2023-2024 Graduate Catalog > Tuition and Fees

Tuition and Fees

Tuition and fees are subject to change. The most current information is available at https://mercycollege.edu/tuition-fees.

Definition of Fees

Auxiliary Fee – A flat fee charged to all students each semester (fall, spring, and summer). This fee provides safety and security services and resources to both online and land-based students.

General Fee – A per-credit hour fee charged each semester (fall, spring, and summer) to cover the costs of educating students at Mercy College of Ohio.

Matriculation Fee – A one-time non-refundable fee assessed to all students entering Mercy College of Ohio in the first semester of enrollment. This fee covers administration, orientation, and graduation fees for all students.

Student Services Fee – A flat fee charged to all students enrolled in six (6) or more credit hours during fall and spring semesters. This fee covers all college-sanctioned organizations and events.

Technology Fee – A flat fee charged each semester (fall, spring, and summer) to all students enrolled at Mercy College of Ohio. This fee is used to maintain and upgrade technological resources, including the learning management system, laboratory/simulation equipment, computers, software, etc., and provide updated technology for student learning support.

Student Health Insurance

Mercy College of Ohio’s insurance program is mandatory for students enrolled in six (6) or more credit hours, certificate students, and phlebotomy students. To waive enrollment in the insurance program, students must have health insurance that meets the basic minimum requirements. Eligible students will automatically be billed for the health insurance. Students can waive the insurance by logging into their EMPOWER ME account and clicking on the student insurance waiver link.

Payment of Accounts

Student tuition, fees, and other charges must be paid by the posted due date for each semester. The specific due date appears on the EMPOWER ME billing statement or can be found at www.mercycollege.edu/tuition-fees/ on the College website.

There are three ways to pay student accounts:

1. Payment in full by cash, check, money order, VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. Payments using credit cards will be assessed a 2.25% surcharge.
2. Financial aid: Students must submit all of the required forms/documentation needed by the Office of Financial Aid.
3. The Mercy Installment Payment Plan: This plan is set up each semester and payments are divided into equal installments (fall semester payments are due the second Friday in September, October, November, and December; spring semester payments are due the second Friday in February, March, April, and May; and summer semester payments are due the second Friday in June, July, and August). There is a $25 fee to enroll in the plan. Information is available in the Office of the Bursar, 419-251-1726.

To ensure proper billing, personal information must be current in EMPOWER ME.

Failure to Make Payment

Students with outstanding financial obligations who do not make payment arrangements with the Office of the Bursar by the due date will have a business hold placed on their accounts. Grades or transcripts may not be released for students who have outstanding financial obligations. After repeated attempts, unpaid student accounts will be sent to collection.

Refunds

If dropping from a course/courses or withdrawing from the College, students are eligible for a refund once the course(s) has(have) been officially dropped or students have officially withdrawn through the Office of Student Records. Refer to the following Refund Policy Table for the percentage of tuition/fees refund students are eligible to receive based on both the length of the course and the official drop or withdrawal date filed in the Office of Student Records or processed online by students at www.mercycollege.edu/empower using the Drop/Withdrawal/Leave form located under the Student Records tab. Refunds are issued through the Office of the Bursar.

Refunds of tuition and fees (general fee, auxiliary fee, student services fee, technology fee, and course fees) are not made unless students have officially dropped the course/courses or officially withdrawn from the College. Notification to an individual instructor or failure to attend class does not constitute an official drop or withdrawal. An exit interview with the Office of Financial Aid is required for students receiving financial aid.

Refund Table:

Length of Course based on class weeks (Sunday-Sunday)

Time is denoted as Eastern Standard Time (EST).