Explanation of Fees

Application

A non-refundable fee is required for application processing. This fee includes expenses to process background checks.

ATI Exam

The Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Exam is to help prepare students for successful completion of the NCLEX-RN licensure exams. ATI exams are taken each semester and the fee each semester varies.

ATI Comprehensive RN Predictor Examination Retake Exam: ATI predictor examination fee is assessed to ASN and BSN Integrated students the final semester of the program.

Bookstore Voucher

The College will charge a processing fee to any student applying for credit at the University Book Store.

Challenge Examination

All Challenge Examination fees must be paid prior to taking the exam. Applicants may not retake these challenge examinations.

• Credit by Examination: Students may challenge a liberal arts and sciences course. (see Admission Information.)

• LAS Challenge Examination: Students may challenge selected liberal arts and sciences course.

• LPN Challenge Examination: Student seeking advanced placement in the ASN program because they hold an LPN license will take the NLN Nursing Acceleration Challenge Exam (ACE) PN-RN—Foundations of Nursing Exam.

• LPN Clinical Skills Challenge: Students seeking advanced placement in the ASN program because they hold an LPN license who have passed the written portion of the NLN Nursing Acceleration Challenge Exam (ACE) PN-RN—Foundations of Nursing Exam will take the Practical Challenge Exam.

• NA Challenge Examination: Students on the CNA Registry or actively working as a CNA may challenge the 75-hour content and/or the 150-hour content.

• NA Clinical Skills Challenge: Students on the CNA Registry or actively working as a CNA who have passed the written portion of the CNA Challenge Exam may challenge the 75-hour content and/or the 150-hour content.

Clinical Make-up

Students who miss a clinical day and must make it up at a later date will owe a fee. This fee must be paid prior to attending the make-up session. If it is not paid, the student will be precluded from attending that session.

Deferred Payment (Employer Tuition Assistance)

A deferred payment fee is required to be paid by the official payment due for the semester in order to defer a portion of the a student's balance until grades are issued under the guidelines of the employer tuition assistance plan. Students covered by the Catholic Health Initiatives tuition assistance program are eligible to defer 100% of the anticipated reimbursement until grades are issued. Additionally, the student must make arrangements with the Business Office to sign a promissory note.

Deferred Payment Plan

A student may choose to defer payment of up to one-half of any initial account balance by paying an installment of the account balance plus the deferment fee by the normal payment due date. The balance must be paid no later than the end of the applicable semester; however, the Business Office will determine the exact due date of the balance. Payments not made by any stated due date for the balance (according to the terms of the promissory note) will result in the student being charged a late payment fee for each occurrence. The student must make an appointment with the Business Office to apply for this option, and if accepted, sign the promissory note. Students who have a history with Mercy College of late payments or returned checks may not participate in this plan.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography Registry Examination Fee

Students enrolled in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program who are entering their fourth semester of the program will be charged a fee to complete their registration for the registry examination to be completed following graduation from the program.
 

Diploma Replacement

A fee is required in order to obtain an additional diploma.

Distance Education

A fee is required from all students taking a course in which at least 50% of the course is taught via distance technology.

Drug Screening

Drug screens are required of all students entering classes that contain clinical components. A fee is required to cover the cost of the screen.

Graduation

A fee is charged in the final semester of a student's academic program to cover the costs associated with graduation activities and supplies and is required from all graduating students, whether the student attends the ceremony or not.

ID Card Replacement

A fee is required to replace a lost or stolen ID card.

Late Payment

A fee will be assessed when any payment deadline is missed. This fee is charged with each late occurrence.

Late Registration

A registration deadline (last day to register for classes) is included in the activity calendar for each term. Students, other than first-time or unclassified students, who register after that deadline will be charged a late registration fee.

Parking Violations

A fee will be assessed when students park in reserved or restricted areas on the college campus, medical center campus or park on Mercy College property without a valid parking sticker.

Placement Examination

Students transferring from other institutions with professional program courses they wish to transfer to Mercy College and students applying for readmission to Mercy College will take a placement examination. The results of the examination will place the student within the program sequence of courses in the appropriate course(s).

Readmission Application

A non-refundable fee is required for students who seek readmission to Mercy College after dismissal from the college or a program for nonacademic or academic reasons.  The readmission fee does not apply to students who seek readmission to Mercy College after military leave, long-term medical leave, voluntary withdrawal from the College or Program, or after not maintaining continuous attendance. 

Reinstatement

Students who have been dropped from classes due to non-payment of tuition or fees must pay a reinstatement fee as well as all other current financial obligations to be reinstated into classes. Payment in full must be made by the allotted deadline for reinstatement to occur.

Returned Check

A fee is charged each time a student’s check is returned, whether for non-sufficient funds or any other reason. The amount of the returned check plus the fee must be paid with cash, money order, or certified funds. Payment of such funds after payment deadlines will result also in late payment fees being assessed. A student who issues a check to the College that is subsequently returned also may not participate in the Deferred Payment Plan.

Schedule Change

Requests to add or drop a course from a student schedule two weeks after classes have started (prorated for classes less than 15-weeks) will result in a fee. This fee will apply regardless of the reason for the change or regardless of who initiated the change.

Surgical Technology Laboratory Fee

Student enrolled in the Surgical Technology Program who are entering the semester of the program prior to taking the laboratory portion of the registry examination will be charged a fee to complete the registration for the laboratory examination to be completed at the conclusion of the certificate curricula.

Surgical Technology National Certification Fee

Student enrolled in the Surgical Technology Program who are entering the semester of the program prior to taking the didactic portion of the registry examination will be charged a fee to complete their registration for the examination to be completed at the conclusion of the certificate curricula.

Transcript

A fee is charged for all official transcripts provided for any persons not currently enrolled at Mercy College. Transcripts are provided at no charge for currently enrolled students, but are provided only if the student's account is free of holds. All of the student's outstanding financial obligations must be met before the student will be issued a transcript.