Financial Obligation

Payment for tuition and fees is due, in full, by the semester tuition due date published in the academic calendar. Financial aid must be under anticipated payments on the student account to be deducted from the balance due on the tuition and fees bill. Expected financial aid that is not listed on your student account by the tuition due date may not be deducted.

In order to receive a refund or adjustment of charges, a student must complete an official course drop during the stated refund periods. Failure to formally drop your classes during the refund period may cause you to be financially responsible for 100% of all charges.

The college reserves the right to cancel a student's registration if payment is not received by the tuition due date, however, this action is not guaranteed and students who are not dropped retain their registration status and remain 100% responsible for payment as charged. Students must complete a course drop by the refund deadline to ensure they are not held responsible for payment of tuition and fees. The fee will be imposed each time student is cancelled from classes for non-payment.

Students with outstanding financial obligations to Northampton Community College (NCC) including but not limited to tuition, fees, room and board, library materials, fines, loaned equipment, will have a hold on their account and may not be permitted to register for a subsequent semester, receive transcripts or grades, or participate in graduation until the hold is cleared.

NCC makes every attempt to contact each student to arrange satisfactory payment of the outstanding amount. If we have exhausted all efforts available to us and the debt is still outstanding, the unpaid account is referred to a private collection agency and reported to the national credit bureau systems and additional collection costs are added to the amount due.

After an account has been referred to private collection, the student is responsible for payment of all collection costs and attorney fees in addition to the original debt owed to NCC. Payment arrangements for amounts in collection must be made directly with the appropriate collection agency.

Student veterans who are fully funded through Veterans Readiness & Employment (Chapter 31) or Post- 9/11 GI Bill® (Chapter 33) will not be dropped for non-payment, assessed late fees, denied access to classes or other campus services, nor required to borrow money due to delayed disbursement of funding from the VA. Students may confirm Chapter 31 or 33 eligibility by providing a Certificate of Eligibility or a Statement of Benefits to the Military-Affiliated Student Services office, and the date the student provides such evidence is the starting date for the protections detailed above. 

"GI Bill®" is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.