The Business Office of the College of Saint Elizabeth
provides various financial services to CSE students, parents,
faculty and staff. It is located on the second floor of Santa
Rita Hall. Some of the services include student accounts (tuition
billing, payments and refunds, parking registration, etc.),
accounts payable and payroll.
Beth Alcamo,
Assistant Controller
Accounting and Budgets balcamo@cse.edu
(973) 290-4462
John Mullavelil, Payroll Administrator
Payroll jmullavelil@cse.edu
(973) 290-4458
Lilian Vita
Account Payable lvita@cse.edu
(973) 290-4471
REFUNDS AND ADJUSTMENT
OF TUITION
Adjustment of Tuition and Other Charges
The College of Saint Elizabeth will recalculate tuition, room
and board and other charges when a student drops a course
or courses or withdraws from the College. Adjustments of tuition,
room and board and other charges for the current semester/session
are calculated based on the date of official withdrawal, usually
the last date of attendance. Students must follow the established
procedures to drop/add a course, to withdraw from a course
or courses, to withdraw from the College or to take a leave
of absence or to move out of a residence hall.
Please refer to the College catalog for the official refund
proration schedule.
BILLING INFORMATION
The College does not charge its students the entire cost
of their education; the fees listed represent only a portion
of the annual cost per student. The balance of this cost is
borne by gifts from alumnae/i, friends, businesses and industry.
The College reserves the right to change established fees
and services, to add additional fees and services and to determine
the effective date of such changes without prior notice.
Please refer to the College Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog
for a complete listing of all tuition, room and board and
fees and other billing policies.
BILLING CYCLES
AND PAYMENTS
Women's College - Fall semester bills are mailed in
early July; payment due in mid August; Spring semester bills
are mailed in late November; payment due in early January
Other students - Bills are sent after registration
with payment due approximately 3 weeks before classes start
Methods of Payment
Checks or money orders, mailed to the Business Office
Payment plans and credit cards through TuitionPay (800) 635-0120
Third party authorization, available for certain students
whose employers will pay the College directly
Validated financial aid
Students who have not settled their accounts will not receive
their official course schedule, diplomas or transcripts, and
must contact the Business Office before they can attend classes
or register for classes in subsequent semesters.
COLLECTION
AGENCY
Students are expected to pay their outstanding balance in full or establish a payment plan. If the student's financial obligation to the College of Saint Elizabeth becomes delinquent at any time, the Bursar's office will send the student a notification.
Financial obligations include but are not limited to tuition, room, board, course fees, parking fines, library fines, residence hall fines, and any special fees or fines charged to a student's account. If the account remains unresolved, it will be referred to a collection agency for collection and it may also be sent to the credit bureaus for reporting purposes. The College also reserves the right to pursue legal action in order to collect the balance of the debt. Once an account is placed in collection or legal action is pursued by the collection agency, the student will be liable for all collection and/or attorney's fees (30% to 50% of the amount placed in collection). At this point, the student will no longer be able to pay the College directly, any communication with the College will cease, and all correspondence must be directed through the collection agency.
PARKING
All vehicles used on the College campus must display a current
CSE decal, which can be obtained in the Business Office. Decals
are valid from the Fall semester through the following summer
session. A vehicle registration form must be completed and
returned to the Business Office. The decal must be affixed
to the rear side window on the driver's side. Students may
park only in the following areas:
Residents - in the O'Connor lot or the upper and lower
Saint Joseph's Hall lot.
Commuters- in the upper and lower Saint Joseph's Hall
lot.
A copy of the brochure "Summary of Campus Parking
and Traffic Regulations" is given to everyone who
registers a car and is available in the Business Office. Failure
to adhere to these regulations may result in ticketing and/or
towing.
HOPE CREDIT AND LIFETIME
LEARNING CREDIT
Certain tax credits are available to people who are paying
higher education costs. Students may be able to claim a Hope
Credit of up to $1,500 or a Lifetime Learning Credit of up
to $1,000. More detailed information and instructions are
available on IRS Notices 97-60 and 97-73, IRS Form 8863 (Education
Credits) and Publication 970 (Tax Benefits for Higher Education).
Additional information is available on the Web at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov.
Both the Hope Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit are
claimed on a student's or parent's personal individual income
tax Form 1040. The College will mail a Tuition Payments Statement
(Internal Revenue Service Form 1098-T) to all students who
have been registered during any term in a calendar year.
