• Paying by Cash, Check, or Charge
  
• Pay On-Line by Credit Card here
  
• Terp Payment Plans (TPP)
  
• Financial Aid
  
• Graduate Tuition Remission / Fee Waiver
  

For your convenience, you may mail payments to University of Maryland, Office of the Bursar, 1115 Lee Building, College Park, Maryland 20742-5151 or in-person to the Cashier's Office,  or by Fax 301-314-9976 or Pay On-Line here.

Personal checks are accepted in payment of your student account. All checks and money orders must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank to be accepted. They should be made payable to the University of Maryland, and should include the student's account number on the front of the check. In the event your personal check is returned to the University unpaid by your bank, your account will be assessed a service charge in accordance with the following schedule:

Check Amount	Charge
up to $100.00	$10.00
$100.01 - $500.00	$25.00
over $500.00	$50.00

Pay by mail: Return the payment stub from the bill and either your check, money order or credit card authorization in the envelope provided. If you choose to pay part or all of your bill by credit card, please complete the information requested on the payment stub. Please be sure to sign the authorization and supply a daytime telephone number in case there is a need to contact you regarding your credit card request. Due to the large number of credit card payments that are received, we are not always able to call students or parents whose credit card payment requests cannot be processed due to a decline by the issuer. In these instances, you will be notified in writing. However, we will make every attempt to contact you when we are unable to process the request due to an incomplete or incorrect credit card number, or due to missing information, i.e., expiration date.

Pay in-person: Bring your bill and your payment to the Cashier's Office, Room 1115 Lee Building, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. You may wish to verify the amount owed by obtaining a copy of your student account at the Financial Service Center in Room 1135 before proceeding to the Cashiers. Because paying in person often involves waiting in line during peak periods, payment online is encouraged.

Pay On-Line Here:
Credit Card - You may make a payment using American Express, Visa, MasterCard or Discover card.
Checking Account - Use your routing number and account number to have your checking account debited.


Please be aware that online payments made before 7:00pm will post to your university account the next business day. Payments after 7:00pm will post in two business days.




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Terp Payment Plan (TPP)

Avoid Lump-Sum Payments

Are you looking for a convenient alternative to lump-sum tuition payments at the beginning of each semester? By enrolling in the Terp Payment Plan, you can spread your academic year payments out over either 8 or 10 monthly payments, or your semester payments into 4 or 5 payments. There's no interest! Just an enrollment fee ($45 for the 10 month plan, $75 for the 8 month plan, and $40 for the 4 or 5 payment plan (Fall or Spring only)). You can include most university charges including: tuition, fees, room, meal plans, telecommunications fees, parking permits and orientation charges.

Have Your Payments Debited Directly From Your Bank Account

With the Terp Payment Plan, you can arrange to have your monthly payments debited directly from your checking or savings account. You'll still receive monthly statements detailing the current status of the account, but there will be no checks to write, and no payments to mail. To register for automatic payment withdrawal, request an "Automatic Payment Withdrawal Form" from the bursar's office at: billtalk@umd.edu

Funding The Gap

The Terp Payment Plan is an ideal way of covering the gap between financial aid and the cost of education without resorting to additional borrowing from alternative sources. Interest-free payments are spread out and made on a monthly basis from current income.

Easy Enrollment

Simply complete the worksheet* to determine the amount you need to budget. Then just complete and sign the enrollment form (which must be completed after the worksheet is completed), enclose the first payment, and mail. It's that simple!

*Please note: The worksheet for 2008-2009 will be available here soon pending rate approval.



Full Year Plans
10-Pay Plan ($45.00 Enrollment Fee) Enrollment Period Required Payment -June 1 to June 15 Enrollment Fee Only -June 16 to July 15 Fee + 1 Payment -July 16 to Aug 15 Fee + 2 Payments	8-Pay Plan ($75.00 Enrollment Fee) Enrollment Period Required Payment -June 1 to Aug 15 Enrollment Fee Only -Aug 16 to Sept 15 Fee + 1 Payment -Sept 16 to Oct 15 Fee + 2 Payment




Fall Plans Students who are graduating in December are permitted to enroll in a Fall Plan.
5-Pay Plan ($40.00 Enrollment Fee) Enrollment Period Required Payment -June 1 to June 15 Enrollment Fee Only -June 16 to July 15 Fee + 1 Payment -July 16 to Aug 15 Fee + 2 Payments	4-Pay Plan ($40.00 Enrollment Fee) Enrollment Period Required Payment -June 1 to Aug 15 Enrollment Fee Only -Aug 16 to Sept 15 Fee + 1 Payment -Sept 16 to Oct 15 Fee + 2 Payment




Spring Plans Students who are admitted to begin Spring semester are permitted to enroll in a Spring Plan.
5-Pay Plan ($40.00 Enrollment Fee) Enrollment Period Required Payment -Nov 1 to Nov 15 Enrollment Fee Only -Nov 16 to Dec 15 Fee + 1 Payment -Dec 16 to Jan 15 Fee + 2 Payments	4-Pay Plan ($40.00 Enrollment Fee) Enrollment Period Required Payment -Prior to Dec 15 Enrollment Fee Only -Dec 16 to Jan 15 Fee + 1 Payment -Jan 16 to Feb 15 Fee + 2 Payment

Terp Payment Plan Terms and Conditions


The Terp Payment Plan has some Terms and Conditions.

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Financial Aid

The awarding of financial aid is handled by the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA). All financial aid, in general, is credited directly to your student account. Most financial aid disbursements will appear on the tuition bills that are mailed prior to the start of the semester, assuming you have accepted the aid and met all of the criteria necessary to be eligible for the aid. Financial aid is applied to your account, and any remainder after your tuition, room and board charges have been paid is ordered to be direct deposited to the checking/savings account of your choice or in the form of a check that is mailed to you.

Stafford loans are electronically transferred to the Bursar's Office by your lender, and are transferred to your Student Account. These credits are disbursed by your bank twice each year, one-half of the loan each semester. If there is money remaining after your account is paid, you can receive credit to your checking/savings account through Direct Deposit or be mailed a refund check.

Unlike other scholarships that are credited directly to your student account, National Merit Scholarship checks are sent directly to the Bursar's Office, and will be made available after all student account balances are paid.

Generally, the University does not defer payment of bills on the basis of pending financial aid applications or Stafford loans. In addition, in the event your financial aid application was received by OSFA in a timely manner and the delay in your receiving your financial aid is solely the fault of the University, the Student Financial Service Center Manager will consider making an exception on your behalf. Otherwise, it is in your best interest to insure that your application has been received and processed by the Financial Aid Office with enough time (allow at least 2 months prior to the due date) so that the funds are available to you at the beginning of the semester when bills are due.

Questions regarding the application, processing and awarding of financial aid should be directed to the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA).


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Graduate Student Tuition Waiver/Fee Payments

If you are a graduate student and have been hired to work on campus in a graduate assistantship, you are eligible to receive tuition benefits. Tuition waiver forms are available through the department in which you are employed. Be sure to check filing deadlines with your department for each semester. Tuition benefits cover the cost of the credit hours you are taking, up to ten credit hours for the fall and ten credit hours for the spring semester. A total of four credit hours may be covered across the first and second summer sessions if you are employed through the summer on a 12 month assistantship.

Tuition benefits do not include other fees that all graduate students are required to pay. These mandatory fees include an auxiliary facilities fee, a student activities fee, an athletic fee, a shuttle bus fee, a Stamp Union, Performing Arts/Cultural Center and recreational fee, etc. Please refer to the following pages to view the fee structure for full-time graduate or part-time graduate students. Payment is due by the scheduled due date of each semester, which can be found on the tuition and fees page. Some graduate programs have different fees (MBA), please refer to the specific department for details.


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