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Fees

PRELIMINARY FEES    
  Application and Audition1 $125
  Late Application Fee1  $50
  Application and Audition Fee for Current NEC Students1 $75
DEPOSITS    
  Housing Deposit2 $300
  Tuition Deposit for New Students1

$500
GENERAL FEES    
  Comprehensive Fee  $1,098
  DMA Continuance (per semester)3  $1,050
  Continuance (non DMA, per semester)4 $250
  Administrative Deactivation Fee5  $75
  Reactivation Fee5
 $75
  Course Audit6 $500
  Delayed Graduation Recital Fee7 $500
  Late Registration  $250
  Late Tuition Payment  $375
 

Priority Practice Rooms (per Year)

Piano, Harpsichord, Jazz Piano, CMA Piano

 $200
 

Priority Practice Rooms (per Year)

Percussion,Jazz Percussion

 $200
  Transcript Request8 $10
  Copies of Student Records  $10
  Diploma Mailing Fee  $50
  Late Health Report Fee9  $150
HEALTH SERVICES     
 

NEC Health Insurance, Individual Graduate Student Plan10

[Family Plan Available for Insurance Portion]

 $3,042
 

NEC Health Insurance, Individual Undergraduate Student Plan10

[Family Plan Available for InsurancePortion] 

 $2,528
  NEC Health Center11  $784

  

Notes:

  1. Nonrefundable.
  2. Refundable if NEC is unable to provide housing to you during the housing assignment process. May be applied to your tuition balance due instead of being refunded. Otherwise, this is nonrefundable.
  3. Refundable, assessed each semester to DMA students who are matriculated but not registered for any credit-bearing activity; includes library privileges. Not charged to students on leave of absence. This fee does not include practice room privileges. Failure to pay the DMA continuance fee may result in administrative withdrawal from NEC.
  4. Refundable, assessed each semester to non-DMA students who have completed their full-time residency requirements and are not registered for any tuition bearing credits and/or recitals. Failure to pay the continuance fee may result in administrative withdrawal from NEC.
  5. Nonrefundable, the Administrative Deactivation Fee is charged to students who leave active status without notifying the Conservatory. The Reactivation fee is charged to all students returning from inactive status or suspension.
  6. Refundable, see Auditing Classes.
  7. Refundable, assessed to part-time students who have fulfilled the residency requirement but have not yet completed the degree recital, covers administrative costs. DMA students who play their final recital while in continuance will not be assessed this fee.
  8. Nonrefundable, see Academic Records.
  9. Nonrefundable, assessed to all students who submit their health reports after July 29.
  10. Nonrefundable, Massachusetts law requires U.S.-based insurance for all students. This fee includes NEC-sponsored Gallagher Student Health Insurance. NEC students who demonstrate comparable coverage that also meets the requirements of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act prior to July 29 may petition to waive the insurance portion.
  11. Nonrefundable.