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California Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Please see the Undergraduate Tuition and Fees Addendum for updated information.

Tuition and fees are effective as of August 1, 2014 and are subject to change. The schedule of total charges for a period of attendance and the estimated schedule of total charges for the entire educational program are below:

*The Total Book Cost reflects the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price totals compiled in January 2013 for program required textbooks only. Students will be charged for actual purchases made.

**The Dental Hygiene supply kit must be purchased in its entirety from WCU.

***The ATI Titanium Package and supply kits must be purchased in its entirety from WCU.

Please Note: Students who wish to take Challenge Exams will be subject to a fee of $100 for each Challenge exam. Please see the campus Business Office for a full price listing.

¹ West Coast University also offers certain online courses to students enrolled in on-ground programs. If a student enrolled in an on-ground program chooses to take a course or courses offered online, he/she will be subject to a Technology fee of $50 per credit hour for each course in addition to the tuition charges listed above. The Technology fees do not apply to blended courses in the Dental Hygiene program.

Course Audits – If a course(s) is being audited, credits for these courses will be included for the students schedule status for courses taken by semester. Audit course fees will be incurred by program, based on these schedule statuses shown above. Students in the Dental Hygiene program please refer to the Dental Hygiene Program Grade Requirements and Reentry to Dental Hygiene Program following Withdrawal policy.

² Overload Status - All credits taken in a single semester which exceed 18 credits will be charged at the costs by program as mentioned above. (Please Note: Not Applicable to students in the Dental Hygiene program)

³ You must pay the state-imposed assessment for the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) if all of the following applies to you:  1) You are a student, who is a California resident, or are enrolled in a residency program, and prepay all of part of your tuition either by cash, guaranteed student loans, or personal loans, and 2) Your total charges are not paid by any third-party payer such as an employer, government program or other payer unless you have a separate agreement to repay the third party.  You are not eligible for protection from the STRF and you are not required to pay the STRF assessment, if either of the following applies: 1)You are not a California resident, or are not enrolled in a residency program, or 2) Your total charges are paid by a third party, such as an employer, government program or other payer and you have no separate agreement to repay the third party.

The State of California created the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) to relieve or mitigate economic losses suffered by students in educational programs who are California residents, or are enrolled in a residency program attending certain schools regulated by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE).  You may be eligible for STRF if you are a California resident or are enrolled in a residency program, prepaid tuition, paid the STRF assessment, and suffered an economic loss as a result of any of the following:  1) The school closed before the course of instruction was completed; 2) The school’s failure to pay refunds or charges on behalf of a student to a third party for license fees or any other purpose, or to provide equipment or materials for which a charge was collected within 180 days before the closure of the school; 3)The school’s failure to pay or reimburse loan proceeds under a federally guaranteed student loan program as required by law or to pay or reimburse proceeds received by the school prior to closure in excess of tuition and other cost; 4) There was a material failure to comply with the Act or this Division within 30 days before the school closed or if the material failure began earlier than 30 days prior to closure, the period determined by the Bureau; 5) An inability after diligent efforts to prosecute, prove, and collect on a judgment against the institution for a violation of the Act.

⁴ The Uniform costs are based on the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price as of January 2013 and are subject to change.

⁵ The Estimate for Supplies and Licensure Preparation costs are issued to students upon entering core courses:

• Dental Hygiene supplies are issued in DHYG 140/DHYG 302 Introduction to Dental Hygiene Practice with Lab.
• Undergraduate Nursing students will be issued supplies in the following core courses:

  Nursing Program:

  BSN | Supplies issued in NURS 101L Fundamentals of Nursing Skills Lab

  LVN to BSN | Supplies issued in NURS 210L RN Skills Laboratory

  BSN and LVN to BSN | Additional supplies issued in NURS 493 Integration of Nursing Concepts

  Supplies become student purchases once issued to student accounts. Students who drop or have been dismissed after supplies have been issued, will assume ownership for these items and will not be eligible for refunds.

  For details on all the supplies please contact the campus Business Office Manager.

Please Note: Undergraduate tuition, fees, and supply costs may change from year to year as stated on the Enrollment Agreement.