Cost of Attendance
The estimated cost of attendance (COA) refers to the total expenses a student is expected to incur - both Direct and Indirect - when attending the Yale School of Art. The School considers the following expenses when determining the estimated COA for the 2025-2026 academic year:
-Tuition: $48,500
-Yale Health Insurance: $3,422
-Housing and Meals: $17,750
-Course Materials and Supplies: $5,796
-Personal/Miscellaneous Expenses: $1,258
-Transportation: $466
-Total Cost of Attendance = $77,192
Direct Costs (Tuition and Yale Health Insurance) are fixed and billed by the University. Indirect Costs (Housing and Meals, Course Materials and Supplies, Personal/Miscellaneous, and Transportation) are not billed by the University and are estimated out-of-pocket expenses the School expects students to pay for over the nine-month academic year. It is expected that students will spend the greater part of their time in academic work; therefore, it is assumed that students’ lifestyles will be appropriate for a full-time student. To this end, students should be prepared to economize during their time here.
Course materials and supply costs can vary based on the program, year, and students’ needs.
Yale requires all students enrolled in a degree-seeking program for at least half-time to have health insurance coverage. Each year, students may choose to waive Yale Health coverage if they are enrolled in another appropriate plan. All Yale students enrolled at least half-time are automatically covered by Yale Health Hospitalization & Specialty Care Coverage (“Yale Health coverage”) and can opt out by submitting a waiver each year. For more information on minimum requirements to waive the Yale Health Insurance, visit the Yale Health website.
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Billing & Refunds
Key Resources:
-Tuition Due Dates and Billing
-Requesting a Student Account Refund
Student Accounts Policies:
No degrees will be conferred, and no transcripts will be furnished until all fees due the University are paid in full. In addition, transcripts will not be furnished to any student or former student who is in default on the payment of a student loan.
The University may withhold registration and certain University privileges from students who have not paid their term fees or made satisfactory payment arrangements by the day of registration. To avoid delay at registration, students must ensure that payments reach Student Financial Services by the due dates.
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Housing & Dining
The Yale Housing Office has dormitory and apartment units available for graduate and professional students. Dormitories are single-occupancy and two-bedroom units of varying sizes and prices. Unfurnished apartments consisting of efficiencies and one, two, and three-bedroom apartments for singles and families are also available. Family housing is available in Whitehall and Esplanade Apartments. The Housing website (http://housing.yale.edu) is the venue for graduate housing information and includes dates, procedures, facility descriptions, floor plans, and rates. Applications for the new academic year are available beginning April 23 and can be submitted directly from the website.
The Yale Housing Office also manages the Off Campus Living listing service (http://offcampusliving.yale.edu ; 203.436.2881), which is the exclusive Yale service for providing off-campus rental and sales listings. This secure system allows members of the Yale community to search rental listings, review landlord/property ratings, and search for a roommate in the New Haven area. On-campus housing is limited, and members of the community should consider off-campus options. Yale University discourages the use of Craigslist and other third-party nonsecure websites for off-campus housing searches.
Yale Hospitality has tailored its services to meet the particular needs of graduate and professional school students by offering meal plan options that allow flexibility and value. For up-to-date information on all options, costs, and residential and retail dining locations, visit http://hospitality.yale.edu. Inquiries concerning food services should be addressed to Yale Hospitality, 246 Church Street, PO Box 208261, New Haven CT 06520-8261; e-mail, yale.dining@yale.edu; tel., 203.432.0420.
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Tuition Rebate and Refund Policy
On the basis of the federal regulations governing the return of federal student aid (Title IV) funds for withdrawn students, the rebate and refund of tuition are subject to the following policy:
1) For purposes of determining the refund of Title IV funds, any student who withdraws from the School of Art for any reason during the first 60 percent of the term will be subject to a pro rata schedule that will be used to determine the amount of Title IV funds a student has earned at the time of withdrawal. A student who withdraws after the 60 percent point has earned 100 percent of the Title IV funds. In 2025–2026, the last days for refunding Title IV funds will be November 8, 2025, in the fall term and March 28, 2026, in the spring term.
2) For purposes of determining the refund of institutional aid funds and for students who have not received financial aid:
(a.) 100 percent of tuition will be rebated for withdrawals that occur on or before the end of the first 10 percent of the term (September 6, 2025, in the fall term and January 22, 2026, in the spring term).
(b.) A rebate of one-half (50 percent) of tuition will be granted for withdrawals that occur after the first 10 percent but on or before the last day of the first quarter of the term (September 21, 2025, in the fall term and February 6, 2026, in the spring term).
(c.) A rebate of one-quarter (25 percent) of tuition will be granted for withdrawals that occur after the first quarter of a term but on or before the day of midterm (October 24, 2025, in the fall term and March 6, 2026, in the spring term).
(d) Students who withdraw for any reason after midterm will not receive a rebate of any portion of tuition.
3) The death of a student will cancel charges for tuition as of the date of death, and the bursar will adjust the tuition on a pro rata basis.
4) If the student has received student loans or other forms of financial aid, funds will be returned in the order prescribed by federal regulations; namely, first to Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans, if any; then to Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loans; next to any other federal, state, private, or institutional scholarships and loans; and, finally, any remaining balance to the student.
5) Recipients of federal and/or institutional loans who withdraw are required to have an exit interview before leaving Yale. Students leaving Yale receive instructions on completing this process from Yale Student Financial Services.
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