Fee Schedule 2007-2008

Notes

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 school unless otherwise noted. Some fees listed in the Full-Time columns are applicable to all students.

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, Lieber, Cooper, McKissick, and Alumni scholars.

4) Non-Resident Athletics scholarship implies athletic grant-in-aid. 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 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 [see note (10) below for exceptions]. Fees for senior and regional campuses are for undergraduate students 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) The optional athletic event fee includes the per semester athletics activity charge and the athletics bond charge.

9) 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.

10) 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.

11) Nonresident students in study abroad programs are eligible for an in-state tuition waiver as provided in Proviso 5A.17.

12) See Graduate Bulletin for payment schedules of enrichment and matriculation fees. These are designated fees with the revenue allocated to the respective colleges.

13) Insurance charge as required for graduate students.

14) Health Professions charges apply to Public Health, Nursing and Social Work and include the Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

15) Biomedical students in the MS and doctoral program are charged the regular graduate student rate, not the Health Professions rate.

16) Doctor of Pharmacy tuition each semester is based on the total of Undergraduate Tuition, Pharmacy Program Fee and Pharmacy Enrichment Fee - Pharm D.

17) Pre-pharmacy - same as regular undergraduate charges for 66 credit hours.

18) Pharmacy graduate research - same as Pharm-D charges.

19) South Carolina College of Pharmacy, merged program with the Medical University of South Carolina. Fee schedule is separate from USC College of Pharmacy Schedule.

20) Aiken resident rate applies to students who are legal residents of Richmond and Columbia counties of Georgia.

21) 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.

22) USC Beaufort resident rate applies to students who are legal residents of Chatham, Effingham and Bryan counties of Georgia as provided in Proviso 5K.5.

23) 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.

24) USC Salkehatchie - Joint Nursing Program with Technical College of the Low Country - A student in the program will be assessed TCL tuition rates and total tuition may not exceed TCL rates.

25) USC Salkehatchie - Teacher Cadet Program SC Center for Teacher Recruitment will pay faculty salary for EDCI S110.

26) 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.

27) 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). 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).

28) 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.

29) Students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program previously did not pay the separate Health Professions Fee. For FY2008, tuition and fees are recalibrated to include the Health Professions fee.

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