2024-25 Student Fees—Full-Time Students

Tuition (per semester for 12 to 17 credit hours) – $16,210
Online Acadeum tuition per hour in addition to full-time tuition charge (for credits over 12) – $250
Housing – per semester, double occupancy – $2,218
Food – per semester. All residential students are required to select a meal plan. Junior – in third full year at Hesston or first year of bachelor’s degree program including transfer students; Senior – in fourth year at Hesston or final year of bachelor’s degree program. Dining Dollars can be used in the Larks Nest or for additional meals in the dining hall.

• All Access Plan – $3,326 per semester (required for freshmen and sophomores living on campus, available to all students)
• 150 Meal Block – $2,494 per semester (available to juniors and seniors living on campus)
• 75 Meal Block – $1,196 per semester (available to seniors)

Miscellaneous Fee – per semester – $258

2024-25 Student Fees—Part-Time Students

Tuition Per Hour For Credit for all hours if taking
6 to 11 credit hours per semester – $1,350
1 to 5 credit hours per semester – $675
Tuition Per Hour For Audit for all hours if taking
1 to 11 hours per semester – $100
Online Tuition Per Hour if taking only online courses – $420
Miscellaneous Fee (6 to 11 hours per semester) – $123
(1 to 5 hours) – $0

Online Tuition Fees

Full time 12 hours or more – $5,040
Part time up to 11 hours (per credit hour) – $420
regardless of delivery mechanism (online, consortium, hybrid, on-campus)

Part-Time Rate for High School Students

Per hour of credit if taking 1 to 5 hours – $100
Per hour of credit if taking 6 to 11 hours – $200
Per hour of audit for all hours audited – $80

High School students are those younger than 20 without a high school diploma or G.E.D. High school rates apply for the first 11 cumulative hours of study taken by an individual student. Beginning with the 12th cumulative hour of credit, normal part-time student rates will apply.

Part-Time Rate for Senior Citizens

Senior Citizen Audit Fee per credit hour – $30

Senior citizen includes those 60 and older.

Other Charges

Per Hour Overload Charge (hours in excess of 17 per semester) – $675
Nursing fees (by enrollment)
– Nurs 300 ($500 clinical fee, $1,000 resource fee) – $1,500
– Nurs 302 ($500 clinical fee, $700 resource fee) – $1,200
– Nurs 400 ($500 clinical fee, $700 resource fee) – $1,200
– Nurs 402 ($500 clinical fee, $700 resource fee) – $1,200
– Nursing L.P.N. to B.S.N. Advanced Placement – ($300 clinical fee, $1,000 resource fee) – $1,300
Private Music – $275
Science laboratory fee (Chem and BiSc courses which include lab) – $80
Additional fees assessed for some classes, off-campus trips and special situations – see course schedule

Student Health Insurance (Aug. 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025) Basic group plan only. Affordable Care Act compliant. Does not include Intercollegiate Sport coverage. – $2,097
Secondary Athletic Insurance Fee (mandatory for all athletes, includes all athletes who practice or participate in an intercollegiate sport) – $200
Optional international non-ACA policy with limitations, separate terms and conditions – $1,927 (estimate)

Official transcript Fee – $5
Single Room – up to $2,000 per semester (in addition to regular room and board charges)
Room change – $50

Summer/Winter Tuition Fees

Tuition (per hour)(regardless of delivery mechanism – online, hybrid, on campus) – $420

Aviation Fees

Examination Fees (Avia 101, 222, 229, 336) – $160 per course, charged by aviation office at time of testing
Avia 103 Private Pilot I – $8,105 – 31.8 programmed training hours
Avia 104 Private Pilot II – $7,300 – 29.2 programmed training hours
Avia 107 Aviation Pilot Transition – $4,050 – 15.0 programmed training hours
Avia 220 Instrument Flight I – $5,060 – 19.6 programmed training hours
Avia 221 Instrument Flight II – $5,290 – 23.1 programmed training hours
Avia 230 Commercial Flight I – $17,195 – 83.9 programmed training hours
Avia 231 Commercial Flight II – $11,345 – 43.0 programmed training hours
Avia 325 Mountain Flying – $2,000 – 6 programmed training hours and associated travel expenses
Avia 332 Airplane Multi-Engine Land – $8,200 – 14.7 programmed training hours
Avia 340 Flight Instructor – Airplane – $6,625 – 22.1 programmed training hours
Avia 341 Flight Instructor – Airplane – Instrument – $4,050 – 16.0 programmed training hours
Avia 432 Multi-engine Experience (per credit hour) – $7,875 – 15.0 programmed training hours
Avia 451 Crew Resource Management – $2,000 – 10-15 programmed observation and training hours
Avia 470 Flight Instructor – Multi-engine – $5,515 – 7.5 programmed training hours

Hours flown in excess of curriculum plan are charged at current rates. Aviation rates are subject to changes in fuel cost or program revisions.

Catalog 2024-25