Payment Options

Online Payment via Workday

Students can view their account and pay their balances in Workday under the Financials Hub on the homepage. To use this option, complete “Payment Elections” in Workday using this guidance.  Once the payment election is completed, follow these steps to make a payment.

Friends and Family should use the Friends and Family Login to access online payment options. Students will first need to set up the additional person and grant permission to them to make a payment, view account activity, and view student statements. Follow these steps when setting up Friends and Family and managing permissions.

Electronic payments can be made using a United States bank account and routing number for electronic transactions. Be sure to use the routing number for paper/electronic transactions and NOT the routing number for wire transfers.

Check Payments

Please make checks payable to Washington University in St. Louis and include the student name and student ID number. Checks that are returned from the bank for any reason will result in a $25 return check fee which will be added to the student account. Payments by mail may take 7 – 10 business days to post to the student account.

Mail payments to:
Washington University
P.O. Box 7412009
Chicago, IL 60674-2009

Payments sent via express delivery that require a signature, please mail payment to:

Washington University in St. Louis
Attn: Student Accounting
MSC 1147-414-355
7425 Forsyth Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63105-2161

529 Payments

Please follow the same procedures as check payments. Please make 529 checks payable to Washington University in St. Louis and include the student name and student ID number.

Mail payments to:
Washington University
P.O. Box 7412009
Chicago, IL 60674-2009

Student Installment Payment Plan Information

The Student Installment Payment Plan allows the student to spread academic expenses and other charges into convenient monthly payments. Only students have access to sign up for payment plans in Workday; the sign-up option is not available through the Friends and Family login. Students may grant permission to friends and family to make a payment on the Payment Plan but only the student can manage the plan.

Students may enroll in a payment plan in Workday after charges have been assessed for an academic period and their balance is above $500. There is a $50 enrollment fee per academic period/semester. Payments are due on the installment due date. Workday will automatically drop the Payment Plan if two installment payments are missed. Any remaining balance is considered past due.

Workday calculates the payment plan balance, then divides the balance by the number of installments to calculate the installment amount. There are five installments for the fall and spring academic periods/semesters and two installments for summer. If any of the payment plan due dates have passed when the student signs up for the payment plan, the balance due will be divided by the remaining number of installments. Enrollment is only available when two or more future installments remain for an academic period/semester.

The Payment Plan will automatically recalculate to reflect any changes to a student’s account after enrolled in a Payment Plan. A notification will be sent to the student when a Payment Plan has been recalculated.

Reference step-by-step instructions on how to set up a payment plan.

Domestic Wire Transfers  

Payments via wire transfer from any bank in the United States to the university’s bank account at Bank of America is allowed. Please contact Student Accounting for wiring instructions. Please note that the university will not accept a wire transfer for more than $10,000 over the balance due on a student account. The entire wire will be returned to the originating bank if the limit is exceeded.

International Wire Transfers

The university has partnered with Flywire to streamline the process of international payments. Flywire allows you to pay securely from any country and any bank, generally in your home currency. By making your payment with Flywire, you can track your payments from start to finish and save on bank fees and exchange rates in over 48 currencies. Flywire’s multilingual customer support team is available 24-hours a day. Please note that the university will not be able to process a refund to the student for a wire payment that is posted to the student account that exceeds more than $10,000 over the balance due on a student account. To get started, visit our Flywire homepage.

Partners in Education with Parents (PEP)

This WashU program offers various payment options for a single year, up to all four years, and prepayment options. This option is only available for undergraduate students. To learn more, visit the PEP website.

Payment Card via Workday

We encourage students and friends and family to use the payment options described above, since paying by payment card always involves an additional non-refundable cost due to the service charge. Please read below for more information before deciding to make payment via payment card.

As used here, a “Payment Card” is defined as a credit or debit card that includes the Visa, MasterCard, Amex, or Discover logo.

WashU has contracted with Transact Campus, Inc. to securely process online student account payments by payment card. We cannot accept payment card payments via mail, phone, or in person.

There is an additional non-refundable service charge for payments made by payment card. The service fee will be displayed on the screen and assessed when payment is submitted. The service fee is collected by Transact Campus, Inc., not by WashU, so the service fee will not be posted to your student account. WashU does not receive any part of the service fee and cannot waive it. The cardholder is responsible for paying the entire service fee. The service fee can be avoided by using any of the other methods described such as wire transfer or payment using a United States bank account and routing number.

We will only refund an overpayment made by a payment card to the payment card account. We will not refund any portion of the service fee.

If your payment is denied, please contact your payment card’s customer service to determine the reason for the denial. If for any reason you are unsure if a payment card payment was successful, please do not submit a second payment until you have confirmed that the first attempt failed. We cannot be responsible for payments submitted multiple times or the service fee that may be assessed as a result.

Payments by payment card must be made online via Workday following these steps. For payments made by friends and family (parent, guardian, etc.), use the Friends and Family Login to access online payment options.

In-Person Payments 

Students can make a payment in person by going to Student Financial Services located in Sumers Welcome Center in the lower level. Payments via check, money order, and travelers check will be accepted. Cash payments or payments over the phone cannot be accepted.

Mobile Payments

WashU does NOT recommend payments be made to the university through a mobile banking app. Students should log on through Workday to make an online payment. Friends and Family users should also log on through Workday to make an online payment.