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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.  Initial semester billing statements will be available 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)

        Billing statements will be available to view on the students myGate account.  Email notifications will be sent when bills are available to view.

        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.

        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, AMEX, and Discover Card) and debit cards are acceptable forms of payment. 
  
• Enrollment in the Murray State University Plan with initial payment.  To enroll, please complete and return the MSU Payment Plan Application.  (Accounts with a balance of $200 or less will be due in full.)

        The MSUPP contract is calculated on a semester basis and must be completed each semester.  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.  Payment plans are not available for summer sessions.

        The contract amount is calculated each month 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.

        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.