Online Education Rates

Online Education Rates

Fall 2026 or Spring 2027

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: 1 - 11 Hours Resident Non-Resident
Tuition & Required Fees $452.00 $452.00
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee * $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $477.00 $477.00
Per Semester Cost: 12 - 16 Hours Resident Non-Resident
Tuition & Required Fees $5,422.50 $5,422.50
* The Instructional Support Fee is attached to all courses offered through MSU Online and is assessed on a per-credit-hour basis.
Beginning Fall 2025: Enrolled hours over 16 are assessed additional overload tuition at the prevailing per-credit-hour cost. 

Winter Session2026

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: Resident Non-Resident
Tuition & Required Fees $452.00 $452.00
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $477.00 $477.00

Summer Semester 2026

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: Resident Non-Resident 
Tuition & Required Fees $435.75 $435.75
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $460.75 $460.75

Summer Semester 2027

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: Resident Non-Resident 
Tuition & Required Fees $452.00 $452.00
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $477.00 $477.00

1 Winter Session is billed with Spring charges in December. Tuition for the intersession courses are billed at a per-credit-hour rate in addition to the regular spring tuition.

 NOTE: The same rates apply to those courses that are taken as an audit.

 Distance Fees may apply to courses offered through the MSU Online Education Campus

 Cost of Attendance for Mississippi State University is available at  https://www.sfa.msstate.edu/cost.

Fall 2026 or Spring 2027

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: 1 - 8 Hours Resident Non-Resident
Tuition & Required Fees $602.50 $602.50
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee * $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $627.50 $627.50
Per Semester Cost: 9 or More Hours Resident Non-Resident
Tuition & Required Fees $5,422.50 $5,422.50

* The Instructional Support Fee is attached to all courses offered through MSU Online and is assessed on a per-credit-hour basis.

Winter Session2026

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: Resident Non-Resident
Tuition & Required Fees $602.50 $602.50
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $627.50 $627.50

Summer Semester 2026

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: Resident Non-Resident 
Tuition & Required Fees $581.00 $581.00
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $606.00 $606.00

Summer Semester 2027

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: Resident Non-Resident 
Tuition & Required Fees $602.50 $602.50
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $627.50 $627.50

1 Winter Session is billed with Spring charges in December. Tuition for the intersession courses are billed at a per-credit-hour rate in addition to the regular spring tuition.

 NOTE: The same rates apply to those courses that are taken as an audit.

 Distance Fees may apply to courses offered through the MSU Online Education Campus
 

 Cost of Attendance for Mississippi State University is available at  https://www.sfa.msstate.edu/cost.