Cost of Attendance

General Fee: A per credit hour fee charged each semester (fall, spring, and summer) to cover the costs of educating students at Mercy College of Ohio.

Matriculation Fee: A one-time, non-refundable matriculation fee is assessed to all students entering Mercy College of Ohio in the first semester of enrollment. This fee covers administration, orientation, and graduation fees for all students enrolling in credit-bearing certificate programs, associate, and bachelor’s degree programs.

Student Services Fee: A flat fee charged to all students enrolled in six (6) or more credit hours during fall and spring semesters. This fee covers all college-sanctioned organizations and events whether land-based or online.

Technology Fee: A flat fee charged each semester (fall, spring, and summer) required by all students enrolled at Mercy College of Ohio. The funds from this fee are used to maintain and upgrade technological resources, laboratory/simulation equipment, computers, software, etc., and provide updated technology for student learning support.

Tuition Deposit: A nonrefundable tuition deposit is required of all students accepted to Mercy College of Ohio. This deposit confirms the student’s intention to enroll in a College program beginning any semester. The deposit is credited toward the student’s first semester tuition account.

Student Health Insurance: Mercy College of Ohio will no longer be offering or providing health insurance coverage for any student as of 8/21/2025. Mercy College strongly recommends that all students obtain and maintain appropriate health insurance throughout their program enrollment to cover their healthcare needs. Although Mercy College does not require a student to have health insurance to enroll in a College program, any student who seeks a clinical rotation or similar experience at a hospital or other healthcare facility as part of their program may be separately required by that hospital or facility to obtain and maintain health insurance coverage at all times during that rotation or experience. Please contact your program leader for more information about those requirements before you seek that rotation or experience.

Mercy College further recommends that each student verify their current health insurance coverage if you have not already done so. Please understand that if you choose not to obtain and maintain health insurance coverage, or if you lose health insurance coverage for any reason during your program enrollment, your will be solely and financially responsible for all health care costs that you may incur. If you do not currently have applicable health insurance coverage through your employer, family, or other means, you may visit https://healthcare.gov for further options.

As always, if you are experiencing a medical emergency at any time, please call 9-1-1 immediately.

Matriculation Fee: A one-time matriculation fee is assessed to all students entering Mercy College of Ohio in the first semester of enrollment. This fee covers administration, online orientation, and graduation fees for all graduate students.

Technology Fee: A flat fee charged each semester (fall, spring, and summer) required by all students enrolled at Mercy College of Ohio. The funds from this fee are used to maintain and upgrade technological resources, laboratory/simulation equipment, computers, software, etc., and provide updated technology for student learning support.

Student Health Insurance: Mercy College of Ohio’s offers annual health insurance coverage each fall semester to all undergraduate students enrolled in 6 or more credit hours, all graduate students enrolled in 6 or more credit hours and all certificate program students (taking 1 or more credit hours). All Phlebotomy and EMT students will be offered special cohort coverage on a pro-rated per-semester basis. Insurance coverage is offered to new students only in both the Spring and Summer semesters. Students can enroll in the insurance by logging into their Empower Me account and clicking on the “Enroll in Health Insurance” tab under the Student Billing section.