Financial Affairs: Payment of Tuition/Fees

The following statement represents the payment policy for all Rush University students: Payment for tuition, fees and on-campus housing or satisfactory arrangements for payment must be made with the Office of Student Financial Affairs before registration is complete. Students may not attend classes until after registration is complete. Any exception to this policy must be approved in writing by the Associate Provost for Student Affairs.

1. Students have the responsibility to complete one or a combination of the following courses of action on or before the announced first day of classes each quarter:
   
   Pay total tuition, fees, and on-campus housing charges for the quarter requires that one-third tuition, all fees, and a $15 service charge be paid on or before the first week of class. Additional payments of one-third are due on the fourth and eighth Mondays of the quarter. Contract forms are available in the Office of Student Financial Affairs.
2. Complete a Deferred Payment Plan Contract. This plan requires that one-third tuition, all fees, and a $15 service charge be paid on or before the first week of class. Additional payments of one-third are due on the fourth and eighth Mondays of the quarter. Contract forms are available in the Office of Student Financial Affairs.
3. Use the pending financial aid payment option. All students who have financial aid pending will be allowed to defer payment of that portion of tuition and fees that is covered by the anticipated aid. In order to use this option, students must have taken all steps required of them to apply for the aid (e.g., the application for a guaranteed student loan program must have been completed and submitted to the Office of Student Financial Aid). In order to avoid a late fee charge, students must make arrangements for payments of that portion of tuition and fees not covered with pending aid by completing steps one or two above.

Those students who have not made satisfactory arrangements will be given notice by mail during the third week of classes that they are delinquent in their financial obligations to the University. The notification will inform the students that they have until Friday of the fourth week of classes to satisfy all such financial obligations. On Monday of the fifth week of classes, those students who have not made satisfactory arrangements will be charged a $100 late payment fee. At the end of the quarter, those students who still have outstanding balances with the University that are not covered by pending financial aid will not receive grades or transcripts; will be dismissed from on-campus student housing; will lose all University privileges and will have their registration canceled for the following quarter.