Graduate School Office


Application Fee

A separate application fee must accompany each program application for admission. The application fee cannot be waived or deferred and is not refundable.* The application fee for U.S. applicants and permanent residents is $75, and $95 for international applicants.

The application fee for a Change of Status or Readmission application is $75.

The the application fee must be paid by using a valid credit/debit/check card. Visa, Discover, American Express and MasterCard are accepted.

Note - applicants from the United States should ensure that their billing address is consistent with US Postal Service standard format. (To verify the standard format for your address, enter your billing address on this page http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp and click 'Submit').

If your transaction is declined when submitting your application fee, it is recommended to try a different credit card to submit your fee payment and/or wait 24 hours to make a payment. Applicants have also reported success using a different internet browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.) or a different computer entirely. Others have requested that friends or family make the payment using their own credit cards, but applicants may not wish to try this approach.

If problems still persist after trying different methods to submit your payment, it is recommended that you contact your credit card company or issuing bank.

This fee is subject to change. The most detailed and up-to-date information about the fee is included in the instructions that accompany the Graduate School application for admission.

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* If you are an active duty United States military service member currently deployed overseas, you do not need to pay the application fee.

 

 

 

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