Tuition
FALL and SPRING Tuition Rates
Effective Fall 2021.
A Semester consists of 18 weeks – 17 private lessons and weekly or bi-monthly group lessons.
These rates include Group Lessons.
| LEVEL | LESSON LENGTH | SEMESTER TUITION (1 payment) |
MONTHLY TUITION (4 Payments) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | 10-20 minutes | $833 | $208.25 |
| Level 2 | 20-30 minutes | $1,003 | $250.75 |
| Level 3 | 30-40 minutes | $1,173 | $293.25 |
| Level 4 | 40-50 minutes | $1,411 | $352.75 |
| Level 5 | 50-60 minutes | $1,564 | $391.00 |
Summer Tuition
| LEVEL | LESSON LENGTH | PER LESSON RATE |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | 10-20 minutes | $45.00 |
| Level 2 | 20-30 minutes | $55.00 |
| Level 3 | 30-40 minutes | $65.00 |
| Level 4 | 40-50 minutes | $75.00 |
| Level 5 | 50-60 minutes | $85.00 |
More Tuition Information
Spring & Fall Semester Tuition is payable by either semester, by half semester or in four equal monthly payments due at the first lesson of each month.
Summer Lesson Tuition is to be paid in full at or before the first lesson and is based on the number of lessons you will receive.
Mid-Semester Enrollment—Tuition for new students entering mid-semester will be calculated at the per lesson rate. Your teacher will work out a payment schedule with you.
New Student Registration Fee—New students will be charged a one-time registration fee of $50 for a single child and $75 for more than one child.
Annual Registration Fee—Each Spring students that express and intent to return in the fall will be assessed a placeholder fee of $50 for a single child and $75 for more than one child. This fee guarantees a place in the teacher’s studio, does not apply to tuition payments and is non-refundable.
Payments—Checks/Money Orders are to be made payable to Suzuki Institute of Seattle. It is very helpful if you write the student’s full name in the memo portion of the check. Please mail checks to:
Lesson Make-Up Policy
Vacations during the regular Suzuki calendar (we follow the Seattle Public Schools calendar) DO NOT qualify for make-up lessons. Extended illness and other extenuating circumstances will be considered for make-up lessons on an individual basis.
Visiting relatives, birthday parties, sports activities, “forgetting,” etc. DO NOT qualify as valid reasons for make-up lessons.
If the teacher cancels lessons, the teacher will schedule appropriate make-up lessons. Please note the following exception:
- A teacher may cancel one lesson per semester due to snow without a make-up.
Teachers are not required to give more than one make-up lesson per semester for lessons canceled by the student.
Make-up lessons MUST BE taken during the current and WILL NOT be carried over into the next semester.