Fees and Expenses

You are in the official 2009-2010 General Catalog for California State University, Fresno.

Fees and Expenses

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Business Office
Joyal Administration, Room 152
559.278.2764

Chris Robinson, University Controller

Student Fees*

Students are required to pay registration fees (as indicated in the chart on this page), course fees, and nonresident/foreign tuition. General authority governing most fees is contained in the California Education Code, Sections 89700 and 89724.

Course Fees

Course fees are provided in the "class notes" after each subject listing in the Class Schedule. Fees may range from $4 to $400 depending on the course.

Nonresident and Foreign Tuition**

Nonresidents and foreign students are required to pay out-of-state tuition in addition to the mandatory registration and course fees. Tuition is charged at $339 per unit. General authority of this fee may be found in the California Education Code, Section 89705. The total nonresident tuition paid per term will be determined by the number of units taken. The maximum nonresident tuition per academic year (as of 2009-10) is $10,170.

Graduate Business Professional Fee. An additional $210 per unit will be charged for the following business programs: Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) and Master of Science (M.S.) in Accountancy.

REGISTRATION FEES PER SEMESTER*

(all students)

	Undergrad 0-6 units	Undergrad 6.1 or more units	Teacher Credential 0-6 units	Teacher Credential 6.1 or more units	Post- baccalaureate 0-6 units	Post- baccalaureate 6.1 or more units	Doctoral
Facility Fee	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3
Health Service Fee	$93	$93	$93	$93	$93	$93	$93
Instructionally Related Activities Fees	$62	$62	$62	$62	$62	$62	$62
Student Academic Service Fee	$18	$18	$18	$18	$18	$18	$18
Student Body Fee	$34.50	$34.50	$34.50	$34.50	$34.50	$34.50	$34.50
Bulldog Card	$5	$5	$5	$5	$5	$5	$5
University Student Union Fee	$108	$108	$108	$108	$108	$108	$108
State University Fee	$972	$1,677	$1,128	$1,947	$1,200	$2,067	$4,338
Total	$1,295.50	$2,000.50	$1,451.50	$2,270.50	$1,523.50	$2,390.50	$4,661.50

For fees paid on installment, the charge is $33.

Registration and tuition fees are subject to change without advance notice by the Trustees of the California State University.
Questions pertaining to your teacher credential classification may be directed to the campus Credential Office in the Kremen School of Education at 559.278.0300.
Questions pertaining to your undergraduate/postbaccalaureate class level status may be directed to the Admissions and Records Office at 559.278.2261.

Extension Program Fees
(subject to change by the Campus Fee Committee)

Extension, per unit
Lecture or discussion course -- $0-$300

Open University
per unit $185

Special Sessions -- varies per unit

Miscellaneous Fees

Application Fee
Nonrefundable $55

Credential Fee
(collected for Commission on Teacher Credentialing)
Amount varies. Contact the Credential Office, Kremen School of Education and Human Development.

Diploma Reissue Fee
$20

Graduation Application Fee
(bachelor's or master's) $35

Parking Permit Fees
Automobile per semester $68
Motorcycle per semester $17
Automobile fall/spring $136
Motorcycle fall/spring $34
Automobile summer $44
Motorcycle summer $11

Penalty Fees
Check return fee $20
Late registration $25
Failure to meet administratively required appointment or time limit $10
Lost or broken items replacement -- cost
Lost library items replacement -- cost plus $10 service charge
Damaged library items replacement -- cost plus $10 service charge

Programming Fee
Fee is assessed to corporate and governmental sponsors of international students for required additional services (not a state fee) $250

Receipt Research Fee
one year or less $2
more than one year $5

Refund Processing Fee $5

Transcript of Record
$4 first copy ($2 each additional copy)

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* Legal residents of California are not charged tuition. This catalog copy reflects applicable systemwide fees and nonresident tuition for both the quarter and the semester. (Fees are subject to change without notice.)

** A nonresident student is any person who has not been a bona fide resident of the state of California for more than one year immediately preceding enrollment. The exact determination date may be ascertained by contacting the Admissions/Records Office.

*** The law governing the CSU provides that a student body fee may be established by student referendum with the approval of two-thirds of those students voting. The Student Body Fee was established at California State University, Fresno by student referendum on May 12, 1959. The same fee can be abolished by a similar two-thirds approval of students voting on a referendum called for by a petition signed by 10 percent of the regularly enrolled students. (California Education Code, Section 89300). The level of the fee is set by the chancellor. An increase in the student body fee may be approved by the chancellor only following a referendum on the fee increase approved by a majority of students voting. Student body fees support a variety of cultural and recreational programs, child care centers, and special student support programs.

****Mandatory systemwide fees are waived for those individuals who qualify under the provisions of the California Education code (see section on fee waivers).

Credit Cards

VISA and MasterCard credit cards may be used for payment of student fees at the university Cashier's Office. In addition, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, and MasterCard may be used via SmartPay.

Refund of Mandatory Fees, including Nonresident Tuition

Regulations governing the refund of mandatory fees, including nonresident tuition, for students enrolling at the California State University are included in Section 41802 of Title 5, California Code of Regulations. For purposes of the refund policy, mandatory fees are defined as those systemwide fees and campus fees that are required to be paid in order to enroll in state-supported academic programs at the California State University. Refunds of fees and tuition charges for self-support programs at the California State University (courses offered through Continuing and Global Education) are governed by a separate policy established by the university.

In order to receive a full refund of mandatory fees, including nonresident tuition, a student must cancel registration or drop all courses prior to the first day of instruction for the term. Information on procedures and deadlines for canceling registration and dropping classes is available in the Schedule of Classes.

For state-supported semesters, quarters, and non-standard terms or courses of four weeks or more, a student who withdraws during the term in accordance with the university's established procedures will receive a refund of mandatory fees, including nonresident tuition, based on the portion of the term during which the student was enrolled. No student withdrawing after the 60 percent point in the term will be entitled to a refund of any mandatory fees or nonresident tuition.

For state-supported semesters, quarters, and non-standard terms or courses of less than four weeks, no refunds of mandatory fees and nonresident tuition will be made unless a student cancels registration or drops all classes prior to the first day in accordance with the university's established procedures and deadlines.

Students will also receive a refund of mandatory fees, including nonresident tuition, under the following circumstances:

the tuition and mandatory fees were assessed or collected in error;
the course for which the tuition and mandatory fees were assessed or collected was cancelled by the university;
the university makes a delayed decision that the student was not eligible to enroll in the term for which mandatory fees were assessed and collected and the delayed decision was not due to incomplete or inaccurate information provided by the student; or
the student was activated for compulsory military service.

Students who are not entitled to a refund as described above may petition the university for a refund demonstrating exceptional circumstances and the chief financial officer of the university or designee may authorize a refund if he or she determines that the fees and tuition were not earned by the university.

Information concerning any aspect of the refund of fees may be obtained from Accounting Services, 559.278.2764.

Registration Fee Decrease by Dropping from 7 or More Units to 6 or Fewer Units. Students who drop some but not all units resulting in a lower tuition and/or mandatory fee obligation during the first 10 days of instruction shall be eligible for a refund of the difference in fees.

As specified by Title V of the Education Code, and the Board of Trustees of the CSU, late registration fees are not refundable.

Health Fee. The health fee is required of all regularly enrolled students, regardless of the class level or the number of units enrolled. Fee waiver students, or students who will be physically absent from the campus for the entire semester (such as a study abroad semester), or students who will be taking classes only at sites 50 miles or more from campus, may apply for a refund in accordance with the refund procedures established by Student Financial Services. Refunds will only be made for fees paid within the current academic year. The Health Center will adjudicate the requests based upon records of usage; any use of the Health Center during the semester, or, for continuing students, during the summer or winter break prior to the semester, will preclude a refund. Students who receive a refund but later wish to avail themselves of health services will be charged a sum equivalent to the mandatory fee at the time of their first visit. Use of the Health Center will preclude a refund of the $93 mandatory fee.

Application Fees. Application fees shall be refunded only upon satisfactory proof that the applicant was unable to begin the term with respect to which application was made by reason of his or her death, physical disability, or compulsory military service (Title 5, Section 41802).

Parking Fees. A student is entitled to a refund of parking fees in the amount shown in the following schedule if on any one calendar day within the applicable period the student files with Student Financial Services a written application for refund and returns all documents issued (including parking permits). If the permit is affixed to a vehicle and the vehicle is presented to the university for removal of the item by or under the direction of the state, such presentation and removal shall constitute return of the item.

The refund application schedule is as follows:

1-30 calendar days, 75% refund
31-60 calendar days, 50% refund
61-90 calendar days, 25% refund

Note: A copy of the University Refund Policy may be obtained from Student Financial Services in the Joyal Administration Building, Room 181.

Returned Checks. Writing a bad check is against the law. Recipients of bad checks may sue the payer in Small Claims court for three times the amount of the check or $100, whichever is more. In addition, suit may be made against the payer for the face value of the check and all court costs. (California Civil Code, Chapter 522, Section 1719.)

Writing a bad check will result in the following.

The student's university records will be attached and the student will be denied all services.
The student will be charged $20 for processing in addition to the face value of the check
Enrollment of classes may be subject to cancellation. If enrollment is cancelled, the student will not be reinstated.

Payment of returned checks must be made with a cashier's check or money order.
Personal checks will not be accepted, including checks written by a friend or relative.
Placing a "stop payment" or closing an account will not release the student from financial obligation. (Title 5, Section 42381)

Fees and Debts Owed to the Institution

Should a student or former student fail to pay a fee and a debt owed to the institution, the institution may "withhold permission to register, to use facilities for which a fee is authorized to be charged, to receive services, materials, food or merchandise or any combination of the above from any person owing a debt" until the debt is paid (see Title 5, California Code of Regulations, Sections 42380 and 42381).

Prospective students who register for courses offered by the university are obligated for the payment of fees associated with registration for those courses. Failure to cancel registration in any course for an academic term prior to the first day of the academic term gives rise to an obligation to pay student fees including any tuition for the reservation of space in the course.

The institution may withhold permission to register or to receive official transcripts of grades or other services offered by the institution from anyone owing fees or another debt to the institution. If a person believes he or she does not owe all or part of an asserted unpaid obligation, that person may contact the business office. The business office, or another office on campus to which the business office may refer the person, will review all pertinent information and will advise the person of its conclusions.

Estimate of Expenses

The basic expenses for attendance at California State University, Fresno for a year (two semesters) for full-time students who live away from home are approximately $18,072. This figure is exclusive of the Nonresident Tuition Fee but includes an estimate of such personal items as clothes, laundry, and incidental expenditures. Students who live at home or share apartments with other students and commute to the campus are able to reduce their expenses considerably below the estimated figure. The cost of room and board may also be reduced by cooperative living arrangements or part-time work in exchange for room and board. Note: registration fees estimate is for California residents.

Room and Board (average) = $8,495
Registration Fees = $2,433-$8,589
Books and Supplies (approx.) = $1,300

Source of Funds and Average Costs for 2008-09 CSU Budget

	Amount	Average Cost Per FTE Student	Percent
Total Support Cost	$4,498,120,000	$12,633	100
State Appropriation	$2,970,706,000	$8,343	66
Student Fee Support (1)	$1,251,321,000	$3,514	28
Reimbursements (2)	$276,093,000	$775	6

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Student fee support represents campus 2008/09 final budget submitted State University Fee revenue.
The other income and reimbursements represent campus other fee final budget revenues submitted for 2008/2009, as well as reimbursements in the CSU Operating Fund.

Average Support Cost per Full-Time Equivalent Student and Sources of Funds. The total support cost per full-time equivalent student includes the expenditures for current operations, including payments made to students in the form of financial aid, and all fully reimbursed programs contained in state appropriations. The average support cost is determined by dividing the total cost by the number of full-time equivalent students (FTES). The total CSU 2008/09 final budget amounts were $2,970,706,000 from state General Fund appropriations (not including capital outlay funding), $1,251,321,000 from State University Fee (SUF) revenue, $276,093,000 from other fee revenues and reimbursements for a total of $4,498,120,000. The number of projected 2008/09 full-time equivalent students (FTES) is 356,050. The number of full-time equivalent students is determined by dividing the total academic student load by 15 units per term (the figure used here to define a full-time student's academic load).

The 2008/09 average support cost per full-time equivalent student based on General Fund appropriation and State University Fee revenue only is $11,858 and when including all sources as indicated below is $12,633. Of this amount, the average student fee support per FTE is $4,290, which includes all fee revenue in the CSU Operating Fund (e.g. State University Fee, nonresident tuition, application fees, and other miscellaneous fees).

The average CSU 2008/09 academic year, resident, undergraduate student fees required to apply to, enroll in, or attend the university is $3,849. However, the costs paid by individual students will vary depending on campus, program, and whether a student is part-time, full-time, resident, or nonresident.

VIP Bike Registration. The Volunteer Identification Program is available free of charge on our campus. With this service your bike is engraved with your driver's license number or a serial number and is listed on a statewide computer system if stolen. Forms for VIP registration are available at the University Student Union information desk, the residence halls and the Commons #4 Office, and the Campus Security Office.

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