Tuition Payments
Payment Methods
The Bursar's office works with students to make payment arrangements as simple and flexible as possible. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you foresee delays in funding or other issues. We can often help you find the interim solutions you need.
Remember, there may be other resources to help pay for college, too.
If you're employed, check with your employer's Human Resources department to see if there is a tuition reimbursement plan available to you. Check with the Financial Aid Office to see if you may be eligible for scholarships, grants and financial aid packages - available to part-time as well full-time students. If you are eligible for VA education benefits, contact the Veterans’ Affairs Office. For more information, visit Financial Aid.
Tuition payments may be made in several ways. How to make a payment.
Payment Plan
To help you meet your expenses at Onondaga, we are pleased to offer an interest-free payment plan by partnering with Nelnet Business Solutions. This convenient monthly budget plan gives you two options for making monthly payments: You can make automatic bank payments, or you can charge payments to your MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover Card. There is a $31.00 non-refundable enrollment fee per semester for the Nelnet payment plan of which $25 is paid to Nelnet Business Solutions for processing costs, and the remainder is paid to OCC to fund administrative expenses related to offering this service.
The deadlines to enroll in the payment plan are as follows. Please note that the required down payment and the number of monthly payments vary depending upon when you enroll in the plan.
Spring 2010 Term (enrollment begins November 16, 2009)
| Enroll Online By | Required Down Payment | Number of Payments |
Months of Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 16 | none | 4 | December - March |
| January 15 | 25% | 3 | January - March |
| January 22 | 33% | 2 | February - March |
Summer 2010 Term (enrollment begins November 17, 2009)
| Enroll Online By | Required Down Payment | Number of Payments |
Months of Payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 16 | none | 3 | April - June |
| April 23 | 33% | 2 | May & June |
Enroll now in the payment plan via e-Cashier.
Payment Policies
Onondaga Community College has a first available funds policy. This simply means that tuition and fees are collected from the first source of financial aid to be credited to your account. For example: You have applied for financial aid (PELL and TAP monies) as well as a student loan. If the student loan comes in first, tuition will be deducted from those funds. Once any awarded financial aid funds are deposited, the school will collect any balance due, and issue a refund check for any remaining amount.
Returned checks will incur a thirty-dollar fee to cover processing and bank costs. You will also be required to make your tuition payment by cash or cashier's check. To avoid a returned check fee, contact the Bursar's Office about the different payment arrangements available to you.
Payment Deadlines
Payment in full for tuition & fees for the semester is due the day before the semester begins. You will be notified of the specific date by which your payment is due.
Refund Policy
Tuition, activity fee and health fee refunds will be issued to paid students who follow the official drop/withdrawal policies. All other fees are non-refundable.
- Notify Student Central of your intent to drop or withdraw. Use OCC WebAccess, come in person to Student Central or mail a letter (the postmark is considered the drop date).
- Due to the many drop/add transactions during the refund period, refunds will not be processed until after the refund period has ended.
- Veterans Please Note: It is strongly recommended that you visit the Office of Veterans' Affairs before dropping a course or withdrawing.
The drop date determines the refund based on the schedule below. You will not entirely eliminate your liability unless you drop during the 100% refund period.
Tuition Refund Schedule for Normal 15-Week Semester
Please use this refund schedule to assist you in determining the financial implications of dropping a class. Students who drop classes before the first day of the semester are granted a 100% refund. Note: For a refund to the summer session, please refer to weeks 1-10 below.
Failure to pay tuition or attend classes does not relieve you of your registration or financial obligation. Classes must be officially dropped in accordance with the following refund schedule to have tuition charges adjusted.
Please note that the first day of a class week is always Monday and is also considered to be the first day of the course. For example, if a student drops a five week course which is taught on Tuesdays and Thursdays on the Monday of the first week, the student will be granted a 75% refund.
| Course Length | 75% Refund if Dropped |
50% Refund if Dropped |
25% Refund if Dropped |
No Refund on the |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1st day or later |
| 2 Weeks | Day 1-2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | 5th day or later |
| 3 Weeks | Day 1-2 | Day 3-4 | Day 5 | 6th day or later |
| 4 Weeks | Day 1-2 | Day 3-4 | Day 5-6 | 7th day or later |
| 5 Weeks | Day 1-3 | Day 4-5 | Day 6-7 | 8th day or later |
| 6 Weeks | Day 1-3 | Day 4-6 | Day 7-8 | 9th day or later |
| 7 Weeks | Day 1-3 | Day 4-6 | Day 7-9 | 10th day or later |
| 8 Weeks | Day 1-4 | Day 5-8 | Day 9-11 | 12th day or later |
| 9 Weeks | Day 1-4 | Day 5-8 | Day 9-12 | 13th day or later |
| 10 Weeks | Day 1-5 | Day 6-9 | Day 10-13 | 14th day or later |
| 11 Weeks | Day 1-5 | Day 6-10 | Day 11-15 | 16th day or later |
| 12 Weeks | Day 1-6 | Day 7-11 | Day 12-16 | 17th day or later |
| 13 Weeks | Day 1-6 | Day 7-12 | Day 13-17 | 18th day or later |
| 14 Weeks | Day 1-6 | Day 7-12 | Day 13-18 | 19th day or later |
| 15 Weeks | Day 1-7 | Day 8-14 | Day 15-21 | 22nd day or later |
Contact
Bursar's Office
Gordon Student Center - Room 114 campus map
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Telephone: 315 498-2367
e-mail: StudentCentral@sunyocc.edu
