Upgrades or downgrades to programs must be made through the Career Services Department. Revisions to existing enrollment agreements and tuition schedules must be completed before enrollment in a program is official. A program change may affect a student’s financial aid eligibility.
A student may upgrade his or her program at any time and be charged the program cost in effect at the time of original enrollment for the new program. Before the completion of the first three courses, a student may reduce or downgrade his or her program and be charged the tuition price at the time of enrollment. After the completion of the three courses, a student who wants to shorten or downgrade the program will be subject to the current tuition price for the requested program.
For Automotive students who wish to drop an MSAT program or a core program to add a different MSAT at the same campus, regardless of the number of courses, the change will be calculated as an upgrade. Motorcycle students may switch to a different elective program that is the same number of weeks. A downgrade fee will not be charged and time of enrollment tuition will be honored. Automotive and Diesel students who wish to remove a student paid MSAT such as Daimler Trucks Finish First, Ford FACT, GM Technician Career Training, Mopar TEC, and Toyota TPAT from their program due to an academic failure will not be charged a downgrade fee and time of enrollment tuition for the new program will be honored. This does not apply to students who fail the course due to attendance or professionalism, or wish to downgrade to graduate sooner. Note, this only applies to students in the Cummins Engines and Power Generation programs if they fail the course after passing the GATE test.
A $100 administrative fee will be charged for each program downgrade requested after completion of the first three courses (Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas campuses only). The administrative fee cannot be covered by financial aid and must be paid prior to processing the change.
When changing programs, students may incur no‑fits (i.e., courses they completed or attempted but are not needed for the new program). Students are responsible for the cost of the no‑fit courses. The tuition for these courses will be included in their new program change calculation.
Program changes are at the discretion of the school and can be denied due to but not limited to excessive absences, space availability, ability to meet Maximum Time Frame expectations in the new program and any balance owed the school. The Institute cannot allow a change into a program no longer offered by the school or for which the school is no longer licensed and accredited.