Welcome to the Office of the Bursar at Lancaster General College of Nursing and Health Sciences. “Bursar” is a term unique to higher education and means “keeper of the purse.” The Bursar Office bills and collects tuition & fees. The Bursar’s Office also processes and disburses all federal financial aid to students' accounts and refunds any overpayments on students' accounts.
Location of the Bursar’s Office: Mailing address:
549 N. Lime Street LGC
Lancaster, Pa 17602 410 N. Lime Street
Lancaster, Pa 17602
Attn: Bursar’s Office
Billing due dates for the 2011-12 academic year;
Fall Bills (will be posted on July 1st).................................................due August 8, 2011
Spring Bills........................................................................................due Date TBA
Billing due dates for the 2010-11 academic year;
Summer & Summer I.......................................................................due May 2, 2011
Summer Session II..........................................................................due June 1, 2011
***Reimbursement Policy for LG Health Employees***
LG Health Employees who are accepted into a degree program at LGCNHS and qualify for the reimbursement benefit offered by Lancaster General Health please follow the procedure listed under policies for reimbursement on the hospitals website. Once your conditional approval form is signed by all necessary parties at the hospital you may forward a copy of your conditional approval form to Melissa Leeds in payroll at Burle. You will no longer have to also submit a copy to the Bursar’s Office. You will have to send payment equal to 10% of the amount due on your bill to the Bursar’s Office. At the end of the semester once your grade becomes available you may complete the hospitals requirements for the reimbursement process. Once you receive your reimbursement from the hospital, you must then pay your balance here at the college. The reimbursement money goes directly to you not the college.
General Information
The Bursar bills approximately six week prior to the 1st day of the semester. The due date is usually two weeks prior to the 1st day of the semester. Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Sciences is an e-billing institution. This means that you will not receive a paper bill at home. Students are notified by the Bursar via e-mail when bills are posted in SONIS (our student information system) and at that time should go into SONIS and view their bill. After the initial posting of bills for a semester, charges are then posted daily. There will be no email from the Bursar. Students should be able to view their bill within 24 business hours or less of registering. At the time a student formally registers for classes, either by signing and submitting the appropriate registration forms to the Registrar's Office, registering online, or registering in person with the registrar, the student agrees to:
• Assume financial responsibility for any charges and/or fees as posted to his/her student account.
• Abide by the official college policies regarding withdrawal from the University.
• Assume the responsibility for understanding the University's official policy concerning schedule changes and satisfactory academic progress which may result in additional charges or the loss of eligibility for certain types of financial aid. It is considered the student's responsibility to understand how these changes can affect his/her financial situation with regard to financial aid eligibility.
All accounts must be paid in full in order for students to enroll in succeeding terms or to receive copies of certificates, diplomas, and transcripts.
Failure to pay tuition bills in full may result in being sent to a third-party collection agency, In this case, reasonable collection fees and a report of negative credit may apply.
Open Studies Students are expected to pay in full at the time of registration.
Methods of payment
Bills may be
paid online through our web site. MasterCard, Visa & Discover are all accepted.
www.lancastergeneralcollege.edu. The lock box that may be used to drop of payments is located in the college (410 N. Lime Street)
You may pay with a check made payable to Lancaster General College. All check must have the students name including middle initial and or the student ID #
Effective April 1st. Credit card payments will not be taken over the phone. The cardholder may come to the administration building in person to pay by credit card if necessary.
Financial Aid that has been APPROVED by your lender & certified by the school should appear as an “award “on your billing statement. This means financial aid will be deducted from the amount due. If a loan you have applied for does not appear on your bill, you should contact
financial aid immediately.
Outside Scholarships are disbursed evenly between both the fall and spring semesters unless otherwise stated in your scholarship letter. If a copy of your scholarship award letter is submitted to the Bursar’s office on or before the due date, you may deduct the amount (50% of the total) from that semester’s bill.
Nuclear Med, CIS & CLS students who will be receiving their degree from another institution are required to submit a copy of their award letter from that institution on or before the due date of your bill. Once the financial aid arrives, at that institution, and is refunded to the student, the student will then pay Lancaster General College.
**Payment Plan**
The tuition payment plan is an interest-free way to spread your tuition bill payment over several months. There is a non-refundable application fee to enroll in the plan.
The plan will allow you to break down your tuition expenses into easy-to-manage installments. To learn more, or to enroll in one of the payment plan options offered by our school, visit
tuitionpay.salliemae.com or call 1-800-635-0120 to speak with a Sallie Mae representative.
Updated 05/02/11