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    Students scheduling prior to late registration will be sent an initial billing statement detailing tuition, fees, room, meal plan, other charges, scholarships and the payment amount due.  Students scheduling thereafter will not receive a billing statement and payment is due by Friday of the first week of classes.  Financial aid will only be reflected on student billings if the student has signed and submitted to the Bursar's Office the Murray State University Payment Plan form.  Initial semester billing statements will be mailed mid-April for the summer semester, mid-July for the fall semester and mid-November for the spring semester to students who have pre-scheduled.  (Click here for dates)

        All billing statements are sent to the student's permanent address on file with the Office of the Registrar.  It is the student's responsibility to provide the University with an accurate address and telephone number .

        To avoid a student's schedule of classes being dropped (purged), either payment in full or approved payment arrangements along with initial payment must be received by the Bursar's Office by noon on the due date shown on the initial billing statement.

        Subsequent statements will be mailed between the 20th and 25th of each month with payment due no later than the tenth of the following month.  Accounts that have charges in excess of $75 will be assessed a service charge at the monthly rate of 0.65 percent of the outstanding balance on all billing statements except the initial billing statement of each semester.   

        A student's account with the Bursar's Office accommodates all charges and credits directly related to the student's cost of education.  Charges are defined as tuition , fees, room , meal plan and/or other fees charged to all students.  Norris and Owen loans, books, and long distance telephone service are not included on a student's account and therefore must be paid separately.  Credits include all moneys applied toward a student's charges. To receive your student account information:

        Payment arrangements must be made with the Bursar's Office when parents and/or students are unable to make payment in full from personal funds by noon on the due date shown on the semester billing statement.

        Acceptable payment arrangements consist of the following:

• Payment of all fees in full by noon on the due date shown on the semester billing statement.  Cash, checks, credit cards (MC, VISA, AMEX, and Discover Card) and debit cards are acceptable forms of payment. 
  
• Enrollment in the Murray State University Payment Plan (MSUPP) with initial payment.  To enroll, please complete and return the MSU Payment Plan Application.  (Accounts with a balance of $100 or less will be due in full.)

        The MSUPP contract is calculated on a semester basis.  The total charges (tuition, housing, meal plan, and fees) less financial aid/scholarship/third-party authorizations for a semester result in the MSUPP contract amount.  At the beginning of each fall and spring semester this contract amount is divided into four payments - Fall payments are due August, September, October and November, Spring payments are due December, February, March and April.

        The contract amount is calculated each semester when the first billing statement is produced.  Changes in your financial aid, tuition, course fee(s), housing, meal plan or miscellaneous charges will be reflected in the monthly amount due.  Notification of the change will be reflected in the billing statement and may result in an increase or decrease in the amount due for the month being billed.

        You may at any time in the semester elect to pay an amount greater than the amount due on your billing statement or you may pay your account balance in full.

        Students receiving any form of financial aid are required to complete an MSUPP application because student financial aid is not available prior to the beginning of each semester when payment in full or payment arrangements must be made.  Provided that there is a completed MSUPP application on file with the Bursar's Office, the first billing statement of the semester will deduct any awarded student financial aid under the Anticipated Aid.  (A 4% origination fee for Stafford and PLUS loans will be deducted from the awarded amount for students who have loan awards.)

        For first-time, first-year undergraduate borrowers, the federal government requires a delay for the first distribution of Stafford Loans for 30 days from the first day of class.  (An entrance counseling form must also be completed with the Student Loan Accounting Office before these funds can be disbursed.)  All PELL Grants, State CAP Grants, SEOG Grants, Nursing Loans and Perkins Loans will be applied directly to your account provided you have met all requirements for receiving your aid.  Subsidized Stafford Loans, Unsubsidized Stafford Loans and Parent PLUS Loans will be applied directly to your account if your lender participates with Murray State University in Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).  You should contact your lender to determine if it participates with MSU in EFT.  Questions concerning loan disbursements should be directed to the Student Loan Accounting Office by telephone, (270) 809-2691, by mail to Student Loan Office, Murray State University, 200 Sparks Hall, Murray, KY  42071-3312 or E-mail to Student.Loans@MurrayState.edu .

        Refund checks for excess financial aid funds will be mailed after funds have been received.  Checks will be mailed to the permanent home address unless a Residual/Refund Mailing Address Form has been submitted 10 days prior to the first day of the semester.

        All checks returned by the bank as unpaid for any reason, will carry a penalty of $20 per returned check.  Any account for tuition, fees, room and board paid by a check which is returned by the bank will be considered not paid.  Students who do not clear all returned checks within ten working days from the date of the first letter notifying student of returned check, may be administratively withdrawn for nonpayment of required fees and/or be subjected to the appropriate legal action.  Students who have had two or more returned checks will lose all check-writing privileges on campus.