Tuition for PA
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY
of the Holy Spirit
Approved Fiscal Year 2020-21
Tuition for the Physician Assistant Studies Program
Academic Year (Full-Time Student) Years 1 through 4:
Undergraduate Tuition $48,280
Total $48,280 (1 yr.) x 4 = $193,120
Plus the Summer Semester after Third Year and before Fourth Year:
Undergraduate Tuition per Credit $1,415
Total $1,415 Per Credit x 13 credits = $18,395
Academic Year Professional (Graduate Full-Time Student) Tuition:
Graduate Tuition per Credit $1,554
Total $1,554 Per Credit x 21 credits = $32,634
Plus the Summer Semester after the Spring of the Fourth Year and after the Spring of the Fifth Year:
Graduate Tuition per Credit $1,484
Total $1,484 Per Credit x 20 credits = $29,680
GRAND TOTAL FOR THE 5 YEAR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES PROGRAM (4 Years Undergraduate Coursework and 4 Semesters of Professional (Graduate) Coursework = $273,829
Accredited Phase Tuition:
Summer semester after the Third Year (see above): $18,395
Fall and Spring semester of the Fourth Year (see above): $48,280
Graduate tuition Summer of the Fourth Year and Fifth Year (see above): $29,680
Fall and Spring semester of the Fifth Year (see above): $32,634
TOTAL Accredited Phase Tuition: $128,989
Tuition Refund Schedule:
This schedule applies to tuition only; it does not apply to other charges, such as the University Fee, course fees, and laboratory fees, nor to the reduction of credits resulting from course withdrawals made after the Change of Schedule period. Exact dates and deadlines for fall and spring complete withdrawals and associated refunds are noted in the Academic Calendar.
Fall/Spring Percent of Tuition Refund
First Week 100
Second Week 80
Third Week 40
Fourth Week 20
After Fourth Week None
Summer
Length of Summer Courses Latest Date To Drop Latest Date To Withdraw With a "W" Grade
Weeks 100% Refund 60% Refund 20% Refund 0% Refund
At the Conclusion of:
12 1st class day 2nd week 4th week 5th week
8 1st class day 1st week 3rd week 4th week
6 1st class day 1st week 2nd week 3rd week
5 1st class day 1st week 2nd week 3rd week
4 1st class day 3rd class 1st week 2nd week
3 1st class day 2nd class 3rd class 1st week
2 1st class day N/A 3rd class 4th class
1 1st class day N/A N/A 2nd class
Return of Title IV Funds Policy:
The Financial Aid Office is required by federal statute to recalculate federal financial aid eligibility for students who withdraw, drop out, are dismissed, or take a leave of absence prior to completing 60% of a payment period or term. The federal Title IV financial aid programs must be recalculated in these situations.
If a student leaves the institution prior to completing 60% of a payment period or term, the financial aid office recalculates eligibility for Title IV funds. Recalculation is based on the percentage of earned aid using the following Federal Return of Title IV funds formula:
Percentage of payment period or term completed = the number of days completed up to the withdrawal date divided by the total days in the payment period or term. (Any break of five days or more is not counted as part of the days in the term.) This percentage is also the percentage of earned aid.
Funds are returned to the appropriate federal program based on the percentage of unearned aid using the following formula: Aid to be returned = (100% of the aid that could be disbursed minus the percentage of earned aid) multiplied by the total amount of aid that could have been disbursed during the payment period or term.
If a student earned less aid than was disbursed, the institution would be required to return a portion of the funds and the student would be required to return a portion of the funds. Keep in mind that when Title IV funds are returned, the student borrower may owe a debit balance to the institution.
If a student earned more aid than was disbursed to him/her, the institution would owe the student a post-withdrawal disbursement which must be paid within 120 days of the student's withdrawal.
The institution must return the amount of the Title IV funds for which it is responsible no later than 45 days after the date of the determination of the date of the student's withdrawal.
Refunds are allocated in the following order:
•Unsubsidized Direct Stafford Loans
•Subsidized Direct Stafford Loans
•Federal Perkins Loans
•Federal Direct PLUS Loans (Graduate Students)
•Federal Direct PLUS Loans (Parents)
•Federal Pell Grants for which a Return of funds is required
•Federal Supplemental Opportunity Grants for which a Return of funds is required
•Federal TEACH Grant for which a Return of funds is required
•Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant for which a Return of funds is required