Payment Options

Payments must be made by 4:30 p.m. CT to be considered paid on the due date.

Attention:   When using a campus lab computer, and associated software, users should not enter bank account or payment card information on these systems. Users (authorized or unauthorized) have no explicit or implicit expectation of privacy. SIUE is not responsible for equipment malfunction, damage to disks, loss of data, transmission of data (secure or otherwise), data saved on the computer, or for personal computers, laptops, or other devices.

Online payments made at siue.edu/pay-my-bill are easy and convenient, and post immediately to your account!

• eCheck (no service fee) - available to currently enrolled students.
• MasterCard, Visa, Discover or American Express A 2.85% nonrefundable serivce fee applies on all card payments.
• Want to avoid the fee?  Instead of using your debit card, select the eCheck option and enter the associated bank routing number and your checking account number (do not enter the check number!)  If you do not know the bank routing number and your checking account number, call your bank.  Here's an example.  You only have to enter this once and save it then you can use it for your next payment.

In person using cash or check

By mail with check

• You MUST include the student's University ID number (beginning with 800) and name to ensure payment is posted accurately and timely. Make checks payable to SIUE and allow at least 7 days for Post Office handling.
• Mail to: SIUE Bursar's Office, P.O. Box 1042, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1042
• Overnight express or shipping service please use: SIUE Bursar's Office, Rendleman Hall Room 1101, #6 Hairpin Drive, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1042
• Post-dated checks are not accepted by the University. Upon receipt of a post-dated check, the Bursar's Office will return the check to the maker. Financial clearance will not be granted based on a post-dated check.

Night Deposit payments (check only) may be dropped into the Night Deposit located outside the Bursar's main office in Rendleman Hall. Include the student's University ID number (beginning with 800) and name to ensure payment is posted accurately and timely.

College Illinois!

If you are eligible for College Illinois!, call the Office of the Bursar, Agency Billing, 618-650-3128. Your name, University ID and College Illinois! account number are required to enable us to bill College Illinois! for your tuition and fees.

For specific information about your College Illinois! account balance, benefits, eligibility, etc., please contact College Illinois! Customer Service at 1-877-877-3724, option 2. 

Overpayment/Advance Payments

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Office of the Bursar’s Overpayment/Advance payment policy is as follows:   

• Credit balance created by excess Title IV (Federal Financial Aid) funds will follow Title IV refund guidelines. ^{(See Note 1)}
• SIUE is not a financial institution and does not accept intentional overpayments from non-Title IV, or defined educational benefit,  sources to be passed along to the student. Students should establish a banking relationship for purchases of any non-university assessed tuition, fees, room and board expenses, such as off-campus housing and books/supplies/laptops, etc.
• Credit balances created by an overpayment of non-Title IV funds will be returned via the original payment method (Credit Card, Flywire, etc.) after a 10-business day holding period. If the credit balance is the result of an ACH or check payment, then the funds will be returned through direct deposit account on file or check. ^{(See Note 2)}
• To request that SIUE hold excess non-Title IV funds for payment on a future term the student, or authorized third-party, must send written request to bursar@siue.edu stating to hold funds for the next term. ^{(See Note 3 and Note 4)}
• For purposes of 1098-T reporting and following federal guidelines, all payments received will be reported in the tax year (calendar year) in which the funds were received.

Note 1: Title IV funds include: Federal Student Loans, Federal Pell Grants, Federal SEOG……  

Note 2: 529 plans processing time may delay receiving the funds by the first due date.  Thus, installment payment plan payments are made to hold classes to avoid being dropped.  When the 529 plan funds are received and it produces a credit on the account, then the funds will be returned by direct deposit or check to the student

Note 3: If the student graduates or leaves the University before the credit balance is exhausted, the credit balance will be refunded via the original methods when available, or as a direct deposit to the student's designated bank account or mailed by check to the student.

Note 4: If the student receives Federal Financial Aid after the Bursar has posted the overpayment to the student’s account, the Bursar Office cannot guarantee the overpayment will be held. The overpayment may be refunded along with any Financial Aid refund the student receives, even if written notification to hold the overpayment for future semester(s) was received.