Graduate Tuition and Fees

Admissions & Financial Aid

TUITION 2024 – 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR

Effective for Fall 2024

Part-time (1-2 courses/3-6 credits per semester)
Full-time (3+ courses/9+ credits per semester)

Graduate students need to be enrolled in 6 or more credits to be eligible for their federal financial aid.

Graduate students are required to enroll/waive the state mandated medical insurance if enrolled in 6 or more credits for fall or spring semester. If enroll/waive in the fall semester that is valid for spring as well.

$850.00 per credit,
$2,550.00 per 3-credit course in the following programs of study:

  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Clinical Counseling Psychology
  • MBA
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Resiliency in the Helping Professions
  • Special Ops: Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF)

$680.00 per credit,
2,040.00 per 3-credit course in the following programs of study:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • School Counseling
  • Special Education
  • Transition Specialist

FEES

$20 registration fee per semester
$65 technology fee per semester
$150 promissory note default fee (when applicable)
$120 graduate degree audit fee

Payments can be made online through the Student Account Center via https://my.assumption.edu which is the preferred method of payment. The Student Account Center can be accessed 24/7 and one-time payments are secure and post in real-time. One-time payments can be made by checking, savings accounts (you will need your bank routing number) and credit card. 

Payments can be made over the phone with TMS/Nelnet at 1-800-279-1914. 

Payments can also be made by cash or bank check at the Cashier’s office on campus weekday mornings between 8:30am and 11:45am. The cashier’s office is closed on University holidays.

Tuition and fees are subject to review on an annual basis.

The total cost of attendance is determined by the credit hours of specific graduate programs.

HEALTH INSURANCE

Massachusetts State Law requires that any student enrolled in six or more credits in the fall or spring semester must submit evidence of health insurance coverage or the student will be automatically enrolled in the University’s insurance plan.  For more information visit health insurance requirements.

REFUNDS

No consideration will be given to an application for a refund unless the student has given notice to the Program Director at the time of withdrawal from a course. No fee paid, or any portion thereof, is returnable as a matter of right upon a student’s withdrawal from the University. Where illness, physical disability or extraordinary circumstances require a student to leave, he/she may file with the Director of Graduate Enrollment a written statement of the causes of such withdrawal, accompanied by a statement from the registrar giving the date of withdrawal.

The “date of withdrawal” is the date on which the student has actually notified the department. Refunds on tuition will be made according to the following schedule:

Refunds on tuition will be made according to the following schedule:

For regularly scheduled courses whether online, blended or on campus.

  • Withdrawal prior to the end of the 1st week of the semester ……………100%
  • Withdrawal prior to the end of the 2nd week of the semester  ……………90%
  • Withdrawal prior to the end of the 3rd week of the semester  …………….50%
  • Withdrawal after the 3rd week of the semester …………………………………0%

For special schedule courses that do not meet weekly (this excludes online, blended, or traditional course format that meet regularly throughout the semester).

  • Withdrawal prior to the 1st class session ……………100%
  • Withdrawal prior to the 2nd class session ……………33%
  • Withdrawal prior to the 3rd class session ……………….0%