Fees for MHC Programs and Exchanges

Mount Holyoke will bill students who participate in MHC programs and exchanges, and in some affiliated programs, for tuition and fees as described below. See each program or exchange webpage for details about cost.  In all other cases, students will be billed directly by their program or university.

Mount Holyoke will bill all students for the College's study abroad administrative fee (currently $900 per semester) and for the student health insurance plan. Students may waive the health insurance only according to the usual policies.

In most cases, students will have some additional expenses (for travel, meals, personal expenses, books, etc.). For students who are approved for Laurel Fellowships, these additional costs (as well as our administrative fee) will be included in the budget.

We will provide students with details about deposits (if applicable), program fee amounts, other expenses, and payment schedules upon their acceptance to the program.

Fees and Billing for MHC Programs and Affiliates
Fees and Billing for MHC Exchanges

Fees and Billing for MHC Programs and Affiliates

Program Mount Holyoke will bill for:
Costa Rica:
Mount Holyoke/Goucher in Monteverde		 Program fee, covering tuition, room and board.
France:
Mount Holyoke in Montpellier		 Program fee, covering tuition, housing, and round-trip airfare. (Partial board will be included in the program fee for students who choose the homestay option; students who choose the apartment option will buy their own food.)
France:
Sweet Briar in Paris		 Sweet Briar program fee, covering tuition, housing, airfare, and most meals.
Japan:
Associated Kyoto Program		 Mount Holyoke tuition, room, and board.
UK:
St. Anne’s College, Oxford		 St. Anne’s comprehensive fee, covering tuition and fees, room, and access to libraries, museums, clubs, activities, etc. (Students will buy their own meals.)

Fees and Billing for MHC Exchanges

Billing procedures described here for the UK apply only to students who have been selected as our official exchange students. Exchange slots in the UK are reserved for students with financial need. Students receiving little or no financial aid are welcome to apply directly to any of the exchange universities as visiting or study abroad students. Visiting students will be billed directly by their host university for the (lower) overseas student tuition, rather than MHC tuition.

All other exchanges are open to students regardless of their financial aid status; spaces may be limited, in which case we generally will give priority to students receiving need-based financial aid.

For our exchange with the Berlin School of Economics and Law, no MHC billing is involved because tuition is waived by the host institution. Students will pay directly for room and board. Students may be billed a nominal fee by the host university for participation in special language or orientation courses or to cover student fees.

Exchange Mount Holyoke will bill for:
France:
Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition. (Students will pay directly for room and board.)
Hong Kong:
University of Hong Kong Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition. (UHK will bill students for room and board, if they choose a hall with a meal plan; students who choose self-catering housing will buy their own food.)
Japan:
Japan Women’s University Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition. (JWU will bill students for room and board.)
Korea:
Ewha Womans University Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition. (Ewha will bill students for room, and students will buy their own meals.)
Korea:
Sookmyung Women's University Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition. (Sookmyung will bill students for room, and students will buy their own meals.)
UK:
University of Kent Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition. (Kent will bill students for room. Students who choose a hall with a meal plan will also be billed for board; students who choose self-catering housing will buy their own food.)
UK:
University of Sussex Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition, room and board, and the SGA Activities Fee. (Sussex will provide a stipend to cover the cost of a standard room and the purchase of food; Sussex does not offer a meal plan.)
UK:
University of Essex Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition and the SGA Activities Fee. (Essex will bill students for room, and students will buy their own food; no meal plan is available.)
UK:
Royal Holloway, University of London, Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition. (Royal Holloway will bill students for room.  Students who choose a hall with a  meal plan will also be billed for board; students who choose self-catering housing will buy their own food.)
UK:
University of York Exchange		 Mount Holyoke tuition, room and board, and the SGA Activities Fee. (York will provide a standard room at no additional cost. York does not offer a meal plan, but will provide a stipend to cover the purchase of food.)