Delinquent Financial Accounts
Registration and Dropping Courses:
When registering for courses at USU, students are reserving a “seat” in those courses. It is their responsibility to drop courses they do not plan to attend and/or file a Notification of Leave with the Registrar’s Office before the 100% refund deadline. If they drop courses or withdraw from USU after the 100% refund period, they will be obligated to pay tuition and fees for those courses. Dates and deadlines for adding and dropping courses can be viewed on the Registrar’s Office website at usu.edu/registrar.
Payment Plans:
Students have the option to enroll in a payment plan, whereby they may pay their tuition and fee bill over a period of time. Payment plans may be viewed in the TouchNet Payment System.
Late Fees and Interest:
A late fee of $100.00 for each month of past due tuition and fee payments will be assessed to any account balance with an unpaid tuition balance. Interest charges on any past due balances will also be assessed at the rate of 12.00% per annum.
Return Payments:
A return check fee of $20.00 will be assessed if an online web check payment is returned unpaid by the payer’s bank because of insufficient funds or a stop payment. A return check fee of $10.00 will be assessed if an online web check payment is returned by the payer’s bank because of any other reason, such as an incorrect or invalid account number, closed account, not authorized, non-transactional, etc. All paper checks returned by the payer’s bank for any reason are automatically referred to USU’s designated collection agency for collection. Collection fees may be assessed by USU’s designated collection agency and will be added to the student’s account.
Holds:
If students have an unpaid balance on their student account, USU may (a) place a hold on their student records, preventing registration for future semesters, the release of a transcript, and the release of a diploma; and (b) place a hold on their student ID card, preventing them from entering facilities that require the student ID card to gain entrance (e.g., athletic events, the computer lab, the recreation center, the library, etc.).
Collections:
If it becomes necessary to place a student’s unpaid account balance with an outside collection agency, the collection agency will assess fees based on a percentage at a maximum of 50% of the past due amount, and all cost and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees USU or its agents may incur in such collection efforts. Any collection costs stated above are in addition to the tuition and fees due on the student’s account. Collection agencies may report the student’s failure to pay tuition and fees to credit reporting agencies.
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