High School Programs: Tuition and Financial Assistance

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Tuition and Fees

Session 1: Two weeks, Monday, June 24–Friday, July 5

Tuition: $2,556—two college credits, includes $100 nonrefundable deposit

Housing and Meals: $660 housing + $300 meals = $960

Total: $3,516

Note: Housing is optional, but the meal plan is required for students that live on campus.

Additional expenses *

Note: Students may spend more or less than the recommended amounts listed above. Supply costs vary for each course and are determined in part by students' individual projects and material choices.

Session 2: Three weeks, Monday, July 8–Friday, July 26

Tuition: $3,834 - three college credits, includes $100 nonrefundable deposit

Housing and Meals: $990 housing + $450 meals = $1,440

Total: $5,279

Note: Housing is optional, but the meal plan is required for students that live on campus.

Additional expenses *

Note: Students may spend more or less than the recommended amounts listed above. Supply costs vary for each course and are determined in part by students' individual projects and material choices.

Refund Policy

All withdrawal requests must be submitted in writing to ecp@saic.edu and include the student’s name, ID number, and course information. The date the request is received in writing is the date used to calculate the refund amount.

Refunds take four to six weeks to process, depending on payment type.

Note: No tuition will be refunded, and financial aid and merit scholarships may be revoked, if a student is asked to leave the program for violations of policies or regulations.

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance is available in the form of need-based aid and merit scholarships, as well as employee tuition remission. 

Note: Students must apply for financial assistance at the time of registration. Once registered, students may not retroactively apply for financial assistance.

Need-Based Aid

Limited need-based aid is available on a first come, first served basis. To be considered for financial aid, applicants must submit the following:

  1. Completed ECP Summer Institute registration materials including: Registration Form-1; Medical History Report & Consent for Medical Treatment-2; Field Trip, Photographic Consent & Student Disclosure of Criminal Convictions-3; Rules of Conduct-4.1 and 4.2; and Financial Aid and Merit Scholarship Form-5 (including course choice and signature).
  2. Financial documentation, which may include a copy of the family’s most recent tax return, proof of unemployment, Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement, or Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) medical card.
  3. $100 nonrefundable tuition deposit.

Merit Scholarships

In addition to need-based financial aid, the ECP Summer Institute also awards merit scholarships to qualified applicants. To be considered for a merit scholarship, students must a completed ECP Summer Institute registration materials and:

  1. Create a SlideRoom account at saicscholarships.slideroom.com.
  2. Load six to 10 images of your best artwork in the ECP SI portfolio category.
  3. Check the “Applying for a merit scholarship” box on Registration Form-1.

Artwork may be in any medium, regardless of class choice. Creative writing merit scholarship submissions may be imported in SlideRoom as PDFs. There is no separate merit scholarship application form. Artwork is only required for merit scholarship consideration NOT admission into the program.

Employee Tuition Remission

Employee Tuition Remission forms are due at the time of registration. Remission registration is a two-step process:

Obtain an Employee Tuition Remission form in Human Resources at the Art Institute of Chicago, 116 South Michigan Avenue, 12th floor, or download from the AIC Intranet.

Submit completed Employee Tuition Remission and registration forms to Continuing Studies, 36 South Wabash Avenue, suite 1440.

Questions regarding eligibility should be directed to Human Resources at 312.629.3379 or hrrecords@artic.edu.

SAICme

Looking for a way to help pay for an ECP Summer Institute course? Enter the SAICme contest! We’re currently accepting submissions from now until March 15. Two winners will be chosen to receive free tuition for one ECP Summer Institute course, one by popular vote (via Facebook) and the other by a juried panel. Visit our Facebook page for details on how to enter.