Student Accounts
Handles payments, outstanding bills, account balances, and other information on your student’s account.
Billing
All billing is electronic and students receive an email notification to their UNW email when a new ebill is generated. Authorized users also receive an email notification. New ebills are generated the first week of every month and payment is always due in full at the end of the month when a billing statement is issued. A $40 late payment fee will be assessed on the past-due balance. Initial semester bills are due by August 31st for Traditional and Online Undergraduate and September 30th for Adult Undergraduate and Graduate. Spring bills are due January 31st and summer bills are due May 31st for all venues.
Payment Options
Pay your bill in full by the due date or sign up for a payment plan.
Traditional and Online Undergraduate:
- Fall bill is due August 31 or sign up for a payment plan by August 30.
- Spring bill is due January 31 or sign up for a payment plan by January 30.
- Summer bill is due May 31.
Adult Undergraduate and Graduate:
- Fall bill is due September 30 or sign up for a payment plan by September 29.
- Spring bill is due January 31 or sign up for a payment plan by January 30.
- Summer bill is due May 31 or set up for a payment plan by May 30.
Sign up on the Authorized User site>Payment Plans>Enroll Now. Enrollment fee is $50 per semester.
Becoming an Authorized User
Due to federal privacy laws, we are unable to share information about your student’s account unless you are an authorized user. Your student must extend an email invitation for you to be an authorized user and view their school finances. Your authorized user access will be complete once you login for the first time and are prompted to input your name so we will see it. If there are two parents who need access, we encourage students to list them individually with unique email addresses. If only one parent is authorized, we can only speak to that parent. Authorized user site
1098T Forms
1098T forms are used to determine your eligibility for claiming the Education Tax Credits on your Federal Income Tax returns. The University of Northwestern St. Paul has contracted with ECSI to provide both the electronic and paper 1098Ts. By January 31 each year, paper forms are mailed to the student’s current address unless an electronic version is selected. If you are eligible to receive a 1098T, you can retrieve one electronically for the current or previous years by clicking the link below.
Student accounts can verify information reported on the form however, we cannot provide tax advice. Please refer to IRS Publication 970 for educational tax credit information.
Please contact Student Accounts at 651-631-5352 or [email protected] with any questions.
Frequently Asked Questions for Parents
Initial semester bills are produced and emailed to students and authorized users the first week of August for fall semester and the first week of January for spring semester.
All billing is electronic. In order to receive an email notification and have access to view your student’s finances, you must be an authorized user. (For more information on becoming authorized, see below.) New eBills are generated the first week of every month and email notifications go out at that time. Statements are produced the beginning of each month if a student has incurred new charges.
Your student must extend an invitation for you to view their school finances. Directions for students can be found through myUNW within the Student Account FAQs page, or they can call Student Accounts at 651-631-5352. Your authorized user access will be complete once you login for the first time and are prompted to input your name so we will see it. If there are two parents who need access, we encourage students to list them individually with unique email addresses. If only one parent is authorized, we can only speak to that parent.
*NOTE: Students are protected under the federal law, FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). No one will be granted access to or receive information regarding a student’s financial records unless listed as an authorized user by the student.
Once your student adds you as an authorized user, you will receive two emails. The first, titled ‘University of Northwestern – St. Paul Student Account Access’, contains a link to login: Authorized User The second, titled ‘Your access information’ contains a temporary password to be used for your first login. If you need a new temporary password, from this page click “emailed” at the bottom of the box.
Yes, you can access the Student Account Payments link below
Log in to your authorized user account as directed in the previous questions. Under Statements→ Click View, then use the drop down arrow to select the statement you would like to view; click View. Your statement is a pop up, so be sure you don’t have a pop-up blocker enabled stopping you from viewing your statement.
Ebill notices are sent monthly; payment is always due at the end of the month when notices are sent. A $40 late payment fee will be assessed on the past-due balance.
Fall bills are due August 31st for Traditional and Online Undergraduate and September 30th for Adult Undergraduate. Spring bills are due January 31st, and summer bills are due May 31st for all venues.
Payment plan registration must be complete by the deadline.
Once logged into your Authorized User Account, click “Payment Plans”. Follow the promptings to complete enrollment. The enrollment fee is $50 per semester. Payments are always due the last day of each month. Please read the conditions carefully.
Deadline to sign up for the 4-month payment plan:
- August 30 for the fall
- January 30 for the spring
*NOTE: Any additional charges/credits on a student account will affect the amount of the monthly payment. Payment plans are recalculated on a daily basis if new activity occurs on their student account. Please check your monthly payment amount before making the payment each month.
Online: Log into your authorized user account. The balance under the title “Student Account” is the real time balance of the account. Below it under the title of “Statements”, you will see the balance for the most recent monthly eBill.
- If you have more than one student that you are authorized with using the same email, you can also simply click the Pay All button immediately after logging in and follow the promptings.
- To make a payment, simply click Make Payment in the green box. Then, click on the circle next to the amount you want to pay. If you want to pay a different amount, click either and enter your payment into the box.
- With a Checking or Savings Account: Authorize a one-time payment or an automatic scheduled withdrawal by changing today’s date to the date you would like the payment to be made.
- You may also use Automatic Bill Pay under My Profile Setup.
- With a credit card: The accepted cards are: Visa, MasterCard, American, Express, and Discover. Note: there is a processing fee of $3 or 2.95% of the amount of your transaction, whichever is greater.
- Selecting “Continue” will guide you through the Payment Method, Confirmation and Receipt sections. Select your choices in each area and follow the promptings.
By Mail: Send checks to University of Northwestern – St Paul, Attn: Student Accounts – Riley 1420, 3003 Snelling Ave N, St Paul, MN 55113-1598. Write the student ID # and name in the memo.
In Person: Pay by cash, or check in Riley Hall 1420 M-F 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By Phone: Call 651-631-5352 or 800-692-4020, ext. 5352 to authorize a one-time electronic payment using your checking or savings account (9-digit bank routing # and account # are needed).
Financial Aid items will be posted to the student account by the first day of classes. If any items have not posted that were expected please have your student contact Financial Aid as it is likely they are missing a necessary form or item to merit receipt of the missing financial aid item.
If you have any question regarding your aid, call Financial Aid at 651-631-5212.
If your student has applied for and received confirmation of a loan before classes begin, the payment will post to your student account during the first week of classes. If your student is expecting a student loan, whether a Direct Loan from their Financial Aid Award Package or a private loan from an outside lender, refer to the disclosure statement from Direct Loans that will list the date and amount of the loan disbursement. This document is sent to the student’s Permanent Address. Direct questions to Financial Aid at 651-631-5212.
*NOTE: Private loans take 4-6 weeks to process. Be sure your student completes the application far in advance as a loan in process will not be considered as payment until funds have posted to the student account.
Once a credit balance is generated, your student will receive an email notification of this within a few business days. The notification will give your student directions on how to set up direct deposit so the funds will be transferred electronically to whatever account he/she assigns. If you do not have direct deposit set up, a paper check will be held in the Accounting Services Office and the student is emailed when the check is ready to be picked up in Riley Hall room 1420. The refund will be sent within a two week period from either the date the last financial aid item posted or classes starting, whichever is later.
If a parent took out a PLUS loan for your student, any credit balance will be refunded to that individual. A paper check will be mailed to the borrowers address unless direct deposit is set up.
Set up direct deposit through your authorized user login.
- Authorized User Account
- Click on the Electronic Refunds refunds tab under My Profile Setup
- Enter bank information (checking account number and routing number)
- Click on Personal Profile under My Profile Setup and enter your date of birth and the last 4 digits of your social security number of the parent who completed the Parent Plus Loan application.
*NOTE: We strongly suggest students and parents to set up direct deposit for refunds; it is more cost effective and secure.
This will need to be completed by your student. They can choose to use an already existing account that you have already saved for payments or “Set up a new account” and follow the promptings. (Routing and account numbers are required. *Do not use a debit card number.)
Students can add more funds at any time during the school year. They can complete this through the myUNW widget on their Dashboard.
All full time traditional students are required to have a meal plan and will be automatically be billed for one. It is not necessary to Add Dining Funds until you have used all your assigned dining funds during a semester. If your student is not a full time student and would like a meal plan or if you have any questions about dining plans at Northwestern, your student should contact Jane Goedeke in Event Services at 651-631-5107 or [email protected].
Yes. In order to get updates sent via text: Go into you Authorized User account. Login by scanning the code to the right.
Go to My Profiles and for the Alternate e-mail address insert your phone’s MMS email address. See below for major carriers.
- Verizon: my10digit#@vswpix.com
- AT&T: my10digit#@mms.att.net
- Sprint: [email protected]
- T-Mobile: my10digit#@tmomail.net.
(Another way to know your phone’s MMS email address is to send a picture message to your email from your phone or contact your carrier for more information.)
Please stop by our office in Riley Hall #1420 or contact us at 651-631-5352 or [email protected].
For questions relating to Adult Undergraduate or Grad students contact us at 651-631-5177 or [email protected].
* Keep in mind we will only be able to release your student’s information to you if you are authorized.*
We are located in Riley Hall, Room 1420, and our doors are noted with an “Accounting Services” sign. Normal office hours are 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or by appointment.
