Summer Session 2007

Tuition

Any student who completes registration agrees to pay the University of Colorado at Boulder according to the payment terms documented in this section and at www.colorado.edu/bursar. The student is responsible for payment by the published due date, regardless of payment source (i.e., relative, third party, scholarship, etc.). Late payment results in late and service charges being applied to the student's account.

Tuition and Fee Information

Do you need to know how much you owe on your tuition and fee bill? Has your financial aid been applied to your bill? Is a refund reflected on your account? What is the deadline for payment of your next tuition and fee bill? You can check your personal information 24 hours a day, seven days a week at CUConnect under the financial tab. Want an easy way to estimate your bill? Use the online bill Eestimator at www.colorado.edu/bursar.

Bills

Good news: We are implementing a new CU Bill&Pay system. Starting summer semester we are planning to move to totally paperless billing. You will receive an e-mail notification at your colorado.edu e-mail address when your bill is available. No paper bills will be mailed and everything can be done online on CUConnect under the financial tab.

More good news: You will also be able to authorize parents and other payers to receive e-mail notification when your bill is available. They will be able to view and pay the tuition statement online at another CU Bill&Pay site. To set this up, go to the "Authorize others" link on CUConnect under the financial tab.

Failure to Make a Payment

If you do not pay your bill, miss payment deadlines, or write bad checks to the university, you are subject to late fees, finance charges, and financial stops. In addition, if you registered for a future term, you are at risk of being dropped from those future classes.

Financial stops prevent you from adding classes, registering for any future terms, receiving a diploma, or receiving an academic transcript of work at the university.

A late payment charge per semester in addition to a service charge of one percent per month on the unpaid balance is assessed each semester according to the following schedule:

Balance Due	Late Charge
$99.99 or less	$ 5
$100–$299.99	$10
$300–$499.99	$20
$500–$699.99	$30
$700–$899.99	$40
$900 and over	$50

All past due accounts are referred to the Student Debt Management (SDM) department for collection after the end of the semester. Past due service charges of 1 percent continue to accrue monthly as long as the debt is unpaid, and additional collection charges and attorney fees may be assessed.

To dispute a tuition and mandatory fee debt, you must make a formal appeal to the Bursar's Office by the last day of finals for summer session. Disputes will only be considered under extenuating circumstances, such as natural disaster (fire, flood), death in the family, medical, or unexpected financial crisis. Official documentation must be provided to substantiate the circumstances. For more information go to www.colorado.edu/bursar, call 303-492-5381, or e-mail bursar@colorado.edu.

Colorado law requires the university to place all delinquent accounts with a third party collection agency. The SDM department places delinquent accounts after one year, unless there exists a satisfactory repayment agreement including a signed contract with SDM in the Bursar's Office. The collection agency reports all past due accounts to national credit bureaus. Financial stops remain on your bursar record until the balance is paid in full. Establishing a repayment agreement does not result in removal of stops. If your account is referred to a collection agency, you must pay any collection costs and attorney fees allowed by the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.

Schedule Adjustment

You are charged for all added credit hours. Be aware of the deadlines for dropping and adding classes to avoid being charged for credits you wish to drop. See the Drop/Add Deadlines chart for details.

Note: If you are dropping all your courses, refer to the withdrawal information.

Withdrawals

Financial penalties may be assessed for withdrawing from all your summer courses. Nonattendance does not constitute withdrawal and you may still be charged for your classes unless you officially withdraw before the published deadlines. See the Summer Withdrawal Assessment Schedule for details.

Tuition Charts

Summer expenses vary, depending on your program of study and your residency classification. Students in a double degree program will be assessed tuition for the college or school with the higher tuition rate. Summer Session 2008 tuition rates can be found at www.colorado.edu/bursar. You can also use the online bill estimator on the bursars web site to estimate tuition and fees. For a sample budget of estimated expenses, see Estimated Expenses chart.

As a summer student (excluding Maymester), you must also pay student fees as described in the Mandatory Student Fees section.

Colorado Opportunity Fund

An act of the Colorado State Legislature in May 2004 established a new way for the state of Colorado to provide state tax dollar support for higher education at the undergraduate level. The state is no longer appropriating monies to institutions for undergraduate education, but providing direct funding to undergraduate students through the College Opportunity Fund (COF).

This program is also known as vouchers or stipends. An undergraduate in-state student needs to: (1) apply (once in a lifetime application at www.collegeincolorado.org) AND (2) authorizes the use of the voucher each semester via web registration.  If both of these steps are taken, the $89/credit hour COF stipend will be applied to the student’s university bill.

Visit www.cusys.edu/ums/cof/faq.html for more information. Also see registrar.colorado.edu/students/registration/registration_packet/cof.html for information about applying and authorizing.

Mandatory Student Fees

These fees apply for both graduate and undergraduate students. Mandatory student fees include:

• University of Colorado Student Union (UCSU) student fees
• Administrative fees
• Matriculation fee for all first-time degree students.

Information on Mandatory Student Fees can be found at www.colorado.edu/bursar.

Course Fees

Course fees may be assessed to help offset the higher costs of specialized supplies, equipment, and materials that are required to teach courses in certain departments. Summer course fees are available at www.colorado.edu/bursar and at the Bursar’s Office in Regent Administrative Center. Comments concerning course fees should be addressed in writing to the Office of the Chancellor, University of Colorado at Boulder, 17 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0017.

Tuition and Fee Payment Deadlines

Payment of your bill is linked to when you register for classes not when classes begin.
If you register by	Your bill is available on CUConnect*	Your tuition and fees are due**
April 25 for term M (Maymester)	April 28 (Maymester tuition only)	May 21
May 16 for any term or after April 25 for term M (Maymester)	May 19	June 18
May 17-30	June 2	June 18
May 31- June 6	June 9	June 18
June 7-20 or if you have new charges	June 23	July 16
June 21-July 3	July 7	July 30
July 4-14	July 15	July 30
* Your tuition and fee bill and account information is available on CUConnect under the financial tab. ** The payment deadline is 4:30 p.m. if paid in person, placed in drop box, or mailed, or before 6:00 p.m. if paid using the Internet option. If you do not receive the e-mail notification of availability of the tuition and fee bill, you are still responsible for inquiring about the amount of your bill and paying it on time. Note: The two-payment plan is not available during the summer.

Estimated Expenses

Expenses for Summer Session at CU-Boulder vary, depending on your residency, where you live in Boulder, and your personal needs and interests. The following figures are estimated expenses for an undergraduate student taking 6 credit hours in the College of Arts and Sciences during the summer 2008 10-week summer session. Please note: If you are an undergraduate Colorado resident, this tuition figure assumes that you are eligible for and have authorized the use of the College Opportunity Fund (COF). For payment options, go to www.colorado.edu/bursar.
University Educational Expenses (2008 Actuals)	Resident1	Nonresident1
Tuition2	$1,548	$5,112
Fees3	$356	$356
Subtotal	$1,904	$5,468
Estimated Additional Expenses (2007 actuals)
Room and Board Off Campus	$1,910	$1,910
Books and Supplies	$849	$849
Transportation	$169	$410
Medical4	$437	$437
Personal Expenses	$290	$290
Subtotal	$3,655	$3,896
Total	$5,559	$9,364
1 Classification of students as resident or nonresident for tuition purposes is governed by state law. Detailed information is available from the tuition classification coordinator in the Office of the Registrar.  2 Tuition figures are based on 6 credit hours of course work in the College of Arts and Sciences. See the tuition charts for rates for other colleges and schools at www.colorado.edu/bursar.  3 A nonrefundable matriculation fee of $108 or $158 for new degree students is assessed at the time of initial registration only and is not included in the sample budget.  4 Out-of-pocket estimate for 10 weeks. Continuing students who have student health insurance for spring semester 2008 are automatically covered for summer session. A separate summer session health insurance plan is available to students not already covered.