All incoming and continuing students are required to have health insurance for the duration of their course of study. Long-term students will be automatically enrolled in the New York Film Academy Student Health Insurance Plan (NYFASHIP) and billed for health insurance coverage. Short-term students are not eligible to enroll in NYFASHIP and must purchase health insurance coverage for the time they will be living in their campus region and participating in their NYFA program.
For all long-term students, costs for student health insurance coverage will be billed to students’ accounts at the start of each term enrollment period. Enrollment periods typically coincide with semester start dates. For New York students attending programs with semesters spanning two enrollment periods, students’ accounts will be billed twice per semester or once per each 16-week enrollment period.
Please refer to the Rate Chart* below for information on costs of NYFASHIP coverage.
LOS ANGELES
New Students, Students Returning After an Extended Leave, and Continuing Students Not Previously Enrolled in NYFASHIP
| Annual (8/21/2022-8/30/2023) |
Fall (8/21/2022-12/31/2022) |
Spring (1/01/2023-4/29/2023) |
Summer (4/30/2023-8/30/2023) |
| $2170.00 | $763.42 | $692.16 | $714.42 |
*Rates include term premiums and a NYFA administrative fee ($90/per academic year or $30 per term.)
Continuing Students Currently Enrolled in NYFASHIP
| Annual (9/15/2022-8/30/2023) |
Fall (9/15/2022-12/31/2022) |
Spring (1/01/2023-4/29/2023) |
Summer (4/30/2023-8/30/2023) |
| $2121.00 | $714.42 | $692.16 | $714.42 |
*Rates include term premiums and a NYFA administrative fee ($90/per academic year or $30 per term).
SOUTH BEACH
New Students, Students Returning After an Extended Leave, and Continuing Students Not Previously Enrolled in NYFASHIP
| Annual (8/21/2022-8/30/2023) |
Fall (8/21/2022-12/31/2022) |
Spring (1/01/2023-4/29/2023) |
Summer (4/30/2023-8/30/2023) |
| $2170.00 | $765.20 | $693.80 | $716.10 |
*Rates include term premiums and a NYFA administrative fee ($90/per academic year or $30 per term.)
Continuing Students Currently Enrolled in NYFASHIP
| Annual (9/15/2022-8/30/2023) |
Fall (9/15/2022-12/31/2022) |
Spring (1/01/2023-4/29/2023) |
Summer (4/30/2023-8/30/2023) |
| $2126.00 | $716.10 | $693.80 | $716.10 |
*Rates include term premiums and a NYFA administrative fee ($90/per academic year or $30 per term).
NEW YORK
New Students, Students Returning After an Extended Leave, and Continuing Students Not Previously Enrolled in NYFASHIP
| Annual (8/21/2022-8/30/2023) |
Fall (8/21/2022-12/31/2022) |
Spring (1/01/2023-4/29/2023) |
Summer (4/30/2023-8/30/2023) |
| $2059.50 | $726.18 | $655.64 | $677.68 |
*Rates include term premiums and a NYFA administrative fee ($90/per academic year or $30 per term.)
Continuing Students Currently Enrolled in NYFASHIP
| Annual (9/15/2022-8/30/2023) |
Fall (9/15/2022-12/31/2022) |
Spring (1/01/2023-4/29/2023) |
Summer (4/30/2023-8/30/2023) |
| $2011.00 | $677.68 | $655.64 | $677.68 |
*Rates include term premiums and a NYFA administrative fee ($90/per academic year or $30 per term).
WAIVER APPLICATION PROCESS
The instructions that follow apply to FALL 2022 LONG TERM students and all CURRENTLY ENROLLED CONTINUING LONG-TERM students. Incoming new students enrolling in later long-term programs will be invited to participate in the waiver application process approximately one month prior to their program start dates.
| NY Students | LA Students | SB Students |
THE WAIVER APPLICATION PORTAL WILL BE OPEN TO FALL 2023 STUDENTS AND CURRENTLY ENROLLED CONTINUING STUDENTS ATTENDING LONG TERM PROGRAMS, JULY 17, 2023 THROUGH OCTOBER 9, 2023. WAIVER APPLICATIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED OR PROCESSED OUTSIDE OF THIS TIME PERIOD WHEN THE WAIVER PORTAL IS OPEN.
IF YOU HAVE COMPARABLE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE ENROLLED IN THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN (NYFASHIP), YOU MUST SUBMIT AN ONLINE WAIVER APPLICATION BETWEEN JULY 17, 2023, AND OCT 9, 2023. IF YOU HAVE COMPARABLE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND YOU DO NOT SUBMIT A WAIVER APPLICATION THROUGH THE WAIVER APPLICATION PORTAL DURING THE TIME PERIOD NOTED ABOVE, YOU WILL BE ENROLLED IN NYFASHIP FOR THE DURATION OF THE 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR AND RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF FEES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, 8/20/2023-8/30/2024 (NEW STUDENTS) OR 8/31/2023-8/30/2024 (CONTINUING STUDENTS).
ALL STUDENTS WHO DO NOT SUBMIT A WAIVER APPLICATION BETWEEN JULY 17, 2023 AND OCT 9, 2023 AND ALL STUDENTS WHOSE SUBMITTED WAIVER APPLICATIONS ARE DENIED WILL BE ENROLLED IN NYFASHIP AND RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF FEES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE DURATION OF THE 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR.
Upon completion of the waiver application process, students will receive emails from Aetna confirming that their applications and information have been received for review. Aetna will provide follow-up emails notifying students if their waiver applications have been approved or declined. If declined, insurance charges will remain on students’ accounts. If approved, charges for NYFASHIP coverage will be removed (or refunded) from students’ accounts. Students are encouraged to carefully and thoroughly read all email communications received from Aetna.
Students who elect to enroll in NYFASHIP and students whose waiver applications have been denied will be billed for term enrollment costs, per the rate chart noted above, prior to Fall, Spring and Summer terms and for as long as they remain enrolled in their academic programs for the 2023/2024 academic year. For these students, once the waiver portal is closed and charges for insurance coverage are applied, the charges cannot be reversed.
As a FALL 2023 student and for students who started their long-term programs in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 (Spring and Summer), you will again need to submit a waiver application each and every subsequent FALL for as long as you remain enrolled in your long-term program, as waiver permissions expire at the end of each academic year. Your waiver application must be submitted and approved each FALL to dis-enroll from NYFASHIP for any and all subsequent academic years.