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IMPORTANT SPRING 2006 CHANGES
Payment of Tuition and Student Accounts Receivable Charges
eCheck Payments
Beginning November 1, 2005, students will be able to pay Tuition and Student Accounts Receivable charges with an electronic on-line eCheck. Similar to a debit card, the eCheck electronically debits a checking or savings account.
- eChecks are ASU’s preferred payment method and will be accepted with no convenience fee or additional cost to the student.
- eCheck is a fast and simple payment method.
- eCheck is an available payment option on ASU Interactive, “Pay Your ASU Charges”.
- Instead of your debit card number, you will need your bank's routing number and your account number. This number is available on the bottom of your check or from your financial institution.
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Convenience Fee Assessed on Credit/Debit Card Payments Beginning November 1
VISA No Longer Accepted
Effective November 1, 2005, ASU will no longer directly accept credit and debit cards for payment of Tuition and Student Accounts Receivable charges. In order to continue to provide students with a variety of payment options, we have arranged for a third-party vendor, infiNET, to accept MasterCard, Discover, and American Express when payment is made online through ASU Interactive. When a credit or debit card payment is made, infiNET will charge a 2.75% convenience fee, in addition to the ASU payment amount.
- MasterCard, Discover, and American Express will be accepted for Tuition and Student Accounts Receivable payments made through ASU Interactive, “Pay Your ASU Charges”. infiNET will process the credit or debit card payment and charge a 2.75% convenience fee.
- Credit and debit card payments will no longer be accepted in person, over the phone, on SunDial, or by mail for payment of Tuition and Student Accounts Receivable charges.
- VISA credit, debit, and check cards will no longer be accepted for Tuition or Student Accounts Receivable payments. We are pleased to continue to offer MasterCard and Discover and to add American Express and eCheck as payment options for Tuition and Student Accounts Receivable payments.
- eChecks will be accepted for Tuition and Student Accounts Receivable payments and no convenience fee will be assessed. Personal check payments will continue to be accepted by mail or in-person.
For more information see Frequently Asked Questions regarding credit and debit card payments.
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No Involuntary Disenrollment for Spring 2006
Beginning with the Spring 2006 semester, ASU is discontinuing the practice of involuntarily dropping students from classes if payment is not made by the applicable tuition payment deadline. Instead, non-financial aid students neglecting to make payment by the tuition payment deadline will be enrolled in the Tuition Installment Plan. Tuition charges will be billed on Student Accounts Receivable in three installments and a nonrefundable $75 enrollment fee will be assessed.
For financial aid students with aid awarded prior to the applicable tuition payment deadline, tuition charges will automatically be billed on student accounts receivable and there is no longer a requirement to acknowledge through Tuition Services. (Loan acceptance is a separate process and must still be completed.)
- Pre-registration is the best opportunity to enroll in classes.
- Non-financial aid students neglecting to make payment or drop classes prior to the tuition payment deadline (December 13, 2005 and daily thereafter), will be enrolled in the Tuition Installment Plan and assessed a $75 nonrefundable enrollment fee. You will not be dropped from your classes.
- If financial aid is awarded prior to the tuition payment deadline, no tuition payment action is required. Tuition will automatically be billed on Student Accounts Receivable and financial aid will be applied toward that account.
- You will not be dropped from classes for non-payment of tuition and fees, which preserves your class schedule and avoids the necessity to re-register. Note: with the preservation of student’s schedules, classes will not open after the tuition payment deadline as they have in the past.
- To avoid withdrawal fees and the nonrefundable tuition installment plan fee, drop all Spring 2006 classes prior to the initial tuition payment deadline (December 13, 2005) if you do not plan to attend ASU in the Spring.
Enrollment in classes completes the registration process. By registering for classes you agree to pay all applicable tuition and registration fees.
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