5.02 Tuition Requirements for Master’s Degree Candidates

5. Financial Obligations 5.01 Tuition, Fees, and Living Expenses

Tuition, fees, and expenses comprise the cost of attendance for master’s programs at HMS. A Student Cost of Attendance (COA) Budget is developed each academic year for use in the evaluation of financial need. The student budget has two primary purposes: 1) to give students an estimate of reasonable costs to attend the School; and 2) to establish the federally required uniform cost of attendance standard against which to measure financial need.

Harvard Medical School Cost of Attendance Budgets

HMS complies with the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018, specifically S2248 PL 115-407 Section 103. HMS will not impose a late fee, prevent a student from attending classes, or demand payment for funds expected to be covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) until 90 days after the beginning of the term. Students are responsible for all charges posted to their student accounts beyond the amount of tuition and fee payment from the VA. At HMS’ request, students must provide documentation to ensure they are entitled to GI Bill benefits.

5.02 Tuition Requirements for Master’s Degree Candidates

Harvard Medical School tuition rates are set annually and cover courses taken from July 1 through June 30 each year up to the final year of enrollment, ending with graduation, which occurs prior to June 30th. Tuition is billed by term. For students enrolled on a fulltime basis, four terms of the full MMSc rate are required for the MMSc program; four terms of full-time tuition are due. Two terms of tuition at the full MMSc rate are required for the MMSc year of the dual-degree MD-MMSc program. Two terms of tuition at the full Master of Discipline/Science rate are required for the Master of Discipline/Science program; two terms of full-time tuition are due. Some programs offer formal part-time options. If a student enrolls in a formal part-time program, half-time tuition is based on the number of terms in the formal part-time option.

Note that the tuition rate is subject to change each year and proration will be based upon the rate in effect during the year of enrollment.

Students who have a balance of $1,000 or more on their term bill at the beginning of the add/drop period for any given term will be automatically considered to be withdrawn.

Tuition for Additional Time

Students who require additional time to complete degree requirements not including requirement to register in courses, may be charged additional tuition for each additional term at the posted “additional time” tuition rate. Additional tuition will be assessed for students not completing their degree requirements prior to September 1 following the expected May graduation. Students required to enroll in additional courses will pay the part or full-time rate, depending on the number of credits for which they enroll. Note that registration and health fees will also be charged for students enrolled for additional terms, whether for additional time, or course registration.

Tuition for additional courses

In the event that a student needs to take one additional course to satisfy an academic remediation requirement imposed by the APRB, tuition can be assessed for one course only on a per-credit basis. This must be approved by the APRB and in this instance, a student can pay the per-credit tuition for that one course, in addition to all required