Funding Your Education

Payment plan

Hood College offers families the option of paying tuition bills over a four or five month period covering one semester. Please view the instructions on how to sign up for the Payment Plan by clicking here.

Paying your tuition over a period of months allows you to avoid paying in one lump sum and prevents late fees from being applied to your student account. This monthly payment plan is administered by Nelnet Business Solutions and there is a nonrefundable application fee of $30 to participate in the plan. Payments will be made by debiting your checking or savings account or by credit card. For detailed information regarding the Hood College Monthly Payment Plan, including last day to enroll and the date the payments will be processed, please visit www.mycollegepaymentplan.com/hood. All registrations will be done online at www.hood.edu/paymentplan. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a payment plan option for the summer sessions.

Please contact the accounting office at 301-696-3621 with any questions or concerns.

Tuition Prepayment Plan

Hood College offers a prepayment plan to students and parents who would like to lock-in the current tuition rate, thus guaranteeing savings by avoiding future rate increases. This plan is available to full-time undergraduate students who are not receiving need-based financial aid, and covers tuition and the comprehensive fee. Room, board and other fees cannot be prepaid and will be charged each semester at the prevailing rate.

To qualify for the prepayment plan, a lump sum payment for a two-, three- or four-year period must be made by August 1 for students entering in the fall semester and January 1 for students entering in the spring semester. A prepayment account will be established with automatic payments to the student’s account each semester. If the student withdraws from the College, a refund of the tuition and comprehensive fee for the current term will be made in accordance with the standard refund policy. Any prepaid funds for future years will be fully refunded. Students taking an official leave of absence of one year or less may either: continue participation in the prepayment plan as long as the unused prepayment amount remains deposited with the College, or cancel the prepayment plan and request a refund of the prepaid funds. If the leave of absence exceeds one year, the College will automatically cancel the prepayment plan and issue a refund of any prepaid amounts. Under no circumstances will the College pay interest on any portion of the deposited funds.

For more information regarding Hood College's tuition payment policies, please visit Accounting Services.

The Hood College Accounting department would like to introduce our newest payment method for International students, called PayMyTuition!  With PayMyTuition, you can pay your tuition payments from any bank, in any country in any currency at better than bank exchange rates.  The process is fast, simple, and cost effective.  

A link to the payment site is located on several pages on the Hood website, including Accounting Services, and on the International Student Services page, where it can be found in the “Hood International Student Resources” tab as “Paying your Fees.”  International Students: Paying Your Fees | Hood College

You can find step by step instructions in multiple languages, Frequently Asked Questions, PayMyTuition’s Rate Guarantee, and all the ways you can reach someone in Customer Support.  No matter where you are, PayMyTuition will be there to help you!

It is our hope that this additional option to make payments will make it easier for all International students to pay their tuition fees, and to make sure that your costs are minimized.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or Amani Al-Dajane, Director of International Services and Hood’s Primary Designated School Official (PDSO).

Graduate students can view current Hood College job openings on the Human Resources website here. The HR website will include full-time and part-time job openings, including graduate and teaching assistantships, as well as adjust teaching positions. Please note that graduate students holding a previous master's degree may be eligible to teach as an adjust instructor in their field of study. 

Visit the graduate assistantship webpage here.

Search for Graduate assistant positions postings here 

Teaching assistantships provide new and continuing students an opportunity to finance their graduate education, to pursue professional experience and to engage in the life of Hood College. These positions specifically have an instruction component in the content area of the enrolled student.  Additionally, Spanish assistantships are designed for native speakers of Spanish to assist with language program activities. Language assistants are recruited by the faculty in the department of global languages and cultures. As part of the award, the assistants live in the Spanish House near campus.

To be eligible, all students must maintain a 3.0 GPA. Due to the increased responsibilities, Global language TAs must maintain a 3.5 GPA for the global languages positions.

Assistantships are competitive positions and are open to degree-seeking graduate students. Students may apply for these positions for the fall semester. Some positions may become available in the spring semester. Students are encouraged to contact the individual programs, departments and offices directly regarding questions about the positions. (The Graduate School office does not have this specific information.) Hiring supervisors will directly contact selected applicants to schedule an interview.

The following departments offer teaching assistantships:

• Biology Department, contact: Dr. Oney Smith
• Computer Science Department, contact: Dr. George Dimitoglou, dimitoglou@hood.edu
• Global Languages Department, contact: Dr. Scott Pincikowski

FCPS Direct Payment Program

Qualified Frederick County Public School (FCPS) employees are now able to take advantage of a financially friendly Direct Payment Program when enrolling in graduate courses at Hood College.

Developed collaboratively by Hood’s graduate school and FCPS, the Direct Pay eliminates paying tuition up front when registering for courses and then filing for reimbursement at the end of the semester. In most cases, the only out-of-pocket expenses approved FCPS employees pay are the comprehensive and lab fees.

Step One: Qualify

Submit the course request and tuition eligibility forms to the FCPS Human Resources office for approval.

Step Two: Register

Once approved, register for class(es) at Hood.

Step Three: Pay fees

Hood will invoice FCPS employees for any expenses beyond FCPS’ allowable reimbursement amount. Students who qualify for full tuition coverage from FCPS may pay as little as $115.

Step Four: Complete the course

Once students successfully complete the course(s) with a grade of “C” or better, FCPS and Hood reconcile tuition payments. Hood then sends FCPS the transcripts and sends students their course grades.

Contacts

Student Accounts
Phone: 301-696-3621
Email: accounting@hood.edu

FCPS Coordinator/ Human Resources: Sarah Ianacone
Phone: 301-644-5110
Email: courseapproval@fcps.org

MCPS Plan

Hood College offers both the master of science degree and certification preparation program in Educational Leadership as a cohort through Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). Through the cohort, students begin and end the program as a closed learning community. Courses are held at MCPS locations and taught by current and former MCPS administrators.

The cohort program is offered in a prescribed accelerated format, offering one to two courses per term during eight-week periods. Students in the master”s degree program complete in three years, and students in the 18-credit certification program complete in two years. To simplify the enrollment process, students enrolled in the cohort program are automatically registered for the required coursework each semester.

The Hood College cohort program participates in what is known as MCPS Direct Pay. Each year, MCPS establishes a county-wide tuition rate, which historically approximates the Hood graduate tuition rate. Hood College bills MCPS cohort students at the beginning of each term for any tuition not covered by the MCPS tuition rate. MCPS then pays the county-wide tuition rate to Hood College upon the student’s successful completion of the coursework with a grade of B or higher. The out-of-pocket expense, if any, for MCPS cohort students is minimal. In addition, because courses are offered off campus, cohort students are waived from the comprehensive fee.

MCPS also offers tuition reimbursement for students who are not part of the Hood College Educational Leadership cohort program. Please check with your human resources department for additional information/eligibility requirements.

Visit the Educational Leadership page for more information about the program.

Contacts

Director of Graduate Admissions: Tanith Fowler Corsi
Phone: 301-696-3603
Email: fowlercorsi@hood.edu

Program Director: Daniel Shea
Phone: 301-696-3766
Email: shea@hood.edu

MCPS Coordinator: Sydney K. Pinkard
Email: Sydney_K_Pinkard@mcpsmd.org