The Total Program Cost is the TOTAL cost or pay-in-full cost of the Program. It would help if you kept in mind that what you enter here should reflect the TOTAL enrollment cost.

For example, if the Program is three months, it is the pay-in-full cost of those three months. If the Program is 12 months, it's the pay-in-full cost of all 12 months.

You get this Total Program Cost by adding Charge Items that correspond to each of your fees. These fees can be optional or required at enrollment. They can also be included in Pay-in-Full and/or Payment Plans.

Here is an example:

You can also add Discounts to specific Charge Items in this area. See this support article for detailed instructions on adding Discount Items.

If you include a portion of your Program or Class fee due at enrollment, subtract that amount from the Total Program Cost.

For example, you have a "Deposit" due at enrollment that is part of the "Class Fee." The total Class Fee is $700, including the Deposit. Under Total Program Cost, the Deposit is $100, and the Class Fee is $600 ($100 + $600 = $700).

We have included a weekly Installment Payment Plan that divides out the $600 Class Fee into five payment events of $120:

If you have created a Program and your fees are NOT showing up in the Payment Plans area, that usually means that the Charge Item is an OPTIONAL item and not REQUIRED:

You will need to mark any fees such as "Tuition" or "Class Fee" that are required at enrollment as "Required" when you set them up on the Items page. To edit the fee or Charge Item, see "How to edit Charge Items in Payment Plans."

If you are running a Program that runs for ten months and Tuition for those ten months totals $1,800, you will add a Charge Item of "Tuition" and enter the value of $1,800 under Total Program Cost. If you also charge a Registration fee of $50 that is due at enrollment, you will add that.

The Pay-in-Full amount is $1,850 (totaling the two Charge Items under the Total Program Cost).

The Payment Plan is a monthly schedule set up for ten payment events. The total Tuition of $1,800 is divided equally into 10 for a total of $180/month. You can see this in the screenshot below on the right-hand side.