2021-2022 TUITION & PAYMENT INFORMATION
If you don’t see your question answered below, please contact us at office@alamancefinearts.com.
One thing you will find highly attractive about AFAA is our pricing. After the Registration fee, our tuition rates in the chart below are ALL-INCLUSIVE, which means no hidden class fees or costume charges to surprise you after registration. Your monthly payment includes tuition, costume fees, and performance fees, as well as two complimentary tickets per family for one performance of your choice! Please see our Tuition FAQs below for more information.
Registration Fees & Special Pricing
There is a one-time NON-REFUNDABLE registration fee at the beginning of each year:
- $30 for 1st child
- $15 for each additional child
- $60 max per family
- Registration Fee helps cover start-up costs for the year, but also provides one studio t-shirt per student, as well as two COMP tickets to one performance during the year, per family, NOT per student.
- Exception: Ballroom & Private Lessons do not have a Registration Fee.
Private Lessons! We offer weekly 30-minute classes for $70 per month. (Please Note: Private Lessons, including Voice Lessons, are a stand-alone rate of $70/month, and will not be included in your multi-class tuition rates.)
Pay the Year in Full and Save 10%! If you choose to pay the year in full with cash or check at Registration, you will receive a 10% discount. (Payment must be Cash or Check.)
Sibling Discount! Each child after the first receives a 10% discount on tuition.
Drop Fee: Theatre and Dance: if you drop your class after January 1st, there will be a $50 Drop Fee per class dropped.
The more classes you take, the more you save! As you add more classes to your schedule, the rate per class drops, and the maximum tuition (excluding private lessons) is $190 per student.
Rates below are for ONE student. Additional children receive 10% off listed price below.
| # of Class Hours | Cost/Hour | Cost/Month | Cost/Studio Year |
| .75 | $70 | $52.50 | $472.50 |
| 1 | $70 | $70.00 | $630 |
| 1.25 | $67 | $83.75 | $753.75 |
| 1.5 | $65 | $97.50 | $877.50 |
| 2 | $60 | $120 | $1080 |
| 3 | $54 | $162 | $1458 |
| 4 | $46 | $184 | $1656 |
| 5 | $38 | $190 | $1710 |
| 6+ | — | $190 | $1710 |
Tuition FAQ’s
The rates listed in the chart above are in one-hour increments, but the charges will be prorated for a fraction of an hour in between. Example: 1 hour of class=$70; and 2 hours of classes=$120 ($60/hour); so 1.5 hours=$97.50 ($65/hour).
Your tuition is to be paid monthly, and you will receive a reminder each month via email. All payments are due by the 10th of each month, after which a late fee of $15.00 will be charged. There will be a $25.00 charge for all returned checks.
We accept cash, check, credit/debit cards, Venmo, or Paypal. You may mail your payment to us at AFAA, 335 S. Main St., Burlington, NC 27215, OR drop it into the wooden payment box in the lobby. Please make checks payable to “AFAA” and include the student’s name in the memo line. If paying by cash in the Tuition Box, please put the cash in an envelope labeled with the student name(s). If paying with Paypal, please direct the payment to office@alamancefinearts.com and please add a memo including the student name(s).
Yes! The rates above are for ONE student. Additional children from the same family will receive a 10% discount on the listed tuition price above. We also offer a discount on the Registration Fee for siblings as follows:
- $30 for 1st child
- $15 for each additional child
- $60 max per family
No. We are able to offer a total of 2 complimentary tickets per family for one performance of your choice. The number of comp tickets do not increase based on the number of classes taken or the number of students in a family.
Your tuition is the same regardless of classes missed or the number of classes in a month. There is no reduction for missed classes.
If we have to cancel classes due to inclement weather, a make-up class will be scheduled. Therefore, there are no refunds for canceled classes.
Should withdrawal become necessary, a two-week written notice is required from the child’s parent or guardian. If we do not receive notice from you that your child is dropping his or her class, your tuition will continue to accrue. Once you notify us of your withdrawal, payment of any outstanding balances must be made. If your child drops a class after January 1st, you must also pay a $50.00 cancellation fee.
