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| 1) | Full-time fees per semester, unless otherwise noted [see note (10) below for exceptions]. Part-time fees stated per credit hour. Part-time is defined as fewer than 12 hours. Part-time fees apply to summer sessions unless otherwise noted. Most fees listed in the Full-Time columns are applicable to all students. Unless otherwise noted, all tuition and fees reviewed and approved by the USC Board of Trustees in June 2009 become effective in Fall 2009. |
| 2) | Free tuition per state law for: children of certain deceased and other veterans, firefighters and law enforcement officers, essay winner for Governor's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped, and resident 60 years or older on space available basis. |
| 3) | Only Columbia campus students named as McNair, Cooper, McKissick, Lieber, and Alumni scholars. |
| 4) | Non-Resident Athletics scholarship implies athletic grant-in-aid at the USC Columbia Campus. This rate may not apply to all scholarship student-athletes, based upon designation by the Athletics Department. The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships awards grants-in-aid in accordance with NCAA, conference and institutional guidelines. |
| 5) | Full-time undergraduate students on Columbia, Aiken, Beaufort and Upstate campuses and all full-time graduate students will pay an additional charge for each credit hour above sixteen hours. |
| 6) | Graduate rates listed under USC Columbia apply to all campuses. The senior rate and regional campus rates apply to undergraduate programs/coursework only. |
| 7) | The matriculation fee is paid only once by undergraduate students during their entering semester through the campus where they initially enroll. The fee will be charged again if a student enrolls in a masters or doctoral program of study. |
| 8) | Capstone scholar fee is payable in student's first and second year of the program. |
| 9) | The optional athletic event fee includes the per semester athletics activity charge and the athletics bond charge. |
| 10) | Dual Enrollment Courses - USC System Campuses may waive the dual enrollment charge or charge less than the $66 per credit hour rate with 4% fee waiver capacity for resident students. This rate applies to all campuses except USC Sumter. USC Sumter's rate is $76 per credit hour. This rate applies to full and part time students regardless of status. |
| 11) | Certified Teacher Rate is $436 for resident students per hour for the Columbia campuses. The rate is $475 for non-resident students per hour for the Columbia campus. These rates are a 10% reduction from the regular graduate rate. The Certified Teacher Rate for Aiken and Upstate is $320 for resident students per hour and $350 for non-resident students per hour. |
| 12) | Supervisory Teacher Rate is $5 per hour for non-Columbia campuses. Rate for Columbia increased from $5 to $50 per hour in FY2009. |
| 13) | Professional Development contract courses at $4,000 per course based on maximum of 25 students; additional students $160 each. Other graduate contract courses will be assessed at the above hourly teacher rates. |
| 14) | Any special course fees to cover materials, travel, or other special costs above normal tuition must be approved in advance by the Provost. Special OSP courses assessed at board mandated fee rate. All fees must be paid by students directly to the University of South Carolina. Any exceptions must be specifically approved in advance by the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. |
| 15) | Nonresident students in study abroad programs are eligible for an in-state tuition waiver as provided in the South Carolina Code of Laws 59-112-70. |
| 16) | Students paying program specific fees for professional or graduate programs will be assessed an additional per credit hour charge for hours outside of the program. |
| 17) | Joint JD/Moore School of Business programs will be assessed same Master's program rates on a pro-rata basis for all MSB courses taken. |
| 18) | Moore School of Business requires additional $50 application fee for graduate students. Applicants required to pay $50 graduate school application and $50 Moore School of Business application fee. |
| 19) | Moore School of Business International Master of Business Administration program fee will change to a per credit hour rate for FY2011. The resident student rate will be $580 per credit hour. The non-resident rate will be $922 per credit hour. |
| 20) | Moore School of Business Professional Master of Business Administration for Banking program fee will change to a per credit hour rate for FY2011. The student rate will be $696 per credit hour. |
| 21) | New for FY2010, the Moore School of Business Master of International Business program rates were approved at the Board of Trustees meeting on February 20, 2009. |
| 22) | Effective for FY2011 in Fall 2010, sophomore, junior and senior undergraduate students in the Moore School of Business will be charged an enrichment fee each semester. The charge for FY2010 will be $450 per semester. The charge per semester is expected to escalate each fiscal year. |
| 23) | Undergraduate childhood/elementary and middle level clinical fee may be waived for repeat at the discretion of the College of Education. |
| 24) | All student fees are paid to the University of South Carolina and not to external agencies, unless explicitly noted. Any laboratory fee must be billed through the University and separate arrangements for facility usage must be arranged between the academic unit and the facility. |
| 25) | See Graduate Bulletin for payment schedules of enrichment and matriculation fees. These are designated fees with the revenue allocated to the respective colleges. |
| 26) | Insurance charge as required for graduate students and any other students who opt into third-party program. |
| 27) | Health Professions charges apply to Public Health, Nursing and Social Work and include the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. |
| 28) | Arnold School of Public Health Doctor of Physical Therapy program students previously did not pay the separate Health Professions Fee. In FY2008, tuition and fees were recalibrated to include the Health Professions fee. |
| 29) | All students in the joint JD/MHA program will pay Law School tuition for years one and two, but change to the USC Graduate School rate for year three, then return to the Law School tuition rate for year four of the program. |
| 30) | Students in the USC MLIS Degree Program in Maine will pay the South Carolina resident graduate tuition rate plus a cohort fee of $100 per credit hour. This cohort fee is guaranteed not to increase during the four-year span of the program. |
| 31) | Biomedical students in the MS and doctoral program are charged the regular graduate student rate, not the Health Professions rate. |
| 32) | USC School of Medicine - new Graduate Certificate in Bio Studies program fee is requested pending final program approval. |
| 33) | USC Columbia Nursing students, and students at system campuses taking USC Columbia Nursing courses, will pay a third party vendor, Certifiedbackground.com, for background checks and drug screening fees. |
| 34) | USC College of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy program tuition each semester is based on the total of Undergraduate Tuition, Pharmacy Program Fee and Pharmacy Enrichment Fee - Pharm D. For FY2010 there may be trailing students in previous program. |
| 35) | Pre-pharmacy - same as regular undergraduate charges for 66 credit hours. |
| 36) | South Carolina College of Pharmacy, merged program with the Medical University of South Carolina. |
| 37) | All SCCP students retaking a course during the summer terms are required to pay the per credit hour rate for the repeated course and the regular summer program fee. This fee structure was approved by the USC Board of Trustees on April 11, 2008 and became effective with the Summer I 2008 term. |
| 38) | The Arnold School of Public Health participates in the Schools of Public Health Application System (SOPHAS). This system is used to accumulate and verify application data from prospective students nationwide, and verified prospective student data is provided to the school for processing applications to these programs: Environmental Health Sciences: MPH, MS, MSPH, and PhD; Epidemiology and Biostatistics: MPH, MSPH, DrPH, and PhD; Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior: MPH, MSPH, DrPH, and PhD; Health Services Policy and Management: MHA, MPH, DrPH, PhD; Academic Affairs: MPH in Physical Activity and Public Health and in General Public Health.
The cost of $115.00 per application is charged directly to the students by SOPHAS and is not reflected in the University's fee schedule.
Applicants for these programs also pay the $50 graduate school application to the University of South Carolina. |
| 39) | Arnold School of Public Health - Doctor of Physical Therapy tuition charged based on resident graduate tuition. Resident rate equals resident graduate rate. Non-Resident rate equals 1.6 times the resident graduate rate. Non-Resident Scholarship rate equals 1.3 times the resident graduate rate. Students also pay the Health Professions Fee. |
| 40) | USC Columbia Housing - Housing contract cancellation and fines and damages. Please refer to University Housing for details on cancellation dates and charges and all fines and damage charges. This information is updated annually on the Housing website. Summer School - All summer school room rent charges are derived as a prorated rent from the academic year. A 10% discount is given when an applicant applies for all three sessions of summer school. |
| 41) | University Libraries - Please refer to full schedule of fees and fines for University Libraries available on the USC website. |
| 42) | USC Columbia Parking - Please refer to full schedule of fees and fines for Parking available on the USC Parking website. |
| 43) | USC Aiken resident rate applies to students who are legal residents of Richmond and Columbia counties of Georgia as provided in South Carolina Code of Laws 59-112-110. |
| 44) | USC Aiken - Reduced application fee for students who quality for College Board/ACT fee waiver only. |
| 45) | USC Beaufort - Any special course fees to cover materials, travel, or other special costs above normal tuition must be approved in advance by the Chancellor for USC Beaufort. Special OSP courses assessed at board mandated fee rate. All fees must be paid by students directly to the University of South Carolina Beaufort. Any exceptions must be specifically approved in advance by the Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer for USC Beaufort. |
| 46) | USC Beaufort Joint Nursing Program with Technical College of the Low Country (TCL) - A student in the program will be assessed TCL tuition rates and total tuition may not exceed the TCL rate for selected courses in the articulation agreement only. |
| 47) | USC Beaufort resident rate applies to students who are legal residents of Chatham, Effingham and Bryan counties of Georgia as provided in South Carolina code of Laws 59-112-20-E. |
| 48) | USC Beaufort - Application fees may be waived for new applicants to USCB for the following reasons: Application fee waiver requests due to a financial hardship must be submitted in writing from the applicant or guidance counselor or receive a fee waiver for the SAT or ACT. Application fees may also be waived for the purpose of strategically addressing recruitment efforts identified annually through the enrollment management planning process. Specifically for Fall and Spring Campus Day and high school visits. |
| 49) | USC Beaufort - All students residing in on-campus student housing will be required to purchase a 10 meal per week plan. |
| 50) | USC Beaufort - All students classified as full time by taking 12 or more hours of instruction will be required to purchase a 30 block per semester meal plan. |
| 51) | USC Upstate - Zhejiang University- Degree Completion Program - This rate is inclusive of all fees incurred by student, including technology fee, parking fee, health fee, and program fees. This rate does not include housing, meal plan fees or student health insurance. |
| 52) | USC Upstate - Additional course fees are in addition to regular student tuition. |
| 53) | USC Upstate Application fees will be waived for the following students who are currently enrolled in high school and are applying for freshman admission to the Upstate campus: Students with an SAT total of 1300 or above or ACT composite of 29 or above; Students who submit Educational Testing Service fee waiver forms for students from SC; Upstate Junior Scholars (applies only to semester immediately following high school graduation) or those who demonstrate other documented need. Application fees will be waived for the following applicants, regardless of degree status or school enrollment: full-time, permanent USC Upstate faculty and staff (including retired), their spouses and dependents; ROTC staff (eligible for USC Faculty/Staff Tuition Assistance). |
| 54) | USC Upstate - Mandatory minimum meal plan for students in campus housing. |
| 55) | USC Upstate - Parking - Please refer to full schedule of fees and fines for Parking available on the USC Upstate website. |
| 56) | USC Upstate - SLED background check charge may be required for certain University courses. |
| 57) | Palmetto Programs tuition changed to regional campus rates. For students taking "P" designated courses with less than 75 hours, the tuition follows the Regional Campus schedule. For students taking "P" designated courses with 75 or more hours, the tuition is assessed at a higher rate, currently equivalent to USC Aiken. |
| 58) | USC Salkehatchie - Teacher Cadet Program SC Center for Teacher Recruitment will pay faculty salary for EDCI S110. |
| 59) | USC Columbia - Undergraduate application fee waived only for South Carolina residents who present a College Board fee waiver or a National Association for College Admissions Counselors waiver. |
| 60) | USC Columbia - Chapter 33 veterans entitled to the maximum benefit rate (based on service requirements) who apply for the Yellow Ribbon Program at USC and are deemed eligible may receive a tuition abatement as follows: Undergraduate students - 50% of tuition and fee charges in excess of the VA maximum amounts for SC not to exceed $5,734 annually; Graduate/Professional students - 50% of tuition and fee charges in excess of the VA maximum amounts for SC not to exceed $3,408 annually. |
