Tuition and Fees

Tuition and Fees

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Seminole State College Board of Regents have approved the educational program fees charged by the College. These are mandatory fees charged per credit hour. Fees are due before the first day of class. All fees are subject to change without notice.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have a specific policy concerning legal residence in the state of Oklahoma for the purpose of determining whether students are to be classified as in-state (resident) or out-of-state (nonresident) students. A complete copy of the Regents' policy is available upon request in the Tanner Hall office of admissions. The policy is summarized here for prospective students of the college.

 


Tuition and Fee Breakdown

Fee Definitions

Mandatory Fees:

 

Student Technology Service Fee - $9/credit hour: This fee supports the enhancement of instructional technology. This includes items such as student computing needs, classroom technology, and technical support for students. This fee also covers increasing costs in multiple areas such as network/system infrastructure, hardware/ software costs, and communications.

 

Library Resources Fee – $2.75/credit hour: This fee supports electronic and traditional access to books and journals. This fee will ensure that library services will continue without cutting access to electronic journals, hours of operation, and other services.

                                               

Records Management Fee - $2/credit hour: The records management fee provides for the maintenance of the academic record system and issuance of official transcripts.

 

Student Activity Fee - $11/credit hour: This fee is used to improve the student life experience and provide for more student-centered activities.

 

Student Service Fee - $10/credit hour: The fee supports the admissions, academic advising and financial services provided to students. It will provide electronic access to advising and degree audit systems and additional professional advisors for students. This fee will also allow for new program initiatives and strategies aimed to increase the student graduation rate.

 

Student Assessment Fee - $3/credit hour: This fee supports testing services provided to students for placement testing, skills testing and all other student testing needs. It will provide for upgrades, electronic access to testing services, software, hardware, and other needs for the testing center.

 

Safety Fee - $2/credit hour: This fee supports the costs of student-related security services on campus. These services include improving campus lighting, providing emergency phones, providing an emergency alert system, and enhancing police and security services. This enables SSC to continue creating secure environments for students on our campus.

 

Compliance Fee - $2/credit hour: This fee is used for mandatory and required state and federal compliance expenses, including programs such as Title IX and for the college-wide assessment program, which provides an annual assessment of the college's academic and support programs. These programs is required for the accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is mandated by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

 

Cultural & Recreation Service Fee - $1.25/credit hour:

This fee supports the mission of the institution in planned activities designed to provide the student with extracurricular, educational, cultural and recreational opportunities.                                                                                                                       

Infrastructure Fee - $11/credit hour:

This fee supports improvement and maintenance of  existing facilities. It also supports the renovation and construction of additional facilities.

 

 

 

 

Ancillary Fees:

 

Academic Excellence Fees – (STEM and Business & Education - $15/cr hr, Social Science and LAH - $10/cr hr, Health Science - $5/cr hr : This fee provides support for academic needs such as classroom supplies, professional development and training for faculty and division employees to support academic programs. This fee will also provide assistance for virtual and in-person tutoring and development of new academic programs.

 

Electronic Academic Access Fee - $10/course: The Electronic Academic Access Fee supports SSC’s Learning Management Software (LMS). This software provides direct access by the student to review lectures, course syllabi, assignments, instructional materials, and current grade(s). This software also allows general communication between instructors and students.

 

Laboratory Course Fee - $35/course: This fee supports the increasing costs of supplies in the respective lab courses including science labs, art labs, computer labs or other courses where institutional supplies are consumed

 

Transitional Course Fee - $25/cr hr: The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have endorsed an additional fee per credit hour for Transitional Educational courses at all Oklahoma colleges and universities.

 

Distance Education/Outreach Fee - $25/cr hr: This fee supports online course development including universal design training and information technology support.

 

Nursing Fee - $40/cr hr: This fee is used to support increasing costs associated with faculty course development, direct student assistance, and student involvement.  This fee supports new teaching approaches will continue to be addressed and designed to determine best practices in retention and course passage.

 

MLT Fee - $20/cr hr: This fee supports the increasing costs of faculty mileage reimbursement for clinical supervision, equipment, and technical supply purchases required.

 

PTA Fee - $20/cr hr: This fee supports the increasing costs of equipment, salaries & benefits, and development of the program.  It also supports faculty & students associated with the program.

 

Application Fee - $15 per initial enrollment: This fee supports the processing of admissions applications.                                                                                                                               

International Student Fee - $100: This fee supports the administrative services rendered by Seminole State College for in-person students. Services include processing, maintaining and storing certificates of eligibility, work permits, practical training permits, transfer forms, Visa extensions and expirations, and other immigration papers for international students.

 

Accident Shield Fee - $4/cr hr if enrolled in 6 or more credit hours: The fee supports the purchase of accidental insurance available to all students enrolled in 6 or more credit hours.

Cost of Attendance for Financial Aid

SSC Cost of Attendance - 2024-2025

Oklahoma Residents

Amounts are per semester credit hour

 

  • $107.00 General Tuition
  • $9.00  Student Technology Service
  • $2.75  Library Resources Fee
  • $2.00  Records Management Fee
  • $11.00  Student Activity Fee
  • $10.00  Student Service Fee
  • $3.00  Student Assessment Fee
  • $2.00  Safety Fee
  • $2.00  Compliance Fee
  • $1.25   Cultural & Recreation Service Fee
  • $11.00  Infrastructure

 

Total Per Credit Hour $161.00

Non Residents

Amounts are per semester credit hour

 

  • $107.00 General Tuition
  • $211.00 Non- Resident Tuition
  • $9.00 Student Technology Service
  • $2.75  Library Resources Fee
  • $2.00  Records Management Fee
  • $11.00  Student Activity Fee
  • $10.00  Student Service Fee
  • $ 3.00  Student Assessment Fee
  • $ 2.00  Safety Fee
  • $ 2.00 Compliance Fee
  • $ 1.25 Cultural & Recreation Service Fee
  • $ 11.00  Infrastructure

 

Total Per Credit Hour $372.00

Other Student Charges

Additional fees may be charged for various services as follow:

  • $30.00 per semester Laundry Fee (for Housing students only)
  • $15.00 Application Fee(non-refundable) for initial enrollment
  • $10.00 Electronic Academic Access Fee Per Course
  • $35.00 per course Laboratory Course Fee
  • $25.00  per credit hour Transitional Course Fee
  • $25.00  per credit hour Distance Education/Outreach Fee (waived for concurrent high school students at off-campus sites)
  • $40.00 Nursing Fee per credit hour
  • $20.00  MLT Fee per credit hour
  • $20.00  PTA Fee per credit hour
  • $200.00 International Student Fee
  • $4.00 Student Accident Shield Fee per credit hour for students enrolled in 5 hours or more
  • $20.00 Student ID Fee
  • $25.00 Parking Permit per academic year
  • $10.00 Parking Fines
  • $50.00 Late Payment Fee
  • $25.00 Returned Check Fee per check
  • $6.00 Advanced Standing Fee per credit hour
  • $10.00 Additional Parking Permits per permit
  • $10.00 Lost ID fee per ID
  • $10.00 Lost Residence Hall Keycard per key
  • $50.00 Lost Residence Hall Hard Key per key
  • $10.00 Lost Mail Box Key replacement fee per key

 

Academic Excellence Fees

  • $10.00 per credit hour Social Science course
  • $15.00 per credit hour STEM course
  • $10.00 per credit hour LAH course
  • $15.00 per credit hour Business & Education course
  • $5.00 per credit hour Health Science course

 

 

Graduation Cap and Gown Fee: Cost of Cap and Gown

 

CLEP Test: National Testing Agency Rate - Contact Testing Center for current rate

 

ACT Test: National Testing Agency Rate - Contact Testing Center for current rate

Audit of Courses

Students taking credit courses for no grade will pay the same enrollment fees and tuition as regular credit students.

Noncredit Offerings

The fees for noncredit courses, community services offerings, workshops and seminars will be assessed on the basis of individual program costs. Students enrolled in noncredit offerings cannot switch to another course or noncredit offering with a transfer of fees. Students must drop the noncredit offering and enroll in the new course or noncredit offering and make fee payment.

Dependents of Former Prisoners of War and Persons Missing in Action

Any former prisoner of war or person missing in action, as defined by the provisions of Section 1, HB 1428, 1973 Legislature, and the dependents of a prisoner of war or person missing in action may be eligible for a waiver of enrollment fees. Students should contact the Registrar for eligibility information.

Payment of Tuition and Fees

To remain in good financial standing with the college and thereby continue to participate in its educational programs, services and benefits, a student must meet all financial obligations incurred at the college. Enrollment and attendance in classes financially obligates the student for full payment of the fees as shown on his/her fee statement.

Students pay tuition and fees at the Cashier's Office with cash, personal check, money order, cashiers check, American Express, VISA or Mastercard.  Alternatively, students may make arrangements for monthly tuition and fee payments using Payment Plans.  Click here for information on our MySSCOK student portal about payment plans available.

Those who have not paid their accounts prior to the fee payment deadline (as published in each class schedule) may be subject to the following : being Administratively Withdrawn from their classes, having their transcript/diploma held, receiving a late payment penalty, and losing pre-enroll privileges for future semesters. A returned check to the college may result in cancellation of the student's enrollment for failure to pay a delinquent account.

Late enrollment financially obligates a student for the late enrollment fee as well as appropriate tuition and fee charges. A student who enrolls during the late enrollment period and subsequently drops/withdraws from the course(s) will be refunded according to the regular refund schedule.

Students who have been awarded scholarships must ensure that any additional fees or tuition over and above the amount of scholarship award are paid prior to the fee payment deadline. Students who have third party pay authorization (from the military, business/industry, employers) must ensure that the Office of Financial Aid has formal notification of this authorization from the third party payer before the fee payment deadline.

 

Student Tuition & Fee Refund Policy