Apply: Fees & Policies

An Application Fee of $100 must accompany each enrollment. This is a nonrefundable charge that does not apply toward tuition and is required at the time of enrollment. If enrolling on a course 60 days or more before the course begins, students are required to pay a tuition deposit of $500. For Semester, Instructor and International courses, students are required to pay a tuition deposit of $700. In addition to the application fee and tuition deposit, students are required to pay a $100 transportation fee.

The total payment due up enrollment 60 days or more before course start is $500. For semester, instructor and international courses payment is $700.

If enrolling less than 60 days before course start, all fees and full tuition are due immediately.

Your Application Fee, Transportation Fee, and tuition deposit reserves your space on a course up to 60 days before course start. Full tuition and completed confidentiality information or medical information forms are due 60 days before course start to hold your position on course. If you apply fewer than 60 days before course start, full tuition, transportation fee, and application fee are due upon registration.

If you enroll fewer than 30 days before course start, you may incur a $15-20 overnight delivery charge for admission materials.

Upon enrollment or receipt of your application, we will mail you a detailed packet of enrollment materials. This packet will include the times, dates and location of where to be when your course starts and ends as well as a list of the clothing and gear we require for your course that you bring with you. We encourage all students to have a valid e-mail account for us to send out enrollment materials through. Until your confidentiality information forms or medical information forms have been reviewed, approved and all necessary forms have been signed and returned to Outward Bound, your admission is pending.

Course tuition covers all equipment, food and instruction costs. Tuition does not include: the $100 Application Fee, $100 Transportation Fee, a full physical examination by your physician (if required), transportation to and from your course meeting location (i.e. air or bus fare from home and possible motel/hotel costs before and after your course) and personal clothing and footwear. For any course requiring an international traveling component while on course (such as the travel to and from Chile for the Appalachians to the Andes Leadership Semester), students will be charged for travel costs arranged by the school. Tuition as listed is subject to change.

12-13 year-old courses (applies to parent/child only)- Students must be 12 years old as of the course start date. NO exceptions, NO age waivers condsider.
14-16 year-old courses - Age Waivers may be considered only for individuals turning 14 within 90 days (3 months) of course start date (example: If a course starts on August 1st, a student must turn the age specific to that course by Nov. 1st to participate on that particular course).
16-18, 18-22, and 18+ year-old courses - Age Waiver may be considered for individual turning min. age within 180 days (6 months) of course start date (example: If a course starts on May 1st, a student must turn the age specific to that course by Nov. 1st to participate on that particular course).
23+ and 30+ courses - Age Waivers may be considered for ADULTS turning min. age within TWO years of course start date.
International course or courses with international component - Age Waiver will not be considered.

At NC Outward Bound, we do not encourage friends or relatives to participate on the same crew of a course unless it is a Parent/Child challenge or group event. Friends/relatives may go on the same course running at the same time, but may not be on the same crew. This is our policy in order to ensure that everyone’s experience on course will be heightened and group dynamics are not interfered with.

Youth courses ages 14-17 are within the constant supervision of at least 2 instructors. Although the courses are unisex, males and females are separated for personal hygiene purposes and sleeping arrangements.

Course groups consist of 12 students and 2 - 3 instructors. Throughout a course, depending on activities, more instructors may join a group on certain days. There are no less than 2 instructors on any course at any given time. Both male and female instructors can be assigned to courses.