Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP)
The health insurance plan available for KSU students during the policy year 2024-2025 is provided by UnitedHealthcare Student Resources.
International students​
Mandatory requirement​: student is enrolled in one credit hour or more and attends a KSU campus
Waiver information and enrollment website:
Domestic students​
Eligibility requirements​
Undergraduates must be enrolled in 6 or more credit hours​
Graduate Students must be enrolled for 3 or more credit hours
​The student must actively attend classes for at least the first 31 days after the date which coverage is purchased. Home study, correspondence, and online courses do not fulfill the eligibility requirements that the student actively attend classes.
Enrollment is voluntary, domestic students do not have to opt out of coverage​
Domestic enrollment website: ​
Graduate Assistants
Please contact your department for eligibility and health insurance enrollment information​
GA’s must use this enrollment website for subsidized premium rates:
Policy premium is payable directly to UHCSR vis secure payment link
Spring 2025 Student Health Insurance Open Enrollment & Waiver Period
- 12/16/2024 - 2/14/2025
Resources
- (for all international students EXCEPT graduate assistants)
- (for ALL graduate assistants, domestic or international)
- (for all domestic students EXCEPT graduate assistants)
- University Policy Regarding International Students' Health Insurance Requirement
- 2024-2025 UHCSR Certificate of Coverage (PDF)
- 2024-2025 UHCSR Summary Brochure (PDF)
Policy rate tables for 2024-2025:
| New: Domestic Students | Annual | 3rd Special | 4th Special | Fall | Special Coverage Period | Spring/Summer | Summer |
| Coverage Period | 8/19/2024-8/17/2025 | 8/1/2024-8/17/2025 | 8/1/2024-1/12/2025 | 8/21/2024-1/12/2025 | 1/1/2025-1/12/2025 | 1/13/2025-8/17/2025 | 5/1/2025-8/17/2025 |
| Policy Premium | $2,904.00 | $3,039.00 | $1,313.00 | $1,170.00 | $95.00 | $1,726.00 | $867.00 |
| Domestic enrollment website: | |||||||
| Returning: Domestic Students | Annual | 1st Special - For early arriving students only | Fall | Special Coverage Period | Spring/Summer | Summer |
| Coverage Period | 8/21/2024-8/17/2025 | 8/1/2024-8/20/2024 | 8/21/2024-1/12/2025 | 1/1/2025-1/12/2025 | 1/13/2025-8/17/2025 | 5/1/2025-8/17/2025 |
| Policy Premium | $2,904.00 | $159.00 | $1,154.00 | $95.00 | $1,726.00 | $867.00 |
| Domestic enrollment website: | ||||||
| Insured category: International Students | 1st Special: New Student | Fall: Returning Student | Spring 1: New Student | Spring/Summer: Returning Student | Summer: New Student | ESL Module II Fall 1: New Student | ESL Module II Spring 2: New Student |
| Coverage Period | 8/1/2024-1/12/2025 | 8/21/2024-1/12/2025 | 1/1/2025-8/17/2025 | 1/13/2025-8/17/2025 | 5/1/2025-8/17/2025 | 10/14/2024-1/12/2025 | 3/17/2025-8/17/2025 |
| Policy Premium | $1,313.00 | $1,154.00 | $1,822.00 | $1,726.00 | $867.00 | $724.00 | $1,225.00 |
| International Enrollment & Waiver website: | |||||||
| Insured category: Graduate Assistant | 3rd Special: New Student | Annual: New Student | Annual: Returning Student | 4th Special: New Student | Fall: New Student | Fall: Returning Student | 2nd Special: New Students | Spring/Summer: Returning Student | Summer |
| Coverage Period | 8/1/2024-8/17/2025 | 8/19/2024-8/17/2025 | 8/21/2024-8/17/2025 | 8/1/2024-1/12/2025 | 8/19/2024-1/12/2025 | 8/21/2024-1/12/2025 | 1/1/2025-8/17/2025 | 1/13/2025-8/17/2025 | 5/1/2025-8/17/2025 |
| Policy Premium | $3,039.00 | $2,904.00 | $2,904.00 | $1,313.00 | $1,170.00 | $1,154.00 | $1,822.00 | $1,726.00 | $867.00 |
| GA Responsibility | $911.70 | $871.20 | $871.20 | $393.90 | $351.00 | $346.20 | $546.60 | $517.80 | $260.10 |
| Graduate Assistant enrollment website: | |||||||||
For questions or concerns pertaining to the UnitedHealthcare policy, contact:
- UnitedHealthcare Student Resources at 1-800-767-0700, or
- DeWeese Health Center at 330-672-8251 or email insbilling@kent.edu.