As the end of the school year approaches and students look forward to the coveted summer months, families of current high school juniors are encouraged to discuss fees for next fall’s application submissions. Specifically, make the decision now about who is paying the application fees. In some households, this is a gift from parent(s) to child and, in other homes, it is an opportunity for the student to start becoming accountable for college education.
Quite a few schools offer free online applications. This is actually a cost saving measure for many campuses, even though a school is not attracting funds from assessing fees. In these particular cases, schools usually have an “automatic dump” of information from the online application directly to their database, saving them the need to hire someone to manually enter student data. The savings is passed along to the applicant in the form of a free online application.
Note: Just because an application is free does not mean a student should apply! The free application should simply be seen as an added bonus for schools that truly have captured interest as a result of adequate research.
Some schools offer a free application if the student applies online, but charges an application fee if they choose to apply via hard copy. For example, Xavier University offers a free online application, but requires $35 to apply on paper.
For colleges and universities that do not offer a free online application option, the fees vary from campus to campus. Here is a sampling of Missouri, Kansas, as well as a few nationally known institutions and their non-refundable application fees:
Quite a few schools offer free online applications. This is actually a cost saving measure for many campuses, even though a school is not attracting funds from assessing fees. In these particular cases, schools usually have an “automatic dump” of information from the online application directly to their database, saving them the need to hire someone to manually enter student data. The savings is passed along to the applicant in the form of a free online application.
Note: Just because an application is free does not mean a student should apply! The free application should simply be seen as an added bonus for schools that truly have captured interest as a result of adequate research.
Some schools offer a free application if the student applies online, but charges an application fee if they choose to apply via hard copy. For example, Xavier University offers a free online application, but requires $35 to apply on paper.
For colleges and universities that do not offer a free online application option, the fees vary from campus to campus. Here is a sampling of Missouri, Kansas, as well as a few nationally known institutions and their non-refundable application fees:
- Belmont University…$35
- Boston College…$70
- Colorado College…$50
- Kansas State University…$30
- Miami University of Ohio…$50
- Rice University…$65
- Stanford University…$90
- Texas Christian University…$40
- University of Kansas…$30
- University of Missouri Columbia…$45
- University of Notre Dame…$65
Families should make the decision about who will pay the fees well in advance of submitting applications, allowing time for the student to save money if the responsibility falls on his/her shoulders.
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