Financial Aid

Installment Payment Plan

We have a payment-plan option available to help those students who cannot pay the full charges for tuition, on-campus housing and/or the meal plan at the start of the semester. Under the payment plan, students agree to pay tuition and fees in installments over the semester. A down payment is required to start.

To sign up for the payment plan, you have three options:

• On the Web: Sign into ZipLine → Assess my...Student Center→ Sign Up for Payment Plan
• Visit the Office of Student Accounts/Bursar in Simmons Hall 106
• Sign up by mail: University of Akron, Office of the Cashier, P.O. Box 2260, Akron, OH 44309-2260. Enclose a signed Installment Payment Plan application along with your down payment. Make sure that this information is received by the Office of Student Accounts on or before the due date.

► Down payment

To enroll in the payment plan, full-time students (12 credit hours or more) pay a down payment of $1,000 and part-time students (fewer than 12 credit hours) pay a down payment of $500.

Financial aid can be used to pay for a portion or all of the required down payment.

A $30 application fee is charged for the payment plan. The fee will be part of your first installment.

The payment plan covers only one term. Each time you wish to use the installment plan, you need to re-enroll. The deadlines to enroll are posted here.

► Installment plan schedule

Students enrolled in the payment plan for the fall or spring semester will make three installments over the term. During the summer session, there are two installments.