Online Education Rates

Online Education Rates

Fall 2025 or Spring 2026

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: 1 - 11 Hours 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
Per Semester Cost: 12 - 16 Hours Resident Non-Resident
Tuition & Required Fees $5,227.00 $5,227.00
* 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 based upon your residency. The Instructional Support Fee is not part of overload tuition.

Winter Session2025

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 2025

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: Resident Non-Resident 
Tuition & Required Fees $419.00 $419.00
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $444.00 $444.00

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.

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

Fall 2025 or Spring 2026

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: 1 - 8 Hours 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
Per Semester Cost: 9 or More Hours Resident Non-Resident
Tuition & Required Fees $5,227.00 $5,227.00

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

 

Winter Session2025

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 2025

Per-Credit-Hour Cost: Resident Non-Resident 
Tuition & Required Fees $558.50 $558.50
Non-Resident Fee $0.00 $0.00
Instructional Support Fee $25.00 $25.00
Total Fee (Per Credit Hour) $583.50 $583.50

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.

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