase textbooks that will be used throughout the academic program. Midway in the course of study, the student will prepare to enter the clinic and need to purchase equipment that will serve the student doctor in the clinical portion of the academic program.

The cost of books and equipment per academic term is estimated to be $684 each trimester on average.

Refund and Repayment Policy

Palmer College applies the following rules concerning refunds. The withdrawal/refund amount is calculated by using the first calendar day of the trimester as the first day of attendance.

Withdrawals
The Federal ProRata refund applies to any student withdrawing from the College on or before the 60 percent point of time in the period of enrollment for which the student has been charged. Palmer College will determine the portion of the enrollment period for which the student has been charged that remains on the last day of attendance by the student, rounded downward to the nearest 10 percent of that period, less any unpaid amount of a scheduled cash payment for the period of enrollment for which the student has been charged, and less the administrative fee that does not exceed the lesser of $100 or five percent of tuition.

Drops
The College will refund 100 percent of institutional charges for the period of enrollment for which the student was charged if a student drops before the first day of classes.

The College will refund at least 90 percent of the tuition charges if the student drops between the first day of classes and the end of the first 10 percent (in time) of the period of enrollment for which the student was charged.

The College will refund at least 50 percent of the tuition charges if the student drops between the end of the first 10 percent (in time) and the end of the first 25 percent (in time) of the period of enrollment for which the student was charged.

The College will refund at least 25 percent of the tuition charges if the student drops between the end of the first 25 percent (in time) and the end of the first 50 percent (in time) of the period of enrollment for which the student was charged.

All refunds calculated will be returned to the Title IV/Federal Family Education programs in the following order within 60 days of the official withdraw date or the date the student has dropped:

1. Unsubsidized Federal Stafford loans
2. Federal Subsidized Stafford loans
3. Federal PLUS loans
4. Federal Perkins loans
5. Federal Pell grants
6. Federal SEOG program
7. State aid
8. Institutional aid
9. Student

Examples of the refund policy are available upon request.

Title IV Refund Policy

To comply with new Federal Regulations regarding refunds of non-earned Title IV Aid, unearned aid disbursed to the student for living expenses must be refunded by the student to the lender in the percentages outlined above. If funds must be repaid to a Title IV loan program, the student (or parent in the case of a PLUS loan) returns those funds by normal repayment of the loan according to the terms and conditions of the promissory note. If refunds must be repaid to a Title IV grant program, the student is obligated to return only one-half of the unearned grant amount. Implementation date was July 1, 2000.

Title IV Default Rates

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