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WHIDBEY WRITERS WORKSHOP
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

CATALOGUE, 2007-2009

TUITION, FEES, AND OTHER COSTS

Tuition per credit hour to 5 credits: $ 400
5 credits: $2000
Tuition per credit hour to 10 credits: $ 380
10 credits: $3800
Tuition per credit hour to 15 credits: $ 367
15 credits: $5500
Tuition per credit hour for post-graduate courses: $ 350
Residency fee, per Residency:
(does not include room and board)
$ 450
Total cost for 4 semesters and 5 residencies
(@ 15 credits per semester):
$24,250

In-state or out-of-state residency

The Whidbey Writers Workshop has no residency requirements and charges the same rate of tuition to in-state, out-of-state, or out-of-country students.

Books, computers, online connections, travel to the campus for Residencies and other necessary expenses are the student's responsibility and will vary with the student's home location.

Cancellation and Refund Policies

  1. When a course is canceled through no fault of the student and the course credit could not be completed, the Whidbey Writers Workshop will make a full refund of tuition to the student.
  2. If a student is unable to attend a Residency (failure to attend a Residency means cancellation of the student's courses for that term) or to complete a course once begun, refunds will be given according to the following schedule of when the cancellation occurs:
    a. One month or more before the Residency period begins: 100%
    b. Less than one month before the Residency period begins: 90%
    c. During or at the end of the Residency period: 80%
    d. During the regular semester
    i. First two weeks 70%
    ii. Second two weeks 60%
    iii. Third two weeks 50%
    iv. Fourth two weeks or later no refund
  3. Exceptions to this cancellation and refund policy are possible through petition to the Director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.

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