Agent Commission Structure

Sacred Heart University offers both a base commission payment structure and a bonus payment structure for recruitment partners, agencies and agents with whom the University has a signed Agreement.

Base Commission Payments

Sacred Heart University (SHU) will pay the following agent commissions for each full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate, graduate or doctoral F1 visa holding student who successfully enrolls at SHU and has remitted their full tuition plus mandatory fees.

The exception to this agreement is in cases where the student is a student-athlete who is receiving athletic scholarship funds from SHU. Under this circumstance, no agent commission or bonus will be paid.

Commission Payment Structure

Bachelor’s Degree Programs

  • $5,000 USD per enrolled student for year one and $5,000 USD for year two
  • Year one payable after the student has paid first term’s tuition (including mandatory fees) in full
  • Year two payable after the student has paid third term’s tuition (including mandatory fees) in full

Master’s Degree Programs

  • $4,000 USD per enrolled student
  • Paid as one payment once the student has paid tuition (including mandatory fees) in full for the first term

Doctoral Degree Programs

  • $6,000 USD
  • Paid as one payment once the student has paid tuition (including mandatory fees) in full for the first term

Commission Payment Structure for Pathways Students

Bachelor’s Degree Programs

  • $2,500 USD per enrolled student for year one and $5,000 USD for year two
  • Year one payable after the student has paid two terms tuition (including mandatory fees) in full
  • Year two payable after the student has paid third term’s tuition (including mandatory fees) in full

Master’s Degree Programs

  • $4,000 USD per enrolled student
  • Paid as one payment once the student has paid tuition (including mandatory fees) in full for two terms.

Bonus Program

The bonus is calculated based on three-tiers: For each qualified student* agent will receive a bonus payment of $250 from the 11th to 20th enrolled student. Agent will receive a bonus of $500 per qualified student from the 21st to the 30th enrolled student. And, once the agent has supplied 30 qualified students, the agent will receive a bonus payment of $1,000 for each student beginning with the 31st enrolled student.

Commission bonuses will be paid for each SHU fiscal year, consisting of fall, spring and late spring terms. Bonus payments will be processed by December 1st of each fiscal year for initial qualified student enrollments made during the previous fiscal year.

To be considered a qualified enrolled student for bonus eligibility when calculating the annual bonus payout, the student must have paid tuition plus mandatory fees in full for two terms.

English Language Institute

For students only admitted to the English Language Institute for full-time intensive English Language Study, SHU will pay a fee of $560 for each 8-week term for up to three (3) consecutive terms of full-time English Language Study. Each time, the payments will be made only after the student pays in full for all expenses associated with attending the English Language Institute.