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Important Information
UNIVERSITY STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CASHIER OPERATIONS
An Explanation of USFSCO
Jamie McCracken, Senior Coordinator
USFSCO is the central billing and payment unit of
the University of Illinois. The office is responsible for managing student account transactions and collecting payment for the university. It is different than the Office of Student Financial Aid as it is not involved with awarding and processing student financial aid loans and grants. USFSCO is the office students contact if they have questions about charges or credits on their student account or need information about making payments to the university for their student account balance. USFSCO also handles inquiries regarding refunds for student account overpayments. You are encouraged to visit the website at paymybill. uillinois.edu to become familiar with all services and policies. Please feel free to contact us at usfscohelp@ uillinois.edu with any questions you have about services and policies.
Authorized Payers and FERPA
When students designate a parent/guardian as an Authorized Payer, they are giving USFSCO permission to discuss their student account information with
you. This is very important if you will be helping
your student with their college expenses. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) prohibits us from providing specific account information to anyone other than the student, unless we have a
release from the student or proof that the student is a dependent of the person requesting the student account information. Authorized Payer access gives a student’s parent/guardian their own login ID and password
to access the student account billing information
and make payments online. Authorized Payers will receive an email each month, reminding them to view their student account for recent activity and to pay
any amount due by the due date. Visit our website at paymybill.uillinois.edu and select Authorized Payer under the Billing section for instructions on how to set up authorized payers.
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The Student Account
Once a month, the University of Illinois emails students and Authorized Payers to remind them to view their student account for recent activity and to pay any amount due by the due date. The student account is available online for students and Authorized Payers to view and print and includes all student account transactions
such as payments received and charges and credits for tuition, fees, and housing. The university does not mail paper billing statements. Visit our website at paymybill. uillinois.edu and select Billing for instructions on accessing the student account information online.
Payment Options
Fall, spring, and summer tuition, fee, and housing charges will be posted online in September, February, and June respectively. The payment due date is the 28th of each month. The student (or their Authorized Payer) can pay the student account online with an electronic check or credit card; pay in person with a personal check or money order; or send a check through the mail. We accept American Express, Visa, MasterCard, and Discover. We only accept credit card payments online, and there is a nonrefundable 2.4 percent service fee added to all credit card payments. USFSCO also offers annual and semester payment plans for payment of tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board charges. If you have a College Illinois! Pre-paid 529 savings plan, you can also use those credits to pay your student account. Visit our website at paymybill.uillinois.edu
and select Payments to find out more about our payment options, payment mailing address, and instructions to make a payment online.
Be sure to mark your calendar with the due date so you don’t forget! Delinquent charges are subject to a late payment charge of $1.00 or 1.5 percent, whichever is greater, per month on any amount not paid when due. Such accounts will also be billed a past due charge of $2.00 per month in addition to the late payment charge.