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Student
Financial Services
Student Accounts
Tuition & Fees
Undergraduates
Access information on tuition
and other costs via the Undergraduate Financial Aid page by clicking here.
Graduate and Professional
Tuition
and fee rates vary for each school. The actual rates are available from
your financial
aid
office. Tuition and fee rates are established annually
and are generally available in the spring.
Billing Information
The Office of Student
Financial Services acts as a clearinghouse for various charges and
credits that are placed directly on the student's account by
departments and offices of the university. Each bill may include both
"academic" charges (tuition, room, board, library fines, late course
change, etc.) and certain "optional" items (parking fees, guest meals,
laundry, etc.).
Electronic Billing
The official means of
communicating monthly financial account statements is through the
University's internet-based system for electronic billing and payment, Yale
University
eBill-ePay. Yale does not mail paper bills.
Student account statements are
prepared and made available twelve times each year at the beginning of
each month. Payment is due in full by 4 p.m. on the first business day
of the following month. Email notifications that the account statement
is available on the University eBill-ePay website (www.yale.edu/sis/ebep) are
sent to all students at their official Yale email addresses and to all
student-designated authorized payers. It is imperative that all
students monitor their Yale email accounts on an ongoing basis.
Late
Payment
Fees
Bills for tuition, room, and
board are available to the student during the first week of July, due
and payable by August 1 for the fall term; and during the first week of
November, due and payable by December 1 for the spring term. The Office
of Student Financial Services will impose late payment fees of $125 per
month (up to a total of $375 per term) if any part of the term bill,
less Yale-administered loans and scholarships that have been applied
for on a timely basis, is not paid when due.
The
University may withhold the registration of students who have not paid
or made satisfactory payment arrangements for their term bills by the
day of registration. It also reserves the right to refuse to provide
grades, transcripts, certificates of examination, and diplomas to
students who have not paid their bills on time.
Important Messages
Each month, please be sure to
refer to the Important Monthly Messages web site at http://www.yale.edu/sfas/financial/accountmsgs.html.
This
site provides important reminders regarding your student account.
Payment Information
Account Payments
There are a variety of options
offered for making payments. Yale does not accept Credit Card
payments. With any payment you make, be sure to
include the student's name and Yale account number.
About eBill-ePay
Yale University eBill-ePay,
the
University's system for electronic billing and payment, is the Preferred
Means
for Payment of Bills. It can be found at http://www.yale.edu/sis/ebep/.
Electronic
payments are easy and convenient -- no checks to write, no
stamps, no envelopes, no hassle. Payments are immediately posted to
your account. There is no charge to use this service. Bank information
is password protected and secure and there is a printable confirmation
receipt. You can make payments 365/24/7* up to 4 p.m.
on your due date and avoid late fees. You have control over access to
your account. You can also authorize up to three people to make
payments electronically from their own computers to your account using
Yale's system. It's all FREE!
(*The eBill-ePay system will not be available when the
system is undergoing upgrade, maintenance or repair.)
Use of your own bank payment
service is not authorized by the University because
it has no direct link to the student's Yale account. Payments made
through such services arrive without proper account identification and
always require manual processing that results in delayed crediting of
the student's account, as well as resulting late fees and anxiety. So,
please use Yale University eBill-ePay.
Cash and Checks
For
those who choose to pay by check, a remittance advice with mailing
instructions is available on the eBill-ePay web site. All
bills must be paid in U.S. currency. Checks should be payable in U.S.
dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. Please do not remit post-dated checks
because they are automatically processed by our bank.
If using 1st Class
(regular) mail:
Yale
University
P.O. Box 208232
New Haven, CT
06520-8232
Overnight or Express payments
should be sent to:
Yale University
Student Financial Services
246 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Wire Transfers
Payment can also be
made via wire transfer. Wire transfer instructions can be obtained from
the University eBill-ePay website (www.yale.edu/sis/ebep)
or
by contacting Student Financial Services at (203) 432-2700 or sfs@yale.edu.
Rejected payments
A
processing fee of $25 is charged when the bank for any reason rejects a
payment. A rejected payment may also result in late payment fees and
registration may be withheld.
Please Note:
Yale reserves the right to require that a rejected payment be replaced
with a certified check, bank draft, or money order.
Yale
Payment Plan
The Yale Payment Plan (YPP),
administered by the University’s Office of Student Financial Services,
provides parents and students with the option to pay education expenses
on a monthly basis. The YPP is designed to relieve the pressure of
“lump-sum” payments by allowing families to spread payments over a
period of months without incurring any interest charges. Participation
is optional and elected on an annual basis. The cost to enroll is $100
per contract.
If you choose to enroll in the
annual plan, one-half of the Total Plan Amount will be applied toward
each of the academic terms (Fall and Spring) by issuing a credit to
your student account for this amount. If you enroll in either the Fall-
or Spring-only plan, the Total Plan Amount will be credited to your
student account for the corresponding term. Each month, participants in
the YPP will receive a paper bill in the mail for the amount they have
contracted to pay on a monthly basis through the YPP in addition to
the monthly student account statement provided electronically through
Yale University eBill-ePay. It is very important that YPP participants
continue to review the monthly student account statement (eBill) for
other charges that are not being paid for through the YPP contract.
The YPP has been
effective for those wishing to pay monthly.
Click here
to download an enrollment
form for the current academic year. If you have any questions about the
YPP or would like assistance, please call us at (203) 432-2700 and
select "Press 3" from the Main Menu.
Application of Financial Aid to the Student Account
Financial Aid Credits
Once
you have completed all the necessary application materials and
requirements, Yale-awarded financial aid is posted as a payment to the
student account at the time designated for the current term. Credits
that are scheduled for posting to the student account at some time in
the future will appear on the monthly student account statement until
that time as Anticipated Financial Aid Credits as may certain financial
aid items for which there are outstanding processing requirements.
Outside scholarships of which the University is aware will be reflected
on students' monthly account statements as Anticipated Financial Aid
Credits until the funds are received by the University. Upon receipt,
the scholarship will appear on the account statement in the Current
Payments section. The student will be notified by email of the need to
come to the Cashier's Office at 246 Church Street to endorse any
outside scholarship checks as required. Such checks cannot be credited
to the account until the student endorsement has been obtained. If
endorsements are not done in a timely manner, the checks will be
returned to the donors and the students will be responsible for the
balances on their accounts. Undergraduates with questions about the
status of financial aid awards should contact the Student Financial
Services Center at sfs@yale.edu
or (203)432-2700. Graduate and professional students should contact
their particular financial aid offices.
Most loan proceeds are
sent to the University by lenders using electronic funds transfer. Such
proceeds are immediately posted to the student account. All promissory
notes and entrance interview requirements must be complete to ensure
payment to the account.
Outside Scholarships
If you are a YALE COLLEGE
student and have not yet advised Student Financial Services of an
outside scholarship that will be paid directly to Yale University,
please complete an Outside Scholarship/Resource Update Form (http://www.yale.edu/sfas/finaid/pdf-forms/OAUpdate.pdf)
and
fax it to (203) 777-6100. College Savings Plans and Prepaid Tuition
Plans are not outside scholarships and, therefore, should not be
reported.
GRADUATE and PROFESSIONAL
students should contact their particular financial aid offices and
advise them of any outside scholarships that will be paid directly to
Yale University.
Third Party Billing
If a
third party (employer or other sponsor) is to pay all or part of your
cost of education and they require a bill mailed directly, you must
provide full information and written authorization to communicate with
and bill the sponsoring third party as necessary. This information and
authorization is needed by June 1 and October 1 for the fall and spring
terms, respectively. Please send a copy of the award letter or
scholarship notice, along with your written authorization, to Student
Financial Services, 246 Church Street, P.O. Box 208232, New Haven, CT
06520-8232. Please note that we must be notified each year.
Credit Balance Refunds
Refunds of credit balances in
student accounts must be requested on the Student Information Systems
web site at http://www.yale.edu/sis.
Log
in to the Main Menu, the Student
Accounts tab and
then Refund Request from Student Account.
Refunds will be processed as
soon as any payments that created the credit balances have cleared.
This may take as long as 45 banking days.
The fastest and most convenient
way to receive a refund is by direct deposit to your personal checking
account (for banks located within the United States only). You need
only enroll on the Direct Deposit Authorization web site. Go to http://www.yale.edu/sis/. Select
the Login option. After logging in, select the Student Accounts tab and
then select Direct Deposit Authorization. Then, for the
duration of your stay at Yale, any time you request a refund,
the
funds will be electronically deposited into your personal checking
account within two banking days from the time we send the information
to the national Automated Clearing House (ACH) system. All such direct
deposit refund information will be sent to our bank for the ACH system
one time (at mid-afternoon) each day (other than bank holidays) that
our Cashier’s Office is open. Yale will automatically send an email to
you each time that a refund is sent electronically to your checking
account. It is your responsibility to verify
the availability of funds in your checking account before you make any
transactions (writing checks, etc.).
Refunds by check will be
available in the Cashier’s Office three business days after we
notify you via email. Refund checks will not be mailed. For
your protection, you will always be asked to present your valid Yale
identification card when being served by the Cashier’s Office.
NOTE: Your
student account is not to be used as a bank account. Please do not make
recurring partial refund requests on an as-needed basis from your
student account. If such a pattern becomes apparent, the Cashier's
Office may, at its discretion, refund the full available credit balance
on your account.
If you have any
questions, contact Student Financial Services at (203) 432-2700, press
3, or refund@yale.edu.
Billing
Address
You can enter or change your
billing address on the Student Information Systems web sit at http://www.yale.edu/sis/.
You must have a valid NetID and
a valid password to access this site. If you are a new student, your
NetID and instructions about how to activate it will be sent to you
during the summer before your first term at Yale. Students in the
Medical School and Yale Summer Programs should report billing address
changes to the Registrars of their programs.
Yale Health Plan
If you are registered as a Yale
degree candidate student, enrolled half-time or more and paying at
least half tuition:
- You receive primary
care services at no charge at Yale University Health Services through
Yale Health Plan (YHP) Basic.
- You are automatically
enrolled in and charged premiums for YHP Hospitalization/Specialty Care
coverage and YHP Prescription Plus coverage.
- You are required by
the University to have adequate health insurance (regardless of whether
you will be studying on campus).
You may decline enrollment in
YHP Hospitalization/Specialty Care coverage and/or YHP Prescription
Plus coverage by submitting a waiver online at https://yhpstudentwaiver.yale.edu/.
A
waiver must be submitted annually and received by:
- September 15 for the
full year or fall term
- January 31 for the spring
term
Waivers will be processed and
credits will appear accordingly on your SFAS account within 5 business
days. After that time, you may confirm receipt by logging into the YHP
waiver web application https://yhpstudentwaiver.yale.edu/.
For more information visit our
web site at www.yale.edu/yhp
or email us at member.services@yale.edu.
YHP Member Services Department
17 Hillhouse Avenue
P.O. Box 208237
New Haven, CT 06520-8237
203-432-0246
Yale Charge Account Plan
If you enroll in the Yale
Charge Account Plan, you will be able to charge designated optional
items and services to your student account. Go to http://www.yale.edu/sis/. Select
the Login option. After logging in, select the Student Accounts tab and
select Charge Account Authorization. The University may
withdraw this privilege from students who do not pay their monthly
bills on a timely basis. For information, contact the Student Financial
Services Center at sfs@yale.edu,
(203)
432-2700 or fax at (203) 432-7557.
Questions About
Charges on Your Student Account
Academic
charges
such as tuition, room, board, library fines, late course change
charges, and optional items such as parking fees, guest meals, and
laundry all appear on the billing statement. Students charge the
optional items through the Yale Charge Account Plan.
Many Yale departments and
offices, such as the Library, Registrar and Dining Services put charges
and credits on students' account. Student Financial Services acts as a
clearinghouse for these transactions.
If an item on your
account needs clarification or adjustment, you should first contact the
originating department to discuss it.
Tuition
Insurance
Click here to
read
about Yale's tuition insurance plan.
Withdrawal/Leave of Absence
In case of withdrawal during
the course of an academic term, each school within the University
maintains a schedule of tuition rebates that is in compliance with
federal regulations. Contact the appropriate financial aid office for
specific details of the refund policy in your school. Undergraduates
should contact the Student Financial Services Center at sfs@yale.edu,
(203) 432-2700 or fax to (203) 432-4126.
View Your Student Account/ Monthly Bill
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