Payment Information

How Do I Pay?

  1. Pay in person at the Business Office using check (payable to Kishwaukee College), cash or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover).

  2. Pay by Drop Box located outside the Business Office using check (payable to Kishwaukee College). Do not place cash in the Drop Box. The Drop Box is available whenever the main campus building is open but the Business Office is closed.

  3. Mail-In Payment to the following address:

    Kishwaukee College
    Business Office
    21193 Malta Road
    Malta, IL 60150-9699

    A copy of the tuition bill should be included with the mail-in payment. Allow at least five business days to ensure adequate mail delivery time.

  4. Telephone payment using credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover), available during regular Business Office Hours. The Business Office telephone number is 815-825-2086 ext. 341.

When Do I Pay?

You have two options:

  1. Pay by the Semester Date. Upon registration, your balance will be due on the Semester Date (see below). If you register after the Semester Date, your balance will be due on the day you register.
  2. OR

  3. Enroll in KIPP. You can enroll in the Kishwaukee Installment Payment Plan (KIPP), which allows you to delay payment until later in the semester.

Your registration at Kishwaukee College becomes finalized when you pay your balance or enroll in KIPP. If you do neither by the Semester Date, you will be administratively dropped from your classes.

Semester Dates for Billing and Payment

The Semester Date is: January 3, 2008

for 16-week Spring 2008 classes

KIPP - Kishwaukee Installment Payment Plan

KIPP is a payment plan where you can arrange to pay for tuition and fees in installments during the semester. For 16-week semesters, you are allowed to divide your payments into three equal installments. For shorter semesters, you are given one installment date.

You may enroll in KIPP in the following ways:

1. At the time of registration, inform the clerk that you will be enrolling in KIPP. If you are using the mail/fax registration form, check the box next to “Enroll me in KIPP” on the form.

2. Anytime after registration, you can stop in the Business Office and request to be enrolled in KIPP.

The Administrative Fee to enroll in KIPP is $50. For three-installment KIPP programs, this fee will be waived if you pay your balance in full by the first installment date. This fee waiver is not available for one-installment KIPP programs.

Late payments will be assessed a $25 charge.

KIPP Payment Dates

Spring Semester:

Payment #1 - due February 14, 2008

Payment #2 - due March 6, 2008

Payment #3 - due April 3, 2008

If you are enrolled in KIPP, you will not be administratively dropped from your class for non-payment. Therefore, if you enroll in KIPP and later decide to not take classes, you must submit an Add/Drop Form. Otherwise, the debt owed to Kishwaukee College will remain, regardless of your attendance in your classes. See Refund Section for more details.

What If I Am Applying for Financial Aid?

Students applying for financial aid at Kishwaukee College must either pay their tuition and fee balance in full by the Semester Date

OR enroll in KIPP by the Semester Date (See Tuition and Fee section for KIPP information). If you do not pay in full or enroll in KIPP by the Semester Date, you will be administratively dropped from your classes. You will have to register again for classes if you still plan to attend. There is no guarantee that your former course schedule will be available after being administratively dropped from classes.

Spring 2008

For Spring 2008, students applying for federal and state financial aid should complete the 2007-2008 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by October 12, 2007. The 2007-2008 FAFSA is available in the Financial Aid Office or on-line at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov.

Eligible students who complete the FAFSA by October 12, 2007 and who complete and return all forms required by the Financial Aid Office within 2 weeks of receiving them can expect to have financial aid awards available by the first KIPP installment due date, thus avoiding the KIPP Administrative Fee and late fees.

Completing the 2007-2008 FAFSA by October 12, 2007 does not guarantee that a student will qualify for financial aid at Kishwaukee College.

If the college’s first financial aid disbursement is delayed past the first KIPP installment due date the Administrative Fee and late fee will be waived by Kishwaukee College.

What About Refunds?

Refund of tuition and fees will be granted as follows:

Tuition and Fees Refund Policy
Refund Amount 16, 12, 8, 6 Week Courses* 4 Week Courses
100% Through first week of classes Through first day of class
50% Through second week of classes Through second day of class

*The deadline for Saturday classes is close-of-business on the following Monday.

A full refund will be granted for courses cancelled by the college.

Refund of tuition and fees will be made only AFTER an official ADD/DROP FORM has been submitted to and processed by the Admissions, Registration, and Records Office.

Refunds are not granted for students withdrawn due to misconduct, delinquent attendance, or financial obligation to any department or office of the College.

The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 have mandated additional requirements concerning refunds of tuition and fees to Title IV Financial Aid programs for students who drop from or withdraw from all courses for which Title IV funds were used originally to pay for these courses. If students withdraw from all courses before 60% of the term has elapsed, they may owe a portion of the financial aid previously disbursed. For further information on this regulation, contact the Financial Aid Office.

What If I Don’t Pay?

If you have debts outstanding to Kishwaukee College, you will not be allowed to receive official transcripts or grades from the college. You will also not be allowed to register for additional classes, and Kishwaukee College could pursue collection activities at any time.

Submit Tuition and Fees Payment questions to: busserv@kishwaukeecollege.edu