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Tuition and Fees from July 2008 - June 2009

Tuition and Fees from July 2008 - June 2009

Harvard School of Public Health Tuition and Fee Schedule July 2008 - June 2009 (All but HCM MS1 Program)

Per Credit Assessment (full-time and part-time (1) students)

$833 per credit

Full-time tuition for one - year master's degree students (42.5 credits required)

$35,403 per year
Full-time tuition for two-year master's degree students (40 credits per year required) $33,320 per year
Tuition for full-time resident doctoral students
(40 credits per year required)
Full-time, years 1 and 2 $33,320 per year
Full-time reduced, year 3 $16,660 per year
Facilities fee, year 4 to dissertation defense $4,165 per year
Dissertation defense fee $1,838 final semester
Tuition for part-time resident doctoral students (1)
Credits 1 - 80 $833 per credit
Credits 81 - 120 $416.50 per credit
Credits 121 to dissertation defense $2,082.50 per semester 
Dissertation defense fee $1,838 final semester
Tuition for non-resident doctoral students  $2,304 per year
Dissertation defense fee
(Tuition adjusted to this rate the semester the dissertation is defended, submitted, and voted by the faculty and corporation.)
$1,838 final semester
Summer matriculation (2008)
Includes HSPH summer courses, Summer Institute, Clinical Effectiveness, Summer SM in Epidemiology, and doctoral 5-credit research.
$833 per credit
Registration fee
Summer, Spring and Fall
$125 per semester
Academic Records fee
One time fee

$10

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance (2)
Charged to every resident and full-time non-resident student. Full- and part-time students may waive this fee and this coverage if on-line waiver form is completed prior to September 30th for fall, and February 28th for Spring proving comparable coverage by U.S.-based insurance carrier.
$1,404 per year
University Health Services Fee (3)
Compulsory for all resident students taking more than 10 credits per semester. Part-time students taking 10 credits or less may waive this fee and this coverage if on-line waiver form is completed prior to September 30th for fall, and February 28th for Spring.
$1,426 per year
Leave of absence status fee/active file status fee
Students petition for this status prior to start of semester and may not be making degree progress.
$125 per semester
Late registration fee $80


Notes
1 - Please refer to information in HSPH Student Handbook on part-time matriculation including minimum tuition, loan eligibility, deferring prior loans and billing procedure for part-time students.
2 - Family/spousal BC/BS health insurance is available to all students at a coverage fee of $3,287 for a student and spouse; $2,532 for a student and child; $4,345 for a student, spouse and child; and $4,892 for a student, spouse and children.
3 - Family/spousal UHS service is available to all students at a coverage fee of $3,218 for a student and spouse; $2,218 for a student and child; $4,010 for student, spouse and child; and $4,408 for a student, spouse and children.