Upgrades or downgrades to programs should be initiated with a Student Development Advisor or in Student Services. 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 (lengthen) his or her program at any time and will 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 a program will be subject to the current tuition price for the remaining courses of the requested program.
Automotive, diesel, or automotive/diesel students who seek to change from one student-paid MSAT to another or drop a student paid-MSAT for a longer core program will have the new program calculated at original enrollment tuition. Motorcycle students may switch from one elective to another as long as the number of weeks is the same. A downgrade fee will not be charged in either of the aforementioned scenarios. Automotive, diesel, and automotive/diesel students who wish to drop a student-paid MSAT, such as Daimler Trucks Finish First, Ford FACT, GM Technician Career Training, BMW FastTrack, or Mopar TEC, from their program due to an academic failure in the first course 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 for exceeding professionalism infractions, nor does it apply to students who 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 (reducing program length) requested after completion of the first three courses (Arizona, California, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, 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 the new program change calculation. Requesting a program change does not drop courses that are in progress. If a student no longer wishes to attend a course based on a program change request, they should meet with Student Services to discuss their options.
Program changes are at the discretion of the school and can be denied due to, but not limited to, excessive absences, space availability, inability to meet Satisfactory Academic Progress expectations in the new program, and outstanding balances owed to 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.