Median card fee
2.75%
Among 142 schools with a published percent, including 5 at 0%.
For the person paying the bill
Pay the tuition bill. Skip the fee you do not have to pay.
The bursar is the office that bills you.
Colleges often add a percent to a credit-card payment and a separate charge to join a payment plan. PayTheBursar puts those costs next to the school, using public sources, and leaves a blank where we have not checked.
Schools that charge a card fee
96.5%
137 of 142 schools where the amount is known. 22 more had a fee that was not quantified.
Median plan enrollment fee
$30
Among 344 schools with a published dollar fee. This is not interest.
796 schools across 51 states: the 500 largest main campuses by undergraduate enrollment, plus the CFPB tuition-payment-plan file (447 of these schools, 399 with a plan CFPB found). Most common plan administrators in that file: School (in-house) (144), Nelnet (134), Transact (64).
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Card, e-check, in person, and the payment plan. If a source did not state the fee, the cell says so.
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