Authorized User Payment Plan Sign Up
Please note that parents or guests who wish to manage a tuition payment plan on their student's behalf must be granted Authorized User access. For details, visit our Tutorials webpage.
- General Information
- How do I sign up?
- Making a Payment Towards a Payment Plan
- Are there deadlines to sign up?
- Need to know information
General Information
West Virginia University offers a payment plan through WVU MyAccount. The plan allows you to break up your semester’s tuition and fees into smaller, more manageable installments, rather than paying in full all at once. Some of the advantages of the payment plan are:
MORE TIME TO PAY. The earlier you sign up, the more time you will have to pay and the smaller your payments will be.
NO INTEREST RATE. The payment plan only charges a $35 fee at enrollment in addition to the first payment.
CONVENIENCE. Enroll and make payments online, 24 hours a day. You will also receive regular monthly email statements and have access to an option for automatic payments.
What’s New
As of fall 2023, there are a few things to keep in mind as you enroll in a payment plan:
- If you miss any payment plan due date, your plan will be automatically canceled. You will immediately owe a 2.85% late payment fee on your full balance due and will be unable to utilize the payment plan again that semester.
- Your payment plan and its installments will automatically adjust to your account for any new charges or aid you incur throughout the semester — you do not need to manually adjust it to ensure the amount you’re paying each month is correct.
How Do I Sign Up?
Enrolling in the payment plan is fast and easy. You must make your first payment plus the enrollment fee when you sign up.
- Log in to your WVU Portal using your WVUID username and password
- Once logged in, click on the "PAY YOUR BILL HERE!" button
- Click on the “Enroll in a Payment Plan” button under the View Account section.
- Select the appropriate semester from the "Select a term" dropdown box.
- Review your eligible charges and Payment Schedule. The enrollment fee and down payment must be paid in order to enroll in the plan. Once you have reviewed the information, you may click on the "select" button.
- On the following screen, you will select whether or not you want to setup automatic payments. While automatic payments are not required, please note that automatic payments may only be made via ACH transactions directly from a bank account.
- After you have made your selection, click the "Continue" button.
- Next, you must select a payment method for the first installment and the enrollment fee from the dropdown list labelled "Method."
- Input required payment information and review for accuracy. Once you have reviewed your information, you may finalize your payment by clicking on the "Continue" button.
- Lastly, please agree to the payment arrangement to complete your payment plan setup.
Once enrollment is complete, the payment plan will be reflected in your student account as a pending payment toward your semester charges.
Because spring charges are not available until late November, we offer a Cost and Resource Planner to help estimate your charges. Using this planner, you can estimate institutional costs and input financial aid you may receive to determine your estimated out-of-pocket expenses for fall and/or spring. Then, you can adjust your plan if necessary when you receive your actual charges.
Making a Payment Towards a Payment Plan
- Payments for the Tuition Payment Plan must be made electronically directly through WVU MyAccount.
- International payments made through TransferMate cannot be utilized for the Tuition Payment Plan.
- You cannot mail in payments for the Tuition Payment Plan, which would include no mailed checks, no 529s, and no college savings plans.
Students and Authorized Users may make payments towards their payment plan using the following steps.
- Once you have logged into your WVU Portal and you have accessed your WVU MyAccount, click on the "Pay Next Installment" button in the Payment Plans section of your home page.
- Review all of the information on the Installment Payment screen and adjust the payment amount if needed.
- After you have reviewed the payment details, click the “Continue” button to proceed.
- Use the “Method” dropdown box to select the payment method you wish to use – credit or debit card, electronic check, or any previously saved payment methods on your account.
- Review the terms and conditions and make sure the checkbox next to “I agree...” is checked before clicking the “Continue” button.
- Click on the “Submit Payment” button to complete your payment.
Are There Deadlines to Sign Up?
The payment plan opens when semester charges are available. The first payment plus a $35 enrollment fee is due when you sign up.
Students who owe a balance are sent billing notifications to their MIX email each month, usually due at the start of the following month. The first billing notifications to include fall charges begin in early July, the first to include spring charges begin in early December, and the first to include summer charges begin in early April.
Spring 2025
Please note that you must enroll in a payment plan before the payment due date listed on the billing notification sent via MIX email to avoid late payment fees. For instance, if you were sent a December billing notification with a due date of January 2, you must sign up for the payment plan by the January 2 due date to avoid late fees. After the initial payment, each installment will be due based on the terms of your payment plan.
Sign up between November 22 and December 15 to make 5 payments.
- Down Payment: Due at time of signing up (plus $35 enrollment fee).
- First Installment Payment: Due by January 2.
- Second Installment Payment: Due by February 1.
- Third Installment Payment: Due by March 1.
- Fourth Installment Payment: Due by April 1.
Sign up between December 16 and January 15 to make 4 payments.
- Down Payment: Due at time of signing up (plus $35 enrollment fee).
- First Installment Payment: Due by February 1.
- Second Installment Payment: Due by March 1.
- Third Installment Payment: Due by April 1.
Sign up between January 16 and February 15 to make 3 payments.
- Down Payment: Due at time of signing up (plus $35 enrollment fee).
- First Installment Payment: Due by March 1.
- Second Installment Payment: Due by April 1.
The down payment (plus a $35 enrollment fee) for your plan is due when you sign up, and the next installment will be due the first of the following month. Please be aware that the closer to the enrollment deadline you sign up, the closer together your down payment and next installment payments will fall.
Summer 2024
Students can enroll in a payment plan as early as March 28!
Sign up between March 28 and April 15 to make 3 payments.
- Down Payment: Due at time of signing up (plus $35 enrollment fee).
- First Installment Payment: Due by May 1.
- Second Installment Payment: Due by June 1.
Sign up between April 16 and May 15 to make 2 payments.
- Down Payment: Due at time of signing up (plus $35 enrollment fee).
- First Installment Payment: Due by June 1.
The deadlines to sign up for the summer 2024 payment plans have passed on April 15, 2024 for 3 payments and May 15, 2024 for 2 payments.
Fall 2024
Sign up between July 1 and July 15 to make 5 payments.
- Down Payment: Due at time of signing up (plus $35 enrollment fee).
- First Installment Payment: Due by August 1.
- Second Installment Payment: Due by September 1.
- Third Installment Payment: Due by October 1.
- Fourth Installment Payment: Due by November 1.
Sign up between July 16 and August 15 to make 4 payments.
- Down Payment: Due at time of signing up (plus $35 enrollment fee).
- First Installment Payment: Due by September 1.
- Second Installment Payment: Due by October 1.
- Third Installment Payment: Due by November 1.
Sign up between August 16 and September 15 to make 3 payments.
- Down Payment: Due at time of signing up (plus $35 enrollment fee).
- First Installment Payment: Due by October 1.
- Second Installment Payment: Due by November 1.
The deadline for the 5 installment plan option for Spring 2025 passed on December 15.
The deadline for the 5, 4, and 3-month options for fall have passed.
Need to Know Information
- Delinquency and Late Fees - Your payment plan will be canceled immediately if you miss any installment deadline. Once your payment plan is terminated, you will owe your outstanding balance in full to WVU and will be unable to re-enroll in a payment plan for the rest of the semester. A 2.85% late payment fee will also be assessed on your full balance owed and will be reassessed monthly until your balance is paid in full.
- Double Check Your Information - Incorrect information such as your student ID could lead to your payments being applied to another student.
- Rent - WVU-owned apartment rent, parking, and electric charges cannot be included in the payment plan. Rent will be charged to student accounts on a monthly basis, and you will need to pay those charges separately through WVU MyAccount (via your WVU Portal).
- Changes in Balance Due - If you make an adjustment to your student account that results in a change to your charges — such as selecting a new meal plan, adding or dropping a course, etc. — your payment plan will automatically adjust to account for those changes. Any increase or decrease in what you owe will be distributed evenly across your remaining payments due.
- Overpayment - Should your payment plan contract cover a larger balance than your total semester balance due, you will be refunded the difference upon the completion of your contract. If your total balance due is less than the amount of your payment plan, it is in your best interest to adjust your contract prior to its completion. You can view our refund policies on our Refunds webpage.
- If you have any questions, please contact the WVU Hub.
Please note that changes that occur within 14 days of an upcoming monthly payment will not affect that payment. The increase or decrease in what you owe will be distributed over the payments that follow.