Students are classified as either full time or part time. A full-time student has a course load total of 12 or more credits in each of the fall and winter sessions; a part-time student has a course load total of fewer than 12 credits in each of the fall and winter sessions. View tuition rates.

Students who enroll in more than 17 credits in fall or winter sessions or more than five credits in spring session will be charged an overload fee.

Mandatory Student Fees 

• Student Sustainability Programs Fee: assessed by the Northland College Student Association for all students enrolled in 8 or more credits. Funds are allocated by our student-administered grant program that funds projects designed to enhance sustainability and increase energy efficiency on the Northland campus. Student-led applications are evaluated by a committee and selected based on criteria to enhance renewable energy goals.
• Northland College Student Association Fee: assessed for all students enrolled in 8 or more credits per session to help operate the association and to provide student activities and entertainment.
• Comprehensive Fee: assessed for all students enrolled in 8 or more credits per session to support student services in the student center, online services, health services, student publications, computer labs, and other activities available to all students.

Housing and meal plan charges are billed according to the preferences indicated on the housing application. If students live on campus and their housing application is incomplete, housing and food may not be included on your bill. Contact the Residential Life Office for housing application status.

• View on-campus housing pricing.
• View meal-plan pricing.

The $200 enrollment deposit consists of a tuition deposit and a room deposit. The tuition deposits will be refunded to the student account after the add/drop period of the first term attended at Northland College and will be applied to any outstanding charges or remain on the account for the upcoming term. Room deposits are non-refundable and will be applied to normal wear and tear and upkeep to on-campus housing. Any large repairs or replacements within the rooms will be billed directly to the student account.

Northland College bills on a per term basis: the fall term charges are due on August 15, and winter term charges are due on January 15. Additional charges, such as course fees that cannot be anticipated prior to the beginning of the semester, are due by the last day of the add/drop period.

A late payment fee of $200 will be assessed to any unpaid account without an approved payment arrangement as of the last day of the add/drop period per semester.

A late registration fee of $25 will be assessed to students who register after the add/drop period or who submit schedule changes after the add/drop period.

Northland College offers the use of NelNet Campus Commerce to provide educational financing options. NelNet can be used to finance the billing amount remaining after financial aid and family contributions have been applied to a student’s account.

International Students

Northland College is happy to partner with Flywire to offer international payment plans as an additional payment method for international students. Our international students can now pay tuition and fees in installments without having to open a US bank account—you can set up an affordable payment plan using a bank account in your home country.

Accounts with an outstanding balance at the end of the add/drop period will be assessed a $200 late fee. If the account is on a payment plan and current on payment, no fee will be assessed. A student will not be allowed to register for future courses with an unpaid balance.

Failure to resolve past due balances may result in, but not limited to: contact from staff/faculty, a meal plan freeze, suspension from extra-curricular activities, and ultimately financial dismissal. In addition diplomas will be withheld from students with any unpaid balance.

Failure to pay tuition, or return registration materials, or have a student educational loan agreement on file will delay final confirmation of a course schedule.

Certain circumstances may require a student to leave campus or withdraw from the College during a session. If this should occur, the student must officially withdraw from, and meet any outstanding financial obligations to, the College.

Tuition refunds are calculated according to the schedule below and credited to a student’s account. All mandatory student fees and course fees are non-refundable. Students receiving financial aid who receive tuition and/or room and board refunds will receive a similar reduction in their total financial aid package. Students receiving federal financial aid through Title IV programs will receive a refund consistent with federal regulations.

Please contact Financial Aid for more information on calculating refunds for students receiving financial aid.

• View Federal Aid Refund Policy

Tuition Refunds for Withdrawing Students During Term

Tuition refunds for withdrawing students are calculated based on the following schedule:

• During the first 10 class days
  80 percent refund
• During class days 11 to 15
  60 percent refund
• During class days 16 to 20
  40 percent refund
• During class days 21 to 25
  20 percent refund
• After the first 25 class days
  No refund

A class day is any Monday through Friday during the fall and winter sessions.

Tuition Refunds for Medical/Emergency Withdrawals During Term

A medical/emergency withdrawal is initiated in consultation with the director of student development and is considered only under the following circumstances:

• Medical circumstances: non-routine, serious medical concerns such as illness or accident
• Family emergency: grievous personal loss beyond the student’s control

Each request must contain information that provides documentation of the medical circumstance or a specific written explanation about the nature of the family emergency.

The Approval committee will review the completed request and will determine withdrawal eligibility. If approved, tuition refunds will be calculated according to the schedule below and credited to the student’s account.

• During the first 10 class days
  80 percent refund
• During class days 11 to 30
  60 percent refund
• During class days 31 to 45
  40 percent refund
• During class days 46 to 60
  20 percent refund
• After the first 60 class days
  No refund

A class day is any Monday through Friday during the fall and winter sessions.

This is a tuition-based policy only. Students receiving federal financial aid through Title IV programs will receive a refund consistent with federal regulations.

Housing and Meal Plan Refunds

Housing and food refunds for withdrawing students are calculated based on the following schedule:

• During the first 10 days
  80 percent refund
• During days 11 to 30
  60 percent refund
• During days 31 to 45
  40 percent refund
• During days 46 to 60
  20 percent refund
• After the first 60 days
  No refund

A day is any day (S, M, T, W, R, F, S) during the fall and winter academic terms.