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.  

For a small application fee ($45 per semester), but no interest or other finance charges, families may contract to have 4 or 5 equal monthly installments each semester deducted directly from their bank account or charged to a credit card. 

No payment plan is available for summer charges or past due balances.

• Enrollment in the monthly payment plan will be through the Nelnet Student Account Portal and will be available when the Fall 2021 bill email notification is sent out in early July 2021. Payment plans are only offered for the Fall and Spring semesters. 
• Brandeis does not offer an in-house monthly payment option or accept payments for the payment plan directly
• Beginning 2021-2022, when you enroll in a Nelnet monthly payment plan, you will be required to set up a recurring payment method.  You can either select a credit card or automatic draft from a bank account.  Payments will be charged to your card or withdrawn from the bank account automatically on the 15th of each month.
• Returned payments:  If a payment is returned unpaid by the credit card or bank account on record, Nelnet will attempt to submit the payment again. If the second attempt is also returned unpaid by the credit card or bank account the payment plan is cancelled. Any student account balance that was being covered by the monthly payment plan will be due immediately as a one-time payment.
• If you are using a 529 Plan to pay all or part of your student account balance, it cannot be sent in monthly installments as Nelnet requires all monthly payment plans to be set up with a method of automatic payment.
  
  You should submit your 529 plan payment as a one time payment by the published semester due date using the "Check, Money Order, Cash, 529 Plan and Travelers Check Instructions" below. If the 529 check does not cover the full semester balance due, you can use the monthly payment plan for the remaining balance.
  
  
                             Enrollment deadlines and required down payments are listed below:

   Fall Payment Plans:  The $45 non refundable enrollment fee is due at the time of enrollment.

  Dates to sign up online	Required Down Payment	Number of Payments	Months of Payments
  June 1 - July 13	None	5	July  15 - Nov 15
  July 14 - Aug 12	None	4	Aug  15 - Nov 15
  Aug 13 - Sept 3	25%	3	Sept 15 - Nov 15

  *Due to the Fall 2021 go live of our new system, Workday Student, the Enrollment date will start when the Fall E-bill notifications are sent in early July.

   

  Spring Payment Plans:  The $45 non-refundable enrollment fee is due at the time of enrollment.

  Dates to sign up online	Required Down Payment	Number of Payments	Months of Payments
  Nov 20 - Dec 11	None	5	Dec  15 - April 15
  Dec 14 - Jan 13	None	4	Jan  15 - April 15
  Jan 14 - Feb 4	25%	3	Feb 15 - April 15

   

  • For Spring 2021 and Summer 2021 charges students should continue to pay through the Sage link to the Student Account Center or brandeis.afford.com for parent participants.

    Starting Fall 2021 Semester, 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.

     

For Spring 2021 and Summer 2021 charges students should continue to pay through the Sage link to the Student Account Center or brandeis.afford.com for parent participants.

Starting Fall 2021 Semester, 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 cards accepted are Discover, MasterCard, Visa and American Express. Processing fees do apply for credit card payments and are displayed before  you submit your payment. No fees apply to the direct withdrawal from checking/savings accounts (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 Western Union Business Solutions.    

Both Flywire and Western Union Business Solutions 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 Western Union Business solutions and register your payment each time you wish to send a payment.  This will give you up-to-date exchange rates and will ensure your payment is posted to your student account balance accurately and timely. 

Spring 2021 and Summer 2021 balances can be made through either Flywire or Western Union Business Solutions.

Starting with the Fall 2021 Semester charges,  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.

Although we still accept paper checks, we encourage families to pay by eCheck (no fees apply and there are no postage costs) via the Student Account Center. All checks must be drawn from a US Bank and be payable in US dollars to Brandeis University. Personal or 529 Plan checks (mailed by First Class Mail only) should include the student’s name and 8 digit sage 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 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.  Cash payments exceeding $9,999 must be reported to the IRS and will require you to submit proof of identity. Until further notice, Brandeis will not be accepting cash payments.