Payment Methods
Online: Northeast Iowa Community College offers students the opportunity to pay their tuition and fees online via Self Service for Students, under Student Finance. NICC accepts debit card, credit card, or ACH (checking account) electronic bank transfer.
Mail a check, bank cashier's check or money order to the Finance Office:
Northeast Iowa Community College
Attn: Finance Office
1625 Hwy 150 S
PO Box 400
Calmar, IA 52132
In person at the Finance Office: Calmar Darwin Schrage Administration Building or Peosta Cougar Store.
Third-Party Billing (Contract): Third party billing is the process whereby Northeast Iowa Community College bills an outside organization/company for all or a portion of a student’s tuition, fee and/or books. Third party arrangements must be established and approval documentation received prior to NICC processing to your student account. Third party documentation should be provided to Student Services.
Payment Plan: Northeast Iowa Community College partners with Nelnet Business Solutions to offer students a tuition & fee payment plan option. Make college more affordable by paying for tuition and fees over time. Tuition payment plans break down your tuition balance into affordable monthly payments. There’s no interest, payment options are flexible, setup fees are affordable, and it’s easy to enroll! The Nelnet payment plan is also an option if you have a balance remaining after financial aid and/or sponsorship. For more information, visit the My College Payment Plan site.
Outside Scholarships: Outside scholarship (e.g. Dollars for Scholars, local organization) checks made payable to NICC or NICC and Student need to be mailed to:
Northeast Iowa Community College
Attn: Finance Office
1625 Hwy 150 S
PO Box 400
Calmar, IA 52132
If you receive the check it may be dropped off for receipting to your student account at the Calmar Finance Office or Peosta Cougar Store. Please be sure to endorse with your name if the check was made payable to both the student and NICC. Please include student ID number.
**NICC recommends that outside scholarship checks be made only payable to NICC so as not to delay receipting. Due to online courses and remote locations, including the students name requires further contact which could delay receipting.
529 Plans: Students and families using 529 plans to cover educational costs should reach out to their 529 provider to initiate the process of withdrawing funds.
Many providers require a copy of the billing statement to determine eligible expenses or specific line-item costs. Please submit your statement from Self Service to your provider. If you are seeking preliminary estimates of tuition, fees, and/or room and board costs, please visit our website. Should additional information be necessary beyond the billing statement, please email us at studentaccts@nicc.edu.
Payments from 529 plans should be sent to the following address. Please ensure that the student’s full name and ID are included on the check.
Northeast Iowa Community College
Attn: Finance Office
1625 Hwy 150 S
PO Box 400
Calmar, IA 52132
Military, Veterans and Families
Please visit HERE to learn more about options for military, veterans and families.
Past Due Accounts
Indebtedness Policy
Students may not register for any new semester while they have prior unsettled indebtedness to NICC. During the period in which the indebtedness remains unsettled, no transcripts or other official credentials can be obtained from the college. Diplomas or degrees will not be granted nor will credits be transferred to another college until all accounts are settled.
Collection of Delinquent Accounts
A minimum of three statements will be sent to students with past due accounts. The final notice gives the student 30 days to contact the Finance Office and make payment arrangements. If the student has not contacted NICC, the account will be placed with a collection agency. The account will also be submitted to the State of Iowa Offset Program for collection. Collection agencies may report the past due balance to credit bureaus.
State of Iowa DAS Offset Program
Northeast Iowa Community College participates in the State of Iowa Offset Program. Unpaid balances for educational debt will be submitted to the Iowa Department of Administrative Services for collection against any claim owed to an individual by a state agency. This program may garnish your state tax refund to pay your outstanding balance. The DAS Offset Program is operated by the State of Iowa and Iowa Department of Administrative Service.