Tuition & Financial Assistance

Applicants must select “Yes” when asked if they are applying for need-based financial aid at the time of registration online. Following registration, students will be emailed a link to DocuSign, a secure server, where they must upload a copy of the top two pages of their family’s most recent year’s federal tax form 1040. 

Please note: Your student’s need-based financial aid application will not be considered complete until the federal tax form 1040 is received in DocuSign. Need-based financial aid is available to US residents only. 

To apply, students will need to:

1. Fill out the Smith Scholarship Application Form

2. Upload their household's 1040 tax form and submit three pieces of art to Slideroom

Third-party billing is when a company or government/outside agency has established special billing arrangements to cover tuition and/or fees for students that it sponsors. Continuing Studies must receive an authorization from the sponsoring agency before third-party billing can be processed. All billing authorizations—which may be a letter, purchase order, or voucher—must be on the official agency letterhead and signed by an officer of the organization.

Payment by the sponsor must be made directly to Continuing Studies; agreements where payments are sent to the student cannot be honored. All authorizations must include the term that the authorization is in effect. Continuing Studies cannot accommodate any restrictions or contingencies on the authorization. For instance, if the agency requires transcript information before payment, Continuing Studies cannot authorize third-party billing.

All sponsored students are required to complete an Early College Program registration form and Tuition Repayment Agreement (promissory note) in order to be registered for the class and to initiate third-party billing. In the event of nonpayment or partial payment by the third-party agency, the student will be charged for the unpaid amount. Third parties are invoiced after the class is confirmed to run. Payments must be made within 30 days of billing. If payment is not received within 30 days, the agency and the student will be notified, and the student will be billed for the unpaid amount as authorized on the Tuition Repayment Agreement. Any charges that are not paid by the sponsor are billed to the student. Complete a copy of the Tuition Repayment Agreement and email it to cs@saic.edu.