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Finance Charges

A finance charge will be assessed against a student’s account for failure to meet payment due dates. The university will use a rate of 0.5 percent per month to compute finance charges. The calculation assesses a 0.5% per month finance charge on all outstanding student account balances (balances as of the 15th of the month). Actual charge posting may appear on your student account a day or two after the 15th. 

Students who incur financial obligations with Transportation Services (parking), the University Library, the Student Health Center, or any other office or department at the university, will need to contact them directly and may be subject to the 0.5% finance charges, late payment fees and/or financial restriction procedures. If you seek resolution to and restriction/stop from one of the other university offices or departments, you will need to contact them directly for resolution.