Office of Student Financial Services

Brandeis partners with Nelnet to offer a monthly payment plan to families as a method to spread the cost of a semester over several months. Payments are required to be made on the scheduled due date, in the methods allowed by Nelnet, and must be paid directly to Nelnet.

Monthly Payment Plan Information

One-time credit card and e-check payments can be made through your Nelnet Student Account Portal link in Workday Student. Once in the Nelnet Student Account Portal, you will see a link to "Make a Payment." Anyone other than the student should be added by the student as an Authorized Payer in the student’s Nelnet Student Account and may make payments through the Nelnet Campus Commerce login page using their Authorized Payer log-in credentials. Authorized Payers should not log in as the student.

Credit and debit cards accepted are Discover, MasterCard, Visa and American Express. Processing fees do apply for both credit card and debit card payments and are displayed before  you submit your payment. No fees apply to the direct withdrawal from checking/savings accounts if done through e-check. Returned payments are subject to the $30 returned check fee.

Brandeis has partnered with two of the leaders in global payments to allow international students to send payments in your home currency and through other options available in your country. Brandeis does not accept wires directly. Students must use either Flywire or Convera, previously known as Western Union Business Solutions.    

Both Flywire and Convera offer competitive rates and a simple method to make and track your payments to Brandeis. You can review both options and select the payment method that works best for  you. You must log in to Flywire or Convera and register your payment each time you wish to send a payment.  

You can access these payment options by logging into Workday Student and using the link to the Nelnet Student Account Portal. From the "Make a Payment" button you can select the International Payment on Payment Method. Each time you make an international payment  you must log in to the Nelnet Student Account Portal and register your payment with the International Payment Processor you select to use. This will give you up-to-date exchange rates and will ensure your payment is posted to your student account balance accurately and timely. 

Although we still accept paper checks, we encourage families to pay by e-check (no fees apply) via Nelnet. All checks must be drawn from a U.S. Bank and be payable in U.S. dollars to Brandeis University. Personal or 529 Plan checks (mailed by First Class Mail only) should include the student's name and 8-digit Workday ID and can be sent to our bank's payment processing center at:

Brandeis University
POST OFFICE
P.O. Box 28197
New York, NY 10087-8197

Correspondence, third party checks and Priority Mail, Express Mail, FedEx, UPS, or other courier mail, should not be sent to the New York address. 529 Plans Payments can not be used towards monthly payment plans. 529 Plan withdrawals should be sent to Brandeis as a one-time semester payment by the published semester due date.  If the 529 Plan payment does not cover the semester balance in full, any remaining balance may be budgeted on a monthly payment plan.

Mail requiring signatures, tracking or proof of delivery as well as payments from third party sponsors or scholarship organizations should be sent directly to the Office of Student Financial Services at:

Brandeis University
Office of Student Financial Services
Usdan Student Center, MS 027
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02453

Checks, money orders and travelers checks are also accepted in the Office of Student Financial Services in Usdan Student Center.  Please note that, Brandeis does not accept cash payments.