Admitted Graduate Students

Deposits are due December 1 for Spring and April 15 for Fall

To enroll at Pratt Institute, please submit your enrollment deposit. The $500 admissions deposit is non-refundable. 

Submit Your Deposit(s) Online

Preferred Method

Deposits are due by December 1 for Spring and April 15 for Fall or one week after acceptance, whichever is later. 

To submit your enrollment deposit, please pay $500.00 

Please find additional ways to pay below:

Submit Deposit by Wire Transfer

Only from foreign countries where online deposit is not possible

• Pratt uses FlyWire for wire transfer. Please read more on our Payments Page. 
• Submit your deposit using FlyWire
• Fill out the Pratt Enrollment Housing Deposit Form (PDF). After you’ve submitted your deposit, email the completed form to Chris Paisley cpaisley@pratt.edu 

Submit Deposit by Check

Only when the above options are not available

• Checks should be made payable to “Pratt Institute”
• Fill out the Pratt Enrollment Housing Deposit Form (PDF). Mail the check and completed form to: 
  
  Pratt Institute, Office of Graduate Admissions
  200 Willoughby Avenue
  Brooklyn, NY 11205

Note: Please protect yourself against financial scams by phone and email, by people posing as government agencies or schools, and never make payments or share personal information with a source you do not know or trust. Pratt or any government agency will never ask you to complete a payment immediately without the ability to verify its validity.

Graduate student aid consists of department scholarships or government loans for US citizens and permanent residents.  If you have been awarded a department scholarship, it will be included in your letter. To borrow funds up to the cost of attendance, you must have filed the FAFSA first at fafsa.ed.gov. The loan process is outlined on our website.

Department scholarships are not need-based. They are distributed to incoming students and awarded prior to deposit. Once a deposit has been made, a department scholarship cannot be adjusted. Deferred Students, Leave of Absence students and Readmitted Students will not be reconsidered for department scholarship; Pratt will honor the original award offered.

Department scholarships should not be conflated with “restricted and endowed awards and scholarship” or “assistantships”, which continuing students are considered for based on particular criteria. Department scholarships are distributed to new, incoming students upon acceptance per the discretion of each academic department. Semester awards cannot be transferred to other semesters. Department scholarships are applied to offset tuition charges only and are not cash awards to be used for any other purposes. Scholarships are contingent on maintaining a 3.0 GPA and 9 credit hours. If a course load falls below 9 credits, the semester award in question will be forfeited, unless it occurs in the final semester due to the department’s course sequencing, in which case it will be prorated accordingly. In the case of Arts and Cultural Management or Design Management, we require students to follow the sequenced curriculum as prescribed in the catalog to retain awards, maintaining the full time credit load offered by the department as designed. 

Questions or negotiations related to an award can be discussed with the academic department who awarded it prior to deposit. Questions about the terms of scholarship, prorated amounts, billing, or reapplication pertaining to awards cannot be discussed with academic departments, and should be discussed exclusively with Student Financial Services sfs@pratt.edu. 

Find the above terms along with additional information about graduate scholarships at the following link: Graduate Scholarships

Off-campus housing is available in the immediate area, and you can access Pratt’s resources here. Many graduate students live off-campus, and Residential Life or your program department may be able to connect you with students who are looking for roommates. Pratt students often connect with one another on their Pratt Roommate Facebook group, although this isn’t organized by the institute.

Read about our cost of attendance. This link includes Tuition by Program for year one, required fees, and estimated cost of living. There are links in the menu to detailed tuition and fees breakdown. This page also includes links to a number of useful resources.

Once you’ve deposited and received your OneKey, please visit our Deposited Graduate Student page for next steps. You will have the opportunity to register for classes after reaching out to your program department for advisement. Registration for new students begins in the summer. 

Important: It is imperative that you submit all required health forms by the deadline to ensure there is no delay in registering you for classes. Those who have not yet cleared their health holds by satisfying all health office requirements before the time of registration will be prevented from registering for class until all requirements are satisfied. We recommend completing health forms as early as possible to avoid any delays during registration. Please make sure to also review our Back to Pratt section of the website for the most up-to-date communications to the community regarding course modalities and response to Covid-19. 

Should you decide to enroll in your program, you may be required to participate in an English Language Learner course. If you submitted a TOEFL of 99 and below (or the equivalent on another accepted test) and have not received an admissions TOEFL waiver, you must participate in English Language Learner courses at Pratt (ELL)

Learn more about the program and the cost here: English Language Learner Course

Waiver information: Admissions TOEFL waivers or a 100+ TOEFL will exempt you from this course. You can submit a new, updated TOEFL up until the start of the course to opt out. Please send your new score to admissions@pratt.edu.

Proof of COVID-19 vaccinations, boosters, and exemptions will no longer be required for new or current Pratt students, faculty, or staff, and will no longer be a determining factor for Pratt ID access to campus facilities. Pratt strongly encourages all community members to remain up to date with the latest COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. Pratt will continue to follow guidance from the CDC, as well as city, state, and federal directives, and may revise policies if circumstances require.

If you’ll be seeking an accommodation plan for a documented disability for classes, please submit the Learning/Access Center form.  Priority deadline for disability-related classroom accommodations is August 1st.  Priority deadline for housing accommodations is May 1st.  Student inquiries and access to resources, including enrollment for accommodations, is available year round.  Please find the L/AC form and additional information about enrolling with the L/AC here.  If you have questions and would like to schedule a meeting to discuss your situation, please email lac@pratt.edu and request a welcome meeting.

For those accepted before April 15, there is a deferral deadline of July 15. For those accepted on or after April 15, the deferral deadline is August 1. If you decide not to enroll at Pratt or wish to defer to the following term or year, please use our electronic form after reading the information below. Please note that any merit scholarship you may have received will be deferred. The financial aid office will need to recalculate your financial aid, however, if you are a US citizen or permanent resident who submitted the FAFSA.

*For the MS Information Experience Design program, accepted applicants may only defer from spring to the subsequent spring or fall to the subsequent fall semester. Applicants may not defer from spring to fall or vice versa. If an accepted applicant wishes to defer from spring to fall or fall to spring, they will be required to reapply for admission for the relevant semester

Note that you must submit your enrollment deposit prior to deferring. You will need your Pratt Onekey information (sent after depositing) to fill out the deferment form. Submitting your enrollment deposit secures your place in the program for the term to which you defer. We are unable to defer applications for students who do not submit the required enrollment deposit of $500. Pratt’s policy is that new, incoming graduate students can defer for up to one full year from the original date of acceptance.

If you attend another college during your deferral, please note Pratt is not obligated to honor credits completed at another institution. This is at the discretion of the department chairperson and the Registrar’s office. We recommend discussing plans prior to attending another program with your program chairperson. 

Should your plans change and you elect to withdraw your enrollment, please email Chris Paisley at cpaisley@pratt.edu right away. Please note the enrollment deposit is non-refundable. Housing deposits may be refundable if the student has not yet applied for housing. Questions about housing deposit refunds can be directed to reslife@pratt.edu.