How much should I pay to settle my account? or, How much will my bill be?

To avoid late fees and penalties, payments should be received by the university by the settlement deadline. Inability to access or use USCe.pay or TIPS does not relieve students from the responsibility to meet the settlement deadline. For specific dates and deadlines, please look under "Information" in the Schedule of Classes.

Tuition and fees are due in full for each semester on a specific due date, sometimes referred to as the settlement date. There are a number of different types of transactions which make up the "balance due" on student accounts, including:

Common Fees: click here for a discussion of common fees found on student account statements (includes mandatory and optional fees).
USC Housing: USC Housing now bills by semester rather than monthly. Rents will be charged to your student account at the beginning of each semester (May, August and December). For Fall and Spring terms USC's Tuition Payment Plan offers students the option to continue paying rent with monthly payments.
Tuition and Fees: The exact amount of your tuition and fees depends on your program, the session in which you are enrolling, and the specific classes you are taking. Some classes at USC require lab fees, which can vary a great deal depending upon the materials used in the class. For this reason, we cannot predict what your bill will be. The rates for most of the sessions offered are published in the Schedule of Classes, as are the standard fees. If you will be enrolling in a session that does not have rates published, you should contact the academic unit offering the classes for more information.

Students have the opportunity to print a registration confirmation after they enroll for each term, showing all their classes and the charges that have been assessed. In addition, we generate monthly billing statements on all unpaid accounts or accounts with activity during the billing period. Whether or not a monthly billing statement will be generated before tuition and fees are due depends on when you register. If you register less than five weeks prior to the beginning of the term, you most likely will not get a billing statement before the due date -- in which case you should check for new transactions your account before you pay your bill.

If you don't have a bill or registration confirmation, or, if you have made any enrollment changes since receiving a statement, you can get current account information by going to our online USCe.pay system.

Fall and Spring terms:

For Fall and Spring terms, tuition and fees are due in full on the Friday before classes begin for the 'main' session (session 001). The exact 'due date' is published in the Schedule of Classes.
If you need your charges to appear on a billing statement before the due date, please register at least 40 days in advance of the start of classes (see: Fall 2008 Reg Calendar - early registration period).
If you have registered for Fall / Spring term, you must settle your account (account balance displayed on USCe.pay's OVERVIEW page) in full before 5pm of the Fall / Spring payment deadline. The payment due date is also the last day to register without a late fee.
If you have a change in registration or are registering 'late' for a Fall / Spring term, you must pay any additional fees (including the late registration fee), by 5pm on the Friday of the week in which the charges were incurred
Charges which are not part of registration (Housing, USCard, etc.), are due when billed (ie: by the due date on the monthly billing statement).

Summer terms:

Summer charges are posted to your student account at the time of registration and will be billed on the next billing statement. Payment is due on the due date listed on the statement regardless of when classes actually start.