Paying your tuition

  • Mail a check
  • Pay online
  • Make monthly payments
  • Educational Savings Plan
  • Tuition fee waiver

Mail a check

Steps for completing this process follow:

  1. The cost for a dual credit course is $70 per credit hour.  (A three-credit-hour course will cost $210.)  If your student is taking more than one dual credit course, you may pay the entire amount due for your student with one check. 
  2. The check can be mailed directly from your financial institution to the University.
  3. Make the check payable to Missouri State University
  4. Make sure your student’s Name and M# (the students MSU student ID number) are included on the memo line of the check.  This will ensure the funds are properly applied.
  5. Have the check mailed to:
    Missouri State University
    Office of the Bursar
    901 S. National Ave.
    Springfield, MO 65897

Pay online

Pay through your student's account:

  1. Your student will receive a letter from the Dual Credit office confirming registration and his/her student ID number (BearPass number/M#).
  2. Your student will need to create his/her student account with Missouri State University. 
  3. Your student will access his/her account and authorize you (the parent/guardian) to make payments (pdf download) and view balances of the student’s account.    

Make a general payment:

General Payments can be made by authorized users only. You do not need to access your student's account to make a payment. Payments will post to university accounts receivable the following business day. 

Make monthly payments

Steps for setting up access to make payments to your student’s Missouri State account:

  1. Your student will receive a letter from the Dual Credit office confirming registration and his/her student ID number (BearPass number/M#).
  2. Your student will need to create his/her student account with Missouri State University. 
  3. Your student will access his/her account and authorize you (the parent/guardian) to make payments (pdf download) and view balances of the student’s account.    

For more information about how payments are handled, visit the University Bursar's Office.

Educational Savings Plan

Steps for completing this process follow: 

  1. The cost for a dual credit course is $70 per credit hour. (A three-credit-hour course will cost $210.) If your student is taking more than one dual credit course, you may pay the entire amount due for your student with one check. 
  2. The check can be mailed directly from your financial institution to the University. 
  3. Make the check payable to Missouri State University 
  4. Make sure your student’s Name and M# (the students MSU student ID number) are included on the memo line of the check. This will ensure the funds are properly applied. 
  5. Have the check mailed to: 
    Missouri State University 
    Office of the Bursar 
    901 S. National Ave. 
    Springfield, MO 65897 

Tuition Fee Waiver

Any instructor who teaches at least 3 credit hours in an academic year qualifies for a 3 credit hour fee waiver. The fee waiver can be used for yourself or your dependent(s). You must be registered for the class before you can submit a fee waiver request. This applies to your dependents also. 

Here are the steps on how to fill out the fee waiver form for yourself or dependent(s). 

Fee waiver steps if applying toward self: 

  1. Go to www.my.missouristate.edu and log in 
  2. Go to Profile tab 
  3. Go to Employment Details 
  4. Click on Fee Waiver 
  5. Click New Request if for yourself 

Fee waiver steps if applying it toward dependent(s): 

  1. Go to www.my.missouristate.edu and log in 
  2. Go to Profile tab 
  3. Go to Employment Details 
  4. Click on Fee Waiver 
  5. Click on Recipients 
  6. “Create Recipient” 
  7. Fill out data 
  8. Go to New Request and Choose Your Dependent. 
  9. Note: Your dependent has to complete the FERPA agreement electronically first before you can submit a new request. Select SEND EMAIL. 

You must apply for the fee waiver during the current semester/term. Late fee waivers request received after the current semester/term will not be processed.

How to make a payment

Contact us

Missouri State Dual Credit
Meyer Alumni Center, Suite 400
901 South National
Springfield, MO 65897

Phone: 417-836-3048

Toll-free: 877-678-2005

Angela Young
Director

Scott A. Jones
Assistant Director

Melissa Tolleson
Administrative Specialist III

Email: DualCredit@MissouriState.edu