USC-FBS - sfs - Charges

About CHARGES on student accounts

For questions about a charge on your student account, or to request that a charge be removed,
please use the information below to determine which department to contact.

For recent transactions, please see transaction type and description (ie: health center, housing, lab fee, meal plan, tuition, etc.) on USCe.pay's TRANSACTIONS page.

For older transactions, the description may be found on the billing statement on which the charge was billed (statements are available on USCe.pay's STATEMENTS page).

Click on the transactions' description (or the department) below to find the correct contact person. If you click on a button below that takes you to another department's website, please use their CONTACT US webpage for assistance. Thank you.

Application Fee
Graduate and undergraduate application fees are not refundable. Please contact your department / school if you have any questions about application fees. Click here for: School / Department Look-Up .

Commitment Deposits:
Applicants who have been accepted to attend USC are asked to pay a commitment deposit. This deposit is not refundable, however it IS applicable to tuition and will be posted to the student's account after registration.

$300 Non-refundable Commitment Deposit paid to USC Admissions Office
Non-refundable Commitment Deposit (amount varies by school) paid to school, ie: Dental School, Marshall School of Business, etc...

Please contact your School / Department if you have any questions about commitment deposits.

Departmental Fees:
Please contact the department who submitted the charge, ie: the contact for "Engineering Lab Fee" would be the Engineering Department, and the contact for "Overseas Studies Health Insurance" would be the Office of Overseas Studies... Please note that lab fees are usually listed under 'Tuition & Fees' in the Schedule of Classes for each term.

Financial Aid
For information about Financial Aid, including application, change in award, adjustment to certified amount, loan approval, eligibility, etc., please contact the Office of Financial Aid at: http://www.usc.edu/financialaid .

Health Center Fee:
The Student Health Center Service fee is not the same as the Student Health Insurance fee. The Student Health Service fee pays for use of an out-patient clinic and other services, and is mandatory for all students taking six or more units. For Fall 2009, the estimated fee is $228.00. For Summer 2009, this fee was $16.00 per week (maximum 12 weeks = $192).

You can get more information about health center fees on their website at:
http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/Health_Center/.

Health Insurance:
Student Health Insurance is mandatory, unless you can prove that you already have comparable health insurance coverage. Health insurance waiver forms (and instructions) are available on the Health Center website at: www.usc.edu/uphc or you may call (213) 740-0551.

The estimated cost of Student Health Insurance for Fall 2009 is $405. For Spring/Summer 2009 the fee was $611. Premiums, for the current semester, may be obtained by visiting the Student Health Center's Web site (www.usc.edu/uphc) and selecting "student health insurance and waivers".

All students carrying 6 units or more are automatically enrolled in the USC student health insurance plan. All international and Health Sciences campus students are required to have health insurance even if they carry less than 6 units and are automatically enrolled. The health insurance plan works in conjunction with the university's Student Health Centers. For this reason, all students enrolled in the insurance plan are required to pay the student health fee and access their primary care at the Student Health Center on their campus. Students who are registered for classes at off-campus locations (ie: Skirball Center or Orange County) will follow a different health plan structure.

Contact: Health Center at www.usc.edu/uphc or call (213) 740-0551

Housing Transactions (Deposits, Rent, Utilities, etc.):

Housing Transactions include: Application fee, Charges for Common Area Damage, Confirmation fee (Deposit), Deposit Refunds (at end of fall, spring or summer terms), Early Arrival Fee, Electricity Charges, Housing Activity Fee, Housing Early Arrival Fee, Housing Rent, Housing - Common Area Damage, Housing deposit refunds (at end of fall or spring terms), Meal Plans, Rent, etc.

Please contact HOUSING if you have a question about any of their charges or about charges posted to your student account.

Lab Fees, Other Course Fees
These fees are usually listed in the Schedule of Classes for each term, please contact the individual department for questions or more information.

Late Fees and Penalties / Finance Charges (see policy in the Schedule of Classes)
If late fees are the result of Financial Aid posting credits after the payment deadline please contact the Office of Financial Aid at: http://www.usc.edu/financialaid about removing the late fees assessed to your account.

If the late fees were caused by another USC department posting late or incorrect transactions, please contact them for further assistance.

Meal Plans (administered by Housing)

Orientation
The mandatory Orientation Fee, charged to every new student, is applied to Welcome Week programming at the start of the semester. The Fall 2009 New Student Orientation fee is $150 for undergraduates and $35 for graduates. For more information, please contact the Office of Orientation.

The mandatory Orientation Fee is not the same as the orientation session fee paid for attending an out-of-state or on-campus orientation session. Fees can range from $10 to $260 depending on who attends and the location. For more information, please visit the Student Affairs website and click on the Orientation link in the left-hand column.

Overseas Travel (Special fees, Insurance, etc.)

Contact information as of 10/4/2009:
Peter Hilton, Elizabeth Williams, Trista Beard, or Verónica Gómez
(213) 740-3636
College House (CLH) 201
Email: overseas@usc.edu
www.usc.edu/overseas

Parking:

For information on Parking Passes, please go to: http://transnet.usc.edu .
For information on Parking Tickets: please go to: Parking Citations at USC

Student Health Insurance / Student Health Center Fee (see above)

Tuition Rates
For more information on the Tuition rates and other fees for the current semester / term, click on "Tuition & Fees" under the Schedule of Classes for the appropriate semester / term. The Schedule of Classes includes information about: current tuition rates for various schools / departments / programs, program fees, mandatory fees, parking fees, special fees, late fees, finance charges, etc. Please contact department offering courses to inquire about course related fees.

Tuition Refund Insurance

about Tuition Refund Insurance, including how to add / remove tuition refund insurance

USCard (USC's discretionary card)

For example: 2009 Season Football Tickets were $145 and had a description of:
"USCard- Discretionary Plan - Su2009"

(If you are taken to another website, please use their CONTACT-US webpage).