Graduate Student Fees

Health Insurance
The college is required by law to provide health insurance for all students enrolled at least 75% of full time.  Coverage is effective September 1  through August 31 of the current academic year and is provided under a blanket policy issued to Emerson College.  See Student Health Insurance for full details and instructions for waiving coverage.

Health Clinic
This fee helps cover the cost of the college's health clinic and programs, including the counseling center. Graduate students may waive the health clinic fee upon submission of written proof of comparable health insurance coverage. All students who pay the health clinic fee are eligible for services. Students are required to provide a health record, completed by their physician, to the Health Clinic prior to their arrival on campus. Until this is received, students will have a "health hold" on their student record.

Unless it is an emergency, all students with college health insurance should visit the health clinic first. If the health problem is beyond the scope of the on-campus clinic, the student will be referred to a physician or emergency room, as needed. Utilizing the clinic before going to an off-campus physician aids the college in keeping insurance premiums down.

The health clinic currently employs four registered nurses Monday through Friday from 8 to 5, two nurse practitioners specializing in gynecology, and a physician on staff three hours a day, Monday through Friday. The office hours of the clinic are Monday through Friday, 8-5 (closed 12-1), throughout the academic year. The health clinic provides the following services, among others:

Gynecology: Gynecological services are provided by a gynecological nurse practitioner, by appointment.

Pregnancy: Family planning, counseling and pregnancy testing are available in the clinic.

Allergy treatment: Allergy injections are administered to students who provide their own allergy extracts and orders from their allergist. Allergy injections are given only when the physician is in the clinic.

Lab tests and x-rays: Laboratory tests and x-ray studies are done by outside lab and x- ray facilities. All lab and x-ray bills are the responsibility of the student.

Outside referrals: Referrals are sometimes made to specialists. Referrals are not covered by the college health fee and are the patient's financial responsibility.

Orientation Fee
This one-time fee is mandatory for all new graduate students, regardless of whether the student participates in orientation activities.

Registration Fee
Assessed both Fall and Spring semesters.

Graduate Student Association Fee
This mandatory fee is assessed both Fall semester and Spring semester, and funds the Graduate Student Association, a student run body that provides a formal means of communication between Emerson graduate students and the Emerson faculty and staff..

Graduate International Orientation Fee
This fee is assessed once per year in the Fall, and covers the cost of overseas mailings and immigration document photocopying.

International Pre-orientation Fee
This one-time fee is assessed Fall semester to new international students, and covers the cost of the special orientation session.

Late Registration Fee
This fee is assessed each time a student changes his/her class schedule after pre-registration.

Commencement Fee
This mandatory one-time fee is assessed to the student's account upon completion of a set number of credits towards graduation. For MFA candidates the fee is assessed upon completion of 33 credits; for all other graduate students, upon completion of 24 credits,not at the time of graduation. All students are responsible for this fee whether or not they participate in commencement; the fee covers expenses such as rental of commencement venue and the commencement reception.

Academic Course Fees
Students enrolled in certain courses, particularly in Mass Communication, Computer Applications, Dance, Voice & Music will be assessed an additional fee for that course. The fee is set by the academic department when the course involves certain materials or equipment costs. Questions on these fees should be directed to the department. There are no course fees for most courses.