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Distance Education Tuition and Fees

Tuition and fee amounts noted below apply only to students enrolled in fully online programs.  Students enrolled in on-ground classes but taking an online course will be charged for those online courses at the applicable on-ground rates.  

¹ _{Includes 42 credits for unobstructed RN License, and assumes 42 transfer credits for non-nursing courses.  Thirty-six credits are required to be taken at WCU.}  

² _{Includes 42 credits for unobstructed RN License, and assumes 48 transfer credits for non-nursing courses.  Fifty-one are required to be taken at WCU.}  

³ _{Includes 42 credits for unobstructed RN License, and assumes 48 transfer credits for non-nursing courses.  Sixty-eight credits are required to be taken at WCU.}  

⁴_{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.}

⁵ _{Technology Fee includes eBooks and online course materials, 24/7 technical support, Office 365, learning management system, mobile app, and portal access.}

⁶_{****Supplies and licensure prep fees include WCU identification cards, standardized patients, supplies, equipment for onsite intensives and FNP predictor exams for FNP students.  Supplies become student purchases once issued to students.  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 Bursar Office.} 

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

_{Note:  Distance education tuition and fees for undergraduate Nursing and General Education courses in which there are on-ground/online equivalencies apply only to those enrolled in a fully online degree program.  All others will be charged at the on-ground rates.}