Fees

Fees vary according to the type of room requested/allocated. All lodging is based on 36 week tenancy.  [Evening meals are catered Monday-Thursday during the 28 academic session weeks.]

There are three payment options. Residents may elect to:

• pay for the full year upfront and receive a $100 discount; or
• pay per semester (2 payments per year); or
• pay by the term - a total of 4 equal instalments.

The fee schedule for 2020 is as follows:

Ensuite Room - Semi-catered

Lodging: 36 weeks	$9,200
Meals: 28 weeks	$1,600
Total:	$10,800
Payment Options:
Term Payments (4 instalments):	$2,700
OR Semester Payment Option (2 instalments):	$5,400
OR Full year Upfront (including discount):	$10.700

Standard Room - Semi-catered

Lodging: 36 weeks	$7,600
Meals: 28 weeks	$1,600
Total:	$9,200
Payment Options:
Term Payments (4 instalments):	$2,300
OR Semester Payment Option (2 installments):	$4,600
OR Full year Upfront (including discount):	$9,100

Why is St Francis College the best value for money?

Some of the reasons why Frannies is much better value for money than alternatives are as follows:

1. You are respected as a responsible adult;
2. Unsurpassed pastoral care, and availability of spiritual formation if desired;
3. Fellow residents are awesome people who are motivated to excel in their studies;
4. You will never feel alone or lonely. You will make superb friends who you will keep for life;
5. Relatively large bedrooms;
6. Each bedroom has a large study desk and good quality study chair, as well as an armchair;
7. Your bedroom is cleaned every week; 
8. Even the non-ensuite rooms have a vanity unit with hot and cold running water;
9. Common rooms are kept clean;
10. Fully furnished with high quality furniture, fixtures and fittings;
11. Free access to very fast and very reliable wifi, and huge amounts of free data;
12. You don't have to cook four nights of the week;
13. Kitchens are fully equipped - No need to bring cookware, cutlery or crockery;
14. We provide and launder your bed linen;
15. Fully equipped laundry;
16. You don't have to pay electricity, gas or water bills, etc;
17. You are not locked into a 52 week rental contract;
18. You don't have to worry about housemates not paying their share of the rent;
19. No risk of having the "Landlord from Hell";
20. Small size of college feels like a home, not like an institution;
21. Free off-street parking with security lighting and 24 hour security staff;
22. Networked printer - You don't need to bring or maintain your own printer. We have the cheapest printing rates on campus (possibly even cheaper, and definitely less hassle than maintaining your own printer);
23. No need to do any gardening or mow the lawns;
24. No need to rent a Post Office Box. Mail and parcels delivered right to your bedroom door;
25. Late meals available if you have other commitments at dinner-time;
26. Free college sport singlet, and discounted college jersey;
27. Fire buckets in winter;
28. College dog who loves taking you for endless walks when you need a study-break;
29. Last but definitely not least - The best leadership team imaginable.

Are there any upfront payments if I get accepted?

Yes. Up-front fees are as follows:

Services Fee (Any unused portion is refunded)	$400
Orientation Week Rent (for first years attending "O Week")	$200
St Francis Collegians' Association (SFCA) Fee*	$100
Total:	$700

* The SFCA fee is an annual fee collected by the College on behalf of the student association to subsidise social events through the year.