Financial Aid

Tuition & Fee Descriptions

Northern students pay tuition/fees according to the number of semester hours for which they register. (This includes courses taken for audit). Charges such as textbooks, program and course fees, fines (parking, books, etc.), housing and meals are not included in tuition/fees.

Fee Inventory Summary

Havre Campus

Student Health Insurance

Health insurance is mandatory whenever you are enrolled for six or more academic credits. MSU-Northern offers comprehensive health insurance coverage to students at a reasonable rate. If a student has other coverage, a waiver must be signed and the premium will be reversed. Students without health insurance who wish to purchase it from the University must pay $2,192 for Fall 2024 and $2,192 for Spring 2025. Payment of these two premiums results in coverage for 12 full months (Coverage Period Begins 08/01/2024). Spring 2025 Semester-Only rate for new students is $2,557 (Coverage Period: 01/01/2025 – 07/31/2025). Health insurance can’t be waived after 90 days of the coverage start date of the policy.  More details: Student Health Insurance Plan.

Student Insurance/Medicaid

The Montana Medicaid/HELP program and the Montana University System are working in partnership to provide student Medicaid/HELP clients with excellent medical coverage at a reasonable cost to the taxpayers. 

The student health insurance plan is cost-effective for those Medicaid/HELP clients with certain medical conditions or problems. The Health Insurance Premium Payment Referral form needs to be complete by EVERYONE that is enrolled in the Medicaid/HELP program. The form can be located in Business Services.  When the state determines a group insurance plan to be cost effective, the Montana Medicaid/HELP client is required  to enroll in the insurance program, and then apply for the Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program.

• The HIPP program allows state Medicaid funds to be used to pay for private health insurance coverage when it is cost effective to do so.
• The program is designed to provide additional coverage, not replace the coverage they have, with the student health insurance plan.
• The student health insurance plan becomes the primary coverage and Medicaid/HELP as the secondary coverage.

*IMPORTANT*
Adult Medicaid/HELP clients MUST comply with Third-Party Liability programs, including the HIPP program, as a condition of keeping their Medicaid/HELP medical coverage. If they drop, or refuse, health insurance coverage that the state has determined to be cost effective, their Medicaid/HELP medical coverage may be canceled.

For questions regarding application to the program, please contact:
Business Services
406-265-3733
businessservices@msun.edu

For questions regarding the Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program, please contact:
Helen Taffs, HIPP Program Specialist
406-444-4552 htaffs2@mt.gov