The university maintains an open enrollment policy. Students should apply as far in advance as possible of a proposed start date to ensure that they have the time to get the appropriate documentation and necessary resources in place.

The university reserves the right to adjust tuition and fees as necessary to maintain a sound program for students. Any changes in fees will be announced as far in advance as possible.

The university makes every effort to assure that applicants are properly counseled and admitted into the school's programs. Should, however, an applicant decide to cancel his or her enrollment within three (3) days of admission (excluding weekends and holidays), the university will refund all monies paid with the exception of the non-refundable application fee.

The university is committed to making quality graduate education available to all qualified students.  As a result, the university has structured its programs and established a number of financial assistance programs to make certain that cost is not a barrier to deserving students.

Founder’s Fellowship – As part of their commitment to graduate education, the founders of the university have made available funds to provide fellowships to Master’s degree students who enroll in the university’s opening semester.  These fellowships are in the amount of $360 per course and are applied directly to the student’s tuition.

Tuition Payment Plan – Students may spread the cost of tuition over the length of the semester.  A payment of one half of the tuition cost is due at the time of registration with the balance due no later than two weeks before the end of the semester.  Arrangements for  tuition payment plan may be made each semester.

Tuition Loans – Tuition loans are available through the university to finance the cost of tuition.  The university will assist students with the preparation of loan applications for any financial institution and has entered into an agreement with an international bank to make education loans available at a preferred rate.

Co-operative Education Program – Though the university’s Co-operative Education Department, students are assisted in obtaining a job that is directly related to their field of study.  The earnings from this employment belong to the student and may be used to defray the cost of tuition and living expenses while in school.

Costs for tuition and the appropriate fees to attend the University of North America are part of the total costs that you as a student can expect to incur while attending the institution. Many variables come into play such as books, rent, transportation, food and lifestyle which need to be accounted for when providing proof of financial resources for the Admissions Department. F-1 students wishing to attend UoNA must show financial ability to pay for a full academic year either through a bank statement in the student’s name or by sponsorship.  Click here calculate your costs for a full academic year on the Statement of Financial Ability form and complete the appropriate document attached thereto.

Conversely, if the conditions of acceptance are not satisfied the student may be asked to discontinue enrollment by the Dean or the Director of Admissions.

While the application form can be downloaded from the website, the majority of other documents as "originals" need to be mailed directly to the Admissions Department.

The university accepts transfer credit from other accredited colleges and universities. Up to 15 credits may be transferred into a Master's degree program and up to six credits may be transferred into a Doctoral program.

Student credits that have been earned outside of the U.S. may be transferable to the University of North America. Beyond the need to have that institution recognized by an accrediting agency in that country, the prospective applicant may need to have their transcripts evaluated by an external agency to determine acceptable transfer credit. The Admissions office will need to be provided one copy of that evaluation before a decision regarding acceptance is rendered.
The prospective student may want to consider the following agency – which is independent and not affiliated with the University – for credit transfer evaluation: http://www.aacrao.org, which is the American Association of Collegiate Registrars.

If a prospective student is unable to enter the term for which his or her application is accepted, he or she should contact the Office of Admissions to update the application for enrollment in a subsequent term. Students should do this as soon as they know that they will not be enrolling in the term in which they applied.

If a prospective student accepted to enter in a particular term has not enrolled at any time within four consecutive terms  - one calendar year from the date an application was received by the Office of Admissions, the University of North America administration reserves the right to place his or her application in an inactive status for one term. If a potential student does not enroll within this period of time, the application and all submitted materials will be discarded and destroyed.

If a prospective student wishes to re-activate his/her application after the application is discarded and destroyed, he or she must submit a new application. The process will include an additional application fee. Prior admission to a program does not ensure re-acceptance.

If a student has been granted admission as a non-degree seeking student and wishes to apply for admission to a degree program, the student must submit an application for admission and comply with requirements as identified under the degree-seeking admission requirements. After a student is regularly admitted to a degree program, he or she may be permitted to utilize some of the courses taken under the non-degree status toward their graduate degree. At the recommendation of the student's graduate advisor and with approval of the appropriate Dean, up to 9 credit hours of graduate-level courses taken under the non-degree status with a grade of "B" or better may be transferred toward degree credit.

When all of this requisite information is complete, the file is reviewed by the appropriate Dean and Graduate Committee at the University of North America to render a decision. Once made, that decision is then mailed to the applicant.

An applicant is considered accepted to a degree program at the University of North America only after having been issued a formal Letter of Acceptance (LOA). Applicants are welcome to contact the Office of Admissions to check the status of the application processing at any time he/she wishes.