$12,000 Tuition Cap

The Capella Tuition Cap only applies to tuition for select eligible programs in the GuidedPath or FlexPath learning format. The tuition cap will be applied to your account once you reach the threshold, but it will not cover any past-due balances. If you complete your program before reaching the threshold, you will not be eligible for any compensation for tuition paid below the threshold. 

Here are some key points to keep in mind: 

• The tuition cap only counts toward tuition. Books, course materials, supplies, equipment and other fees apply. Travel expenses for residencies, practicum, etc., do not count toward the tuition cap threshold. 
• The tuition cap is applied to eligible programs in the GuidedPath or FlexPath learning format. 
• The tuition cap takes effect when the threshold is reached, not retroactively. If you complete your program before reaching the threshold, you will not be eligible for any compensation for tuition paid below the threshold.

Students must adhere to all applicable Capella University policies, including but not limited to academic standing (3.01.04 Academic Standing) and financial aid satisfactory academic progress (3.01.05 FASAP).

• Tuition cap recipients who change learning formats from GuidedPath to FlexPath or FlexPath to GuidedPath within the same program retain eligibility to receive the tuition cap. If a recipient changes learning formats within the same program, the amount of tuition paid in the prior learning format will still apply and be included in the tuition paid toward the tuition cap in the new learning format.
• If a recipient graduates, is dismissed from the university or is inactive from the university for four consecutive quarters or billing sessions for any reason, that student forfeits any future tuition waivers through the Capella Tuition Cap in that program.
• If a current Capella student changes programs to another program that doesn’t offer a Capella Tuition Cap, that student forfeits any future tuition waivers for which the student would have been eligible in the prior program.
• If a current Capella student changes programs to another program that offers a Capella Tuition Cap, or a former Capella student reapplies to the university in a program eligible for the Capella Tuition Cap, tuition amounts that the student paid in any prior programs will not be applied to the tuition cap threshold in the new program.

• The Capella Tuition Cap may decrease the amount of funding that can be offered from other sources, such as federal financial aid.
• The Capella Tuition Cap is intended to address the cost of attendance, including but not limited to, tuition. Books, course materials, supplies, equipment and other fees apply, and do not count toward the tuition cap threshold. Travel expenses for residencies, practicum, etc., do not count toward the tuition cap threshold.
• In some circumstances, recipients may complete their programs before they reach the tuition cap threshold in the eligible program. Under no circumstances will recipients be eligible for cash payment, tuition credits or other compensation for tuition paid below the tuition cap threshold.

• The Capella Tuition Cap can be applied only to an eligible program in the GuidedPath or FlexPath learning format and only for students who began the program on an eligible start date. The tuition cap will only apply to tuition and, upon reaching the tuition cap threshold for the eligible program, will be applied to your Capella account during the third week of the quarter that the cap is reached.
• In the quarters leading up to the tuition cap threshold for the eligible program, tuition paid to Capella University for successfully completed courses, withdrawn courses, failed courses and charges for courses dropped before census, will apply as tuition paid toward the Capella Tuition Cap. The recipient is responsible for funding these charges leading up to the tuition cap threshold. Once tuition cap threshold is reached, the tuition for these course scenarios will be covered by Capella.
• Reversed charges are excluded in all cases and will not count toward the tuition cap threshold.
• Past-due balances accrued prior to reaching the tuition cap threshold will not be waived once threshold is reached. Once the tuition paid threshold is reached, the tuition cap will only cover tuition charges for amounts in excess of the tuition cap threshold. In some circumstances, recipients may complete their programs before they reach the tuition cap threshold in the eligible program. Under no circumstances will recipients be eligible for cash payment, tuition credits or other compensation for tuition paid below the tuition cap threshold.

• Recipients of the Capella Tuition Cap are not eligible for Capella grants, scholarships or discounts, except for percentage-based scholarships with a discount of 15% or less, or unless otherwise noted in the eligibility requirements of the additional applicable scholarship. Students receiving Tuition Assistance Aligned Pricing through a partnership between Capella and the students’ employer are not eligible for this award.
  • Upon completing the tuition cap acknowledgment, if a recipient applies for another Capella grant, scholarship or discount, such application will supersede the Capella Tuition Cap and will forfeit tuition cap eligibility.

Faculty and staff of Capella University, Strategic Education, Inc., and Strategic Education, Inc. subsidiaries and affiliates, as well as their spouses, domestic partners and dependent children, are not eligible for the scholarship.

The terms and conditions of all scholarships and each subsequent renewal are subject to change and will be governed by university scholarship policies. Capella University reserves the right to cancel or modify any scholarship funded by the university at any time.