Deferment of Registration Expenses
Students who meet eligibility requirements may defer up to one-half of the current semester charges for tuition, course fees, and residence hall charges, meal plans and parking fees. To be eligible, you must pay any prior semester balance and at least half of the registration charges at the time the deferment option is elected which is at the time of registration. Tuition Management System participants are not eligible for the deferment plan.
All eligible students will automatically see the required payment amounts for the deferment plan election and the full payment option when confirming their schedule. It is not necessary to sign up in advance for the deferment plan.
The required payment can be made by cash, check, money order, electronic check, credit card (VISA, MasterCard, or American Express), financial aid applied to the student’s account, faculty/staff or graduate student grants, sponsoring agency contracts, or anticipated financial aid verified by the Office of Student Financial Aid. The deferred amount plus a deferment fee is due and payable by the midpoint of the semester (end of the eighth week of the Fall and Spring semesters and the end of the fourth week of the Summer Semester).
Financial aid (other than work-study) is applied to a student’s account in payment of institutional charges. No refund will be made on applied aid unless the student’s account reflects a credit balance.
Delinquent Accounts
In the event of a past due balance of any nature on the student’s account, diplomas will not be issued; enrollment for subsequent terms will not be allowed; college credits will not be transferred; and transcripts of college credits will not be released until the balance is paid in full.
Failure to meet financial obligations of any kind to the University could also subject the student to eviction from University housing; suspension of future services; referral of the student’s delinquent account to a collection agency; and the assessment of additional late payment charges, transcript hold fees, attorney’s fees, and other costs and charges necessary for the collection of any amount not paid when due.
Offset of Funds
If a student’s University account has an outstanding balance and the University has in its possession any funds payable to the student (from payments or credits applied to the student’s account, payroll checks, and/or any other source except as noted in the "Use of Federal Financial Aid to Pay Prior Year Charges" section), the University reserves the right to withhold the funds necessary to clear the student’s outstanding balance and to cover any collection costs incurred. Once those amounts are paid, any remaining funds are paid to the student.
Use of Federal Financial Aid to Pay Prior Year Charges
Federal financial aid awarded for the current academic year cannot be used to pay for prior year outstanding balances greater than $200.00 (balances incurred during or prior to summer). This prior balance must be paid by personal payment regardless of the amount of aid anticipated or disbursed for the first enrollment period of the academic year before that enrollment can be confirmed.
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