FALL 2026 GUIDE TO PAYING FEES
Student Financial Services Regular Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm
We are closed on every Wednesday from 2:00-3:00p.m. for Staff Development
Please check the Student Financial Services (SFS) homepage for special hours of operation
Payment of Fees
All fees are due and payable to the University on the 10th of each month. Payment plans are available for students who are in good financial standing with the University. All charges incurred by a student will be consolidated into one account. The student will be billed and must make the payment by the due date indicated on the bill. Students that elect to sign up for a payment plan will be charged a non-refundable setup fee of $50.00. Students will not be allowed to register for future terms until their account balance is paid to $1,000 or less in the most recent semester and their account is in good standing.
Fall 2026 Due Dates
Due Date
September 10, 2026
October 10, 2026
November 10, 2026
December 10, 2026
Good Financial Standing
*Good Financial Standing refers to a student’s ability to manage their financial responsibilities in a way that ensures they can meet all tuition and living expenses in a timely manner, in alignment with University policy and due dates. This includes staying current with payments and maintaining eligibility for financial aid or scholarships. A student who is not in good financial standing will be restricted from charging purchases at the bookstore except required textbooks and from registering for upcoming semesters.
Payment Plans
The University of Missouri – St. Louis is introducing new payment plan options to actively enrolled students in good financial standing. Students may choose to pay their semester balance in full by the billing due date or students can enroll in a payment plan prior to the enrollment deadline, allowing their semester balance to be paid in monthly installments throughout the term. Students enrolled in a payment plan will not incur monthly finance charges. However, a non-refundable $50.00 setup fee is required at the time of enrollment. The installment payment amounts are calculated by taking the total charges on your account and subtracting any anticipated financial aid or third-party credits currently shown on the student account. This gives you the Adjusted Amount Due. Unless your financial aid and/or third-party credit is greater than or equal to the total amount due, you owe a payment.
Past Due Accounts
Students who are past due on their monthly installment payments will not be permitted to register for future terms, receive diplomas, or be allowed to charge at the bookstore. Transcripts will be released subject to the Federal regulations. Students on a payment plan will be assessed a $25.00 late payment fee if the full monthly payments are not made on time. E-check payments are subject to a fourteen (14) day hold to ensure the payment clears the bank. This hold prevents the release of documents during that period. For immediate release, payment must be made by cash, certified check, or PIN-based debit card in the Student Financial Services Office, or online by credit card. Students with small balances of $1,000 or less may have their financial hold preventing enrollment removed if their account is in good financial standing.
Electronic Billing
The University no longer sends paper bills to students that have e-consented and are enrolled in the current term. A billing notification will be sent to your campus e-mail monthly notifying you that your current bill is available online. The bill is usually generated by approximately the 15th of the month with a due date of the 10th of the following month. You can view your bill via your payment suite (TouchNet).
Metropolitan / Illinois Students
Undergraduate and Graduate students who reside in Illinois qualify for the Metropolitan Tuition rate.
Bookstore Charging Privileges
Only students with student accounts in good financial standing will be allowed to use their student ID at the bookstore to charge items to their student account. Those students that fail to make their required minimum payments will not be allowed to use their student charge in the bookstore until the account is no longer past due.
Late Payment Fees and Finance Charges
a $25.00 late payment fee is assessed to student accounts if the full payment or installment payment is not received and processed by the due date. The University will assess a 1% per month finance charge on any bill amount that remains unpaid after the payment due date if the student is not enrolled in a payment plan.
Financial Aid and Schedule of Reduction
The first step in receiving financial aid is completing the FAFSA and listing UMSL’s Federal School Code, 002519. Once UMSL receives your FAFSA (typically within 3 – 5 business days), processing can take an additional 1 – 2 weeks.
After your FAFSA is processed and all required checklist items are completed, you can accept or decline your aid in MyView. Accepted aid will appear as anticipated on your account and reflect during billing.
Financial aid may be disbursed as early as 10 days before the semester begins. If your aid exceeds your charges, you may receive a refund. Please note that any charges added to your account after a refund is issued remain your responsibility.
With the new Federal Direct Loan Schedule of Reduction requirements, full-time students will receive the full amount of their annual loan offer. If a student is enrolled less than full-time, they will not be eligible to receive the full-time amount of loans offered to them. Full time for Undergraduate students is 12 credit hours, full time for Graduate students is 9 credit hours. Instead, the University will calculate the amount of loan funding the student is eligible to receive based on the number of credits in which they are enrolled.
Refunds
The refund process does not start until you see a refund line item in your payment suite (TouchNet). From that date, if you have direct deposit, your refund will take 3 – 5 business days. For students that do not have direct deposit set up, a paper check will be mailed to your local mailing address. This takes 7 – 10 business days from when your refund is initiated. If a credit card payment has been made within 60 days, any refund must be returned to that credit card.
No refund of a departmental credit is given if there is a balance due on a student account. A refund takes up to four (4) weeks processing time after withdrawal, dropped classes, receipt of excess financial aid, or overpayment made on the student’s account. To receive a refund of less than $25.00, a specific request must be made to the SFS Office.
Payments
Online payments may be made on the ebill website. You may make a payment from your savings or checking account with no service fee, or by all major credit cards with a 3% service fee (minimum $3.00 fee) or international credit cards with a 4.95% service fee.
You can also make payment in office at 327 Millennium Student Center. We accept cash, check, PIN-based debit cards, and money orders.
You may mail in a check or money order paid to the order of the University of Missouri. Checks will only be accepted when the amount of the check does not exceed the amount due.
There is a drop box located outside the Student Financial Services Office, 327 Millennium Student Center. You can pay by check or money order. All payments received are final; no changes or adjustments can be allowed to the payment amount once the payment has been processed.
Payments made with your personal online banking service may result in a significant delay in the processing. Please have your bank mail checks to the address on the cover of this brochure. We make no guarantees that your payment can be received and processed by the due date.
Any communications concerning disputed debts, including instruments tendered as full satisfaction of a debt must be sent to: Account Disputes, One University Blvd, 337 MSC, St. Louis, MO 63121-4400
Returned Checks
Any check not honored by your bank will result in a $20.00 returned check fee. If the returned check, including eCheck payments, was attempting to pay a prior balance, your classes may be canceled.
Delinquent Indebtedness
The University will pursue any and all collection efforts and practices including referring accounts to collection agencies that report to the credit bureaus. Accounts may be assessed with additional collection charges of 25% of the balance when it is referred to a collection agency. Your Missouri state income tax refund may also be intercepted to partially or fully satisfy a past due debt to the University.
Late payment fees and finance charges will be applied if not on a payment plan if a payment was due on 9/10/2026. If your classes are canceled for nonpayment and you wish to be reinstated, the minimum payment will be required plus a $250.00 late registration fee. When payment is received, you will be charged for all the classes that were canceled. Failure to pay fees, receive financial aid, or attend class does not mean you will automatically be canceled. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate with the Student Financial Services Office regarding class cancellation.
Withdrawal
Tuition will be reassessed for students who officially withdraw from the University or drop classes. If the meeting dates for your course are different from the regular session meeting dates, please contact the Student Financial Services Office as your tuition fee reassessment for withdrawal or dropping may differ from the regular reassessment.
It is the student’s responsibility to formally notify the Registrar’s Office and to follow proper procedures when withdrawing from the University. Failure to pay fees, failure to receive financial aid, failure to attend courses, or refusing financial aid does NOT constitute an official withdrawal from the University of Missouri – Saint Louis.
Right to Modify
The University reserves the right to modify by increase or decrease the fees charges for attendance and other services at the University, including but not limited to tuition or educational fees, at any time when in the discretion of the governing board the same is in the best interest of the University with all modification of fees to be effective irrespective as to whether fees have or have not been paid by or on behalf of a student prior to the effective date of the modification.