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Tuition and Financial Aid

Executive MPA Tuition

A fixed, package fee is charged for the 24-month Executive MPA Program. The program fee is all-inclusive and covers the cost of tuition, textbooks and materials, parking, and airfare and lodging for a required week-long national or international field experience (location to be determined). Students are provided with a high level of support by program staff, including course registration, parking arrangements, book orders, travel arrangements and other services.

The program fee for the 2008 cohort is $29,510. The fee is divided into payments and is paid over the course of the program. Your program fee will be reduced if transfer credits are applied to your degree requirements.

Executive MPA tuition does not cover health services fees; therefore, students are not eligible to use services supported by the Center for Student Health and Counseling.

Tuition and Fees Payment

Program participants will be automatically enrolled in their required courses, and students are financially responsible for all classes in which they are registered. You must notify program staff if you intend on withdrawing from the program or you will continue to be billed for courses.

Payment Process

You will receive a bill from Portland State University for each term in which you are enrolled. You can also monitor your student account online at http://banweb.pdx.edu. Please remember that it is the student's obligation to ensure that program fees are paid in a timely fashion. If payment is not received by the university deadline, interest and billing fees will be applied to your account balance.

The University will send you a bill for your first tuition payment on June 9th.  Please remit payment directly to the University by the deadline indicated.  If you expect to receive financial aid for the summer 2008 term, your funds will not be disbursed until the official start of the term (June 23rd, 2008) or thereafter.

Payments Options

Students who cannot meet the payment deadlines may elect the Revolving Charge Account Plan (RCAP). To accept the terms and conditions of carrying a balance and paying over time at the university, please log into your Banner account at http://banweb.pdx.edu and click to accept the terms of the Revolving Charge Account Plan (RCAP).

Students have three options to pay for tuition and fees:

• Online: Pay online using your VISA or MasterCard (There is a $2.00 convenience fee for this service). To pay a bill via the Web, go to http://banweb.pdx.edu/, log into your PSU account and follow the prompts for web payment.


• US mail: Send your payment with the bottom third portion of your billing statement. If you want to make a payment by mail and don't have a bill, write your student ID number on the check and send to: PSU Cashier's Office, PO Box 908, Portland OR 97207.


• In person: Pay by check, cash or VISA/Mastercard in person at the cashier's window in the lobby of Neuberger Hall.