Costs

All financial costs are stated in US dollars and payments are made in US dollars.

TUITION COSTS

For a one-semester class (0.5 credit)

• US$310.00
• US$290.00 with Saber Scholarship

For a two-semester class (1.0 credit)

• US$515.00
• US$495.00 with Saber Scholarship

For example, if a full-time student who has qualified for the scholarship is taking 6 full year (two-semester) classes, his/her tuition cost will be $2,970.00 (6 x $495.00).

The above-stated tuition prices do not include the cost of the books and other resources required for each class. Please visit our online bookstore from which you may buy the needed class materials. The Course Descriptions section lists the required class materials for each class.

FEES

• Transcript fee: $5.00
• Late payment fee: $40.00 per late payment
• Installment plan (4 or 9 payments) one-time processing fee of $40.00 for the 4-payment plan or $65.00 for the 9-payment plan.
• Registration Fee: $75.00
• Cheque returned to NSA for "Non-Sufficient Funds": $40.00
• Denied credit card charge per incident fee: $20.00

SHIPPING COSTS

Shipping costs and purchases of class materials via our online bookstore are not included in the tuition costs (shipments made to addresses which are outside of the USA may be subject to additional customs fees levied by the local government).

PAYMENT OPTIONS

Full Payment Option

Students, families, and schools have the option to pay for the program costs via a full payment.  This option is most easily done when the parent(s) or school chooses to pay the balance due via a credit card.

Installment Payment Options

Students, families, and schools have the option to pay for the program costs via the following installment payment schedules:

1) Installment Plan 1: Two-Payment Plan

Pay for the costs with 2 installment payments with the first payment, being 60% of the total costs, due upon registration while the second payment, being 40% of the total costs, due upon the 9th week of school

2) Installment Plan 2: Four-Payment Plan

Pay for the costs with no more than 4 installment payments starting with either September (Full-year or 1st sem. only student) or February (2nd sem. only student) and ending in either December (Full-year or 1st sem. only student) or May (2nd sem. only student), and pay 30% of the tuition cost plus fees with this registration.

Here’s what this plan will look like for

A. A full-year or first-semester-only student:  30% of the tuition plus fees due with the enrollment and then the balance will be divided into 4 payments which will be due in September, October, November, and December.

B. A second-semester-only student:  30% of the tuition plus fees due with the enrollment and then the balance will be divided into 4 payments which will be due in February, March, April, and May.

3) Installment Plan 3: Nine-Payment Plan

Pay for the costs with no more than 9 installment payments starting with September and ending in May, and I will pay 30% of the tuition cost plus fees with this registration. This plan is for students who register for the entire school year.

Students, parents, and schools are responsible for mailing in the monthly installment payments, if paying by check or money order, to NorthStar Academy so that the payment arrives to the NorthStar Academy office by the first of the month.  NorthStar Academy administrative staff members will charge the credit card on file for the student for the monthly installment payment amount on or about the 1st day of each month.  NorthStar Academy will not send out monthly hard-copy reminder notices each month to those who have chosen an installment payment option.

REFUND POLICY

Students/parents may receive a refund of their tuition costs according to the following schedule.

The “clock” starts ticking for the refund of both Fall and Spring courses with the first week that a student enrolls in NSA or with the start of the new school year, whichever occurs later.

1. You are pledging and committing to paying for all of the program costs associated with your son, daughter, or student's enrollment in NSA with a stated time and amount-limited allowance for a tuition refund. If you choose to withdraw your son, daughter, or student after the beginning of the 6th week of his or her enrollment in NSA, then you are choosing to forfeit the money that you have paid for the program costs (no refund of tuition or fees), AND you remain committed to paying for the amount owed for both tuition and/or fees even after you have withdrawn your son, daughter, or student from NorthStar Academy if you have selected to pay via installment payments. When you enroll your son, daughter, or student into a NorthStar Academy class, you are reserving that place in the class for the duration of the semester or year, depending on how you chose to register and depending on the duration of the class. This reservation comes with a per class cost, so when you commit to paying for the class(es), then you are committing to pay for the right to receive instruction in the class(es) for the duration of the class. If your son, daughter, or student withdraws from the class(es) after the refund deadline, then you are still committed and obligated to pay for the cost of the class(es).
2. NorthStar Academy is pledging to provide you with the instruction, and all associated services as described in this website, for the entire semester or school year (whichever will apply to your situation) for all of the classes that you have enrolled your son, daughter, or student in, with the exception of a class that may not "make" due to low student enrollment in which case you will receive a refund of the tuition money for that particular class or have an opportunity to select an alternate class.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

NorthStar Academy offers the Saber Scholarship to each part and full-time student whose parent(s) is working for a not-for-profit organization. To receive this scholarship, the parent or supervisor must indicate this status in the online registration process and then send to the NSA office an official letter via mail, fax, or email from the parents' organization stating that the parent is a full-time employee of the not-for-profit organization; NSA will not process a registration until such a letter has been received if the parent indicated that the student is eligible to receive the scholarship.

Multiple-children discount: when a family registers 2 or more of their children with NorthStar Academy, each student receives the Saber Scholarship discount.

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