Tuition & Financial Aid
Tuition & Financial Aid
Please refer the tuition and living expenses page for the current tuition and fee charges for the current academic year.
You can make your payments in person at the Finance Office.
You can mail payments to the following address:
William Mitchell College of Law
Attn: Student Accounts
875 Summit Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55105-3076
We have two payment options:
This plan requires that all tuition and any required and/or elected fees are paid on or before the first day classes begin. The Full Payment Plan due dates are as follows:
Fall tuition is due August 21st
J-term tuition is due January 2nd
Spring Tuition is due January 2nd
Summer Session tuition is due June 1st
Summer Skills tuition is due June 1st
This plan allows students to spread the cost of tuition over four installments for a fee of $35.00 per semester. Financial Aid received by the College will be credited in full to the student’s account. The Installment Payment Plan due dates are as follows:
First payment: one-fourth of the remaining balance, due August 21/January 2
Second payment: one-third of the remaining balance, due September 1/February 1
Third payment: one-half of the remaining balance, due October 1/March 1
Fourth payment: all of the remaining balance, due November 1/April 1
Refund checks are issued for credit balances every Friday. An exception to this occurs at the beginning of each term when refund checks are not issued until a determined date based on Financial Aid disbursement. The first disbursement for Fall/Spring refund checks will be on September 4, 2008/January 26, 2009. Second disbursement for Fall/Spring refund checks will be issued on September 11, 2008/January 30, 2009.
Students can arrange three different options for receiving their refund check when studying away. One, they can provide an address to where they would like the check mailed. Two, provide a deposit slip to their bank and an address envelope to the bank so the check can be mailed directly to their bank. Three, make arrangements for someone else to pick up their check. The student will need to provide a signed letter stating who is going to pick up their check. Also, a statement giving authorization to do the listed above will need to be provide to the office. Please contact the Finance office with any questions at (651) 290-6312.
For students who have not enrolled in the installment payment plan, fall charges are due and payable on August 21, 2008 and spring charges on January 2, 2009. Monthly bills will be mailed throughout the year for additional monthly charges (i.e. interest, print and copy charges), and are due on the first business day of the month.
On the 16th of every month, an interest charge of .67% will be assessed on any past-due, unpaid balance. Your account will also be placed on hold, which will prevent release of any official transcripts, registration for additional courses at William Mitchell, release of your diploma or certification for the BAR exam.
Please contact the Student Accounts coordinator at (651) 290-6312 so that it can be determine why a bill was not received and one will be resent as soon as possible. If you need to update your address please fill out the change of address form or update it online.
If your bill is paid by an employer, the military, or another third party source that requires specific billing paperwork prior to payment, please contact Student Accounts at (651) 290-6312 or go to the Forms section on the Student Accounts page.
Students who are reimbursed by their employer may defer their tuition payments by bringing a completed Company Tuition Assistance form and a copy of your company’s policy to the Student Account/Finance Office. Interest accrued over the course of the term is the student’s responsibility. Accounts must be settled before the next term begins. For further information, please contact Jenn Neumann at (651) 290-6312.
Subscriptions and Donations are elected fees. You can choose if you would like to donate to certain funds or organizations. You can also choose if you would like to subscribe to certain publications. If you are interested in subscribing or donating please complete the Subscriptions/Donation form found on the Student Accounts web page under forms and return the for to the Finance/Student Accounts Office. This form must be received by August 31.
Work Study is a federal financial aid program. Eligibility is based on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and is listed on your Financial Aid Eligibility Letter. Work-study dollars are paid out to you as you earn them in a work-study eligible job. Further details and information are available on the Financial Aid pages (www.wmitchell.edu/Finaid) During the academic year, students will receive a paycheck on the 15th and last day of each month and at that point can choose to apply the amount earned to their account.
Please see www.wmitchell.edu/library/checking-out-materials.asp for questions on library fines. If you would like to contact someone concerning your library fines, please contact Lindsay.Matts @wmitchell.edu.
The college has a lottery system for the awarding of parking permits. If a student is selected by the lottery, he or she is then eligible to purchase a parking permit. The cost of the permit can be charged to the student’s account or the student can pay for the parking permit when they pick it up.
Unfortunately, you cannot pay for your books with financial aid before your refund check is issued. You must find other means to pay for your books.
Emergency Student Loans (ESL) are short-term no interest loans used for extraordinary circumstances that may arise during a student’s enrollment at the college. Extraordinary circumstances are those that create a financial hardship that cannot be alleviated by alternative funding options.
The Dean of Students approves ESL applications if financial aid is not being used to repay the loan. The ESL must be repaid within 45 days of issuance.
The Director of Financial Aid approves ESL request that depend on financial aid for repayment
Based on the source for repayment, the loan term is:
No financial aid: 45 days from the receipt of loan
Financial Aid: 90 days from the receipt of the loan
Only one ESL per semester for a maximum of $1,000.00 (summer session will be considered a semester for ESL purposes) will be given to a student.
The maximum number of emergency loans shall not exceed four and the aggregate amount of ESL’s shall not exceed $2,000.00, whichever comes first, during a student’s course of study at the college.
There will be a 24 hour waiting period once the request is received in the Finance department.
* Students with past due ESL balances will not be permitted to register, to receive grades, transcripts, or bar certifications.
A Finance hold on your records is the result of an unpaid balance on your student account. If you have questions about a hold on your account, please contact our office at (651) 290-6312.
All students are required to make this $300 or $400 tuition deposit. This deposit is credited back to the student’s account in fall of his/her first year.
Please complete a change of address form online or change your address at the Student Service Office.