The final day for students to pay their tuition bill or arrange a payment plan is Feb. 5. Several other important deadlines also fall on the university’s census date.
According to Executive University Registrar Tracy Barber, the data collected from the census date is used to inform future course offerings and budget considerations. This data is reported to state and federal agencies and can affect the amount of funding the university receives.
Colorado uses census data to inform how it allocates funding to higher education institutions. Colorado’s Higher Education funding formula takes into consideration enrollment numbers for key demographics like full-time students, first-generation students and students who are members of underrepresented minority students.
Pay tuition
Tuition is due by 5 p.m. on Feb. 5. Students can pay their bill, viewable in the myUCCS portal under the “Student Financials (Bursar)” tab, in numerous ways:
- Cash: students can pay in-person at the Bursar’s office.
- Check: students can pay in-person or by mail to the Bursar’s office.
- Electronically: students can pay by connecting a bank account or issuing an e-check in the myUCCS portal. Follow the links through “View and Pay Your Bill” to do so.
- Enroll in a Payment Plan: follow the “Enroll in Payment Plan” in the myUCCS portal link to enroll in a payment plan. You will need to enroll in a new payment plan every semester.
Opt-out of TAAP
The census date is the final day that students have the option to opt-out of TAAP. TAAP provides students with all of their course materials for $25 per credit hour plus tax, but students are not required to get their course materials this way.
The TAAP portal offers a personalized value sheet that allows students to compare the cost of TAAP with the prices of their materials. If students decide it is more beneficial for them to acquire their own materials, they must opt-out by the census date or the TAAP fee will be included in their tuition.
Add a full-semester course
The census day is the final date to add a full-semester course with solely an instructor’s approval. Courses added beyond this date must have instructor, dean and bursar’s approval.
Drop a full-semester course
The census day is the final date to drop a full semester course. Any courses dropped after the census date are non-refundable and will show a withdrawn grade on the student’s transcript. Withdrawn grades do not affect GPA. This does not apply to expedited courses, which have different deadlines for adding and dropping, found on the registrar’s website.
Lock in financial aid
Any classes added after the census date will not be eligible for the College Opportunity Fund, a stipend that the state of Colorado pays on behalf of eligible undergraduate students toward their tuition. For public universities, the stipend is $116 per credit hour.
Students can find more information on the census date and semester deadlines on the registrar’s website or by emailing the registrar’s office at [email protected].
An entrance sign to campus. Photo by Josiah Dolan.