Payment Instructions
How to Pay
Payment Methods:
- We do not accept personal checks. Personal checks will interfere with processing and may cause late payments.
- We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover. *Please pre-authorize payments with your credit card provider. Daily limits may interfere with processing and cause late payments.
- Money Order or certified payment can be made payable to “The Ailey School.”
- Cash accepted only when paying in-person.
In person:
- Tuesday – Saturday during the academic school year OR Monday – Friday during the summer.
- Bursar’s Office hours
Mail or fax:
- Please allow 1-3 weeks for processing of payments. Confirmation of payment will be the receipt from the Bursar’s office.
- Only received date is considered when processing late fees, not sent date.
Phone:
- If Ailey has already received the enrollment form, payment can be made by phone 212-405-9519.
Online:
- Junior Division: ages 3-17
- Professional Division: ages 16-25
Junior Division Due Dates
Summer 2012
*Tuition must be received in full by the Bursar by 4:00pm on April 13, 2012 in order to be eligible for the early payment reduced tuition.
- *Early payment in full (discount tuition) - April 13, 2012
- Tuition balance/all fees (full tuition price) - May 4, 2012
Academic Year
- July - Continuing Student Re-enrollment
- August - New Student enrollment
- Deadlines vary according to program; see Junior Division Enrollment Materials
Professional Division Due Dates
All tuition deposits must be accompanied by an Enrollment Form.
Final payments must be accompanied by all remaining required enrollment materials.
*Early payment tuition discounts must be received by the Bursar by 4:00pm on the payment deadlines in order eligible for the early payment reduced tuition.
+Financial Aid students must submit the “Projection of Aid Disbursement to Show the Bursar” form once per year to fulfill payment requirements.
All dates are subject to change
Spring 2012 New Student Deadlines
Certificate and Independent Study Programs:
- +Financial aid deadline - November 1, 2011
- Tuition deposit - November 19, 2011
- +Tuition balance/all fees in full - January 6, 2012
Scholarship Program: All fees in full - January 6, 2012
Spring 2012 Returning Student Deadlines
Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program: Physical Therapy fee - December 16, 2011
Certificate, Independent Study, and Scholarship Programs: +Tuition balance/all fees in full - January 6, 2012
Summer 2012
*Early payment in full (discount tuition) - April 13, 2012
Tuition balance/all fees (full tuition price) - May 4, 2012
Fall 2012 New Student Deadlines
Certificate and Independent Study Programs:
- Financial Aid deadline - June 1, 2012
- Tuition deposit - July 25, 2012
- +Tuition balance/all fees in full - August 16, 2012
Ailey/Fordhham B.F.A. Program: Physical Therapy fee - July 25, 2012
Scholarship Program: All fees in full - August 10, 2012
Fall 2012 Returning Student Deadlines
Certificate and Independent Study Programs:
- Financial Aid deadline - May 1, 2012
- *Tuition deposit (for tuition deiscount eligibility) - May 24, 2012
- *Tuition balance/all fees in full (discounted tuition) - August 10, 2012
- +Tuition balance/all fees (full tuition price) - August 16, 2012
Ailey/Fordhham B.F.A. Program: Physical Therapy fee - May 24, 2012
Scholarship Program: All fees in full - July 13, 2012
Late Payments
- Late fees apply when items are received late.
- A minimum of two days is required for processing; participation will be delayed if received without sufficient notice.
- Enrollment is only guaranteed when deadlines are met.
Please call the Bursar's Office (212-405-9519) directly if your payment will be delayed.
Call the Admissions Office (212-405-9136) if your deposit or forms will be delayed.