Tuition and Fees

Tuition is $80 per credit hour. That's less than half of tuition for the on-campus university equivalent.

Textbooks are supplied for student use, approximately $100 or more in savings!

First time students are charged a one-time $15 application fee.

Tuition may be divided into installment payments. Tuition can be paid in full, or made in three equal payments with a one-time per semester $10 fee.

*Plus one time application fee ($15 at MWSU)
** Based on FY09 MDHE data, with full-time fees prorated to a 5 credit hour course; assumes same text and materials fees as Western

In comparison to the average cost of taking 14 credit hours of coursework at a Missouri state university, a student taking 14 hours of high school college credit coursework would save around $3,000 – plus any cost for room and board for a semester (~$3,500+, yielding a total savings of ~$6,500+).