All Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are required by policy to cancel all registered courses for students who have not met the payment requirements by the tuition and fee due date. Please read the Registration Cancellation for Non-Payment Policy for payment definitions.

Non-attendance does not terminate your registration records or excuse payment obligations. Please ensure registration records accurately reflect your attendance plans. If you are not planning on remaining enrolled in courses you have registered for it is your responsibility to drop those courses.

100% Refund Drop Period

• For courses starting the first week of the semester, students must drop a class during the first five instructional days of a semester to avoid being billed for the course.

• For courses starting after the fifth instructional day of the term or those less than three weeks in length, students will receive a 100% refund of tuition if they drop prior to the start of the second class period.
  
  

Official withdrawal is defined as terminating enrollment in ALL registered courses for an academic semester. Students who no longer wish to be enrolled must drop their courses via the online registration process and officially withdraw from M State for accurate determination of their financial obligation to the school and to receive a percentage refund/credit in accordance with the schedule below:

Fall and Spring Semesters
Date of Withdrawal -- Refund Allowed
6^th through 10^th day of the term -- 75% refund
11^th through the 15^th day of the term -- 50% refund
16^th through the 20^th day of the term -- 25% refund
21^st day and after -- No refund allowed

Summer Sessions & Other Terms at Least 3 Weeks in Length but Less Than 10 Weeks in Length
Date of Withdrawal -- Refund Allowed
6^th through the 10^th day of the term -- 50% refund
11^th day and after -- No refund allowed

Tuition Reciprocity agreements between the state of Minnesota and the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, and Nebraska exist. Students of these states and the province of Manitoba are permitted to pay tuition at a rate below the nonresident rate. Reciprocity application forms are available from high school couselors, the campus student services office, or on our Web site under Forms and Links.

If a third party agency is providing payment on behalf of a student for the cost of his/her college charges for tuition, fees, textbooks, etc., the written authorization must be provided to M State before the payment due date of each term. Authorizations (vouchers) should be mailed or faxed to:

M State
Central Accounts Receivable
1900 28^th Ave. S.
Moorhead, MN 56560
Phone: 218-299-6509
Fax: 218-291-4226

The third party authorization is recorded on the student's account and the college invoices the third party agency. If the third party agency notifies the college that the authorization has been cancelled, the student then becomes financially liable for the charges on his/her account. Funding from third party agencies is considered financial assistance to the student. Therefore, the authorization amount is included in the student's overall financial aid award package.

Examples of organizations that fund students who attend our college are:

• Veteran's Educational Benefits
• Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Job Service ND
• Workman's Compensation
• Rural Minnesota CEP

For more information, contact the appropriate agency directly.

M State procedures and guidelines for collection activity are in accordance with MnSCU policy. A structured timetable for collection activities includes the following:

• Students who have not paid their current semester accounts in full will receive a letter 20-days prior the end of the semester notifying that if the account is not paid in full within 20 days, their account will be turned over the Minnesota Department of Revenue, Collection Division.
• Approximately 30 days after the collection letters are sent, M State will refer delinquent student accounts to the Minnesota Department of Revenue, Collection Division.
• Students who have been turned over to collection will have a hold on their account and will not be able to register or return to classes without making payment in full.

Students who have been referred to Minnesota Department of Revenue, Collection Division, can contact a Revenue Collection Officer regarding their accounts:
Telephone: 651-556-3003 (press 5)
E-mail: mdor.collection@state.mn.us

1. What if I want to drop a course? How do I do it and can I get my money back?
2. Where is my money?
3. What are the current tuition and fee rates at M State?
4. What Payment Plans does M State offer?
5. What is PSEO?