It is the students' responsibility to ensure that their tuition is paid even if they have been awarded Financial Aid. Tuition payments to the college are available for students who have been awarded grants or tuition waivers. Students must have returned their Financial Aid Notification to the Financial Aid office at lease three (3) days prior to using the awards for payment.

Please note:  All financial aid awards are based on full-time enrollment status (12 or more credits). If you will be taking fewer that 12 credits, you must notify the Financial Aid Office immediately so that your awards can be pro-rated to the correct amount based on the reduced credit load. Failure to notify the Financial Aid Office will result in a delay of your financial aid funds and may cause you to be dropped from your classes due to non-payment.

The NSCC Financial Aid Office will automatically apply payment from students' tuition waiver and grant awards to cover their tuition and fee charges, if all conditions in the above paragraph are met. This process is called Auto Application of Aid and starts 10 days prior to the beginning of each quarter. If the total of the student's grants or tuition waiver awards is less than the tuition and fee charges, the student must pay the difference to the NSCC Cashier office within 7 days from the date Auto Application of Aid was applied. Students with tuition and fee balances will also receive a billing statement from the Cashier office. Failure to pay the balance will result in the student being dropped from the classes.

Warning:  Students who have enrolled in classes and then choose not to attend, must officially withdraw. Failure to withdraw may result in a repayment to the funding source (or college) which paid the tuition, even if you did not attend or begin classes.

Special Accounts/Agency Accounts
If your tuition is being paid by an outside agency such as WorkSource, DVR, JTPA, Labor and Industries, etc., you must provide the financial aid office with an official payment letter or voucher before you register for classes. The voucher or payment letter should be submitted to the Financial Aid Office at least three (3) working days prior to the date you plan to register for classes. This will allow the Special Accounts Coordinator the time necessary to input the information into our student system database and have it ready for you to use to pay the tuition and fee charges. The Special Accounts Coordinator will also process vouchers or payment letters for book charges at the NSCC bookstore. If you have any questions about agency account vouchers, please contact the Special Accounts Coordinator    206-527-3699.

Note:  Please be aware that close to the beginning of each quarter, we receive hundreds of agency account vouchers. This may cause a delay in the processing time and payment of tuition and fees.

Scholarships

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Students who plan to pay their tuition and fees with a scholarship from a source outside of NSCC, should submit the scholarship check or payment letter to the Financial Aid office at least three (3) working days prior to their registration date. An account will be set up for the student in the amount of the scholarship and within the parameters of the awarding entity. Once the account is set up, the student can use the scholarship award to pay tuition and fee costs. If the scholarship award exceeds the cost of tuition and fees, a check will be generated by the college for the amount of the remaining funds. If you have questions concerning a scholarship award, please contact the Scholarship Coordinator    206-528-4701.