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. Enrollment in the monthly payment plan will be through the Nelnet Student Account Portal.

For full details of the Monthly Payment Plan changes review the Payment Options tab.

Student can view their e-bill account transactions, make payments and manage monthly payment plans through the Nelnet Student Account Portal. Students link to the Nelnet Student Account Portal through the Student Account application in Workday Student.

Students can grant parents or other parties  access to their account details by adding them as an Authorized Party. Parents/Authorized Parties can access the portal  https://online.campuscommerce.com/SignIn.aspx.  Students should set up their Nelnet account and add any Authorized Party in prior to the issuance of the bill.

The Nelnet Student Account Portal displays the same balance as Workday but it is displayed in different formats. To understand how to view your balance in both systems please review the Nelnet View Student Account Balance Job Aid

• Parents must be added by the student as an Authorized Party in order to see the e-bill, view details, make payment, or get emails when a bill is ready
• Students can access the Nelnet Student Account Portal and set up parents or anyone else they wish to make payments or view their student account details as an Authorized Party.
• Students and Authorized Parties can securely set up and save bank account and credit card information in the Nelnet platform for future payments.
• Once a student has added an Authorized Party, the Authorized Party can log on to the Nelnet Student Account Portal using their own credentials at: https://online.campuscommerce.com/SignIn.aspx. Students and Authorized Parties will receive an email when the first ebill of each semester is available.

• One bill is issued each semester by e-bill available through the Nelnet Student Account Portal. Fall bills are issued in early July and Spring bills are issued mid November. All changes to the student account after the bill is originally issued are available through the Nelnet Student Account Portal.
• Each semester, there is a published due date for charges to be paid. For the 2022-2023 Academic year the Fall due date is August 5, 2022 and the Spring due date is December 9, 2022.
• All charges that appear on the initial bill are due by the published due date for the semester.
• Any subsequent changes to the account balance after the initial bill are available on the Nelnet Student Account Portal Transaction Details. This could be balance changes due to change in charges, financial aid, adding/changing housing or meal plan assignments.  Changes in the amount due from the date of the initial bill date through the published due date are due by the published due date.
• Changes in the amount due from the published due date through the first day of classes are due by the first day of classes.
• Changes in the amount due from the first day of classes and on are due immediately/on the date the charge/aid change posts.

• If a student has an overpayment on their student account they may request a refund through Workday Student.
• Refund eligibility continues to be only for: students registered at least ½ time, all funds on the account must be real not anticipated, no refunds will be issued on accounts with unpaid monthly payment plan balances, all loan and scholarship funds must be received. We begin to process refunds no more than 10 days before the start of the term.
  • Refunds issued through Workday Student will use the method of payment the student has set up in the Refund Payment Elections.  Students can add a US bank account to have refunds issued by Direct Deposit.  
  • Refunds from a Parent PLUS loan:  When the parent applies for the PLUS Loan on studentaid.gov; they will select whether any overage should be issued to the student or the parent borrower. This is the method of payment Workday Student will use to deliver any refund portion of a refund due from a PLUS loan.  If the parent borrower requests the refund to go to the student, the PLUS refund will be issued to the student using the Refund Payment Elections set up by the student in Workday Student.  If the parent borrower requests the refund go to themselves, the PLUS refund will be issued by paper check to the parent borrower and mailed to the address listed on the PLUS Loan application.

Before the Academic Period Start Date: 100%

On or Before the 10th day after the Academic Period Start Date: 75%

On or Before the 30th day after the Academic Period Start Date: 50%

After the 30th day after the Academic Period Start Date: 0%
 

Fees

Before the Academic Period Start Date:  100%

After the Academic Period Start Date:  0%   

There is no refund for dropped courses for tuition and fees charged at a flat rate


Fall/Spring terms: Tuition Adjustments for dropped courses for tuition charged at a per credit rate

On or Before the 15th day after the Course Section Start Date: 100%

On or Before the 30th day after the Course Section Start Date: 50%

After 30th day of the Course Section Start Date: 0%


Summer School: Effective Summer 2022 Tuition Adjustments for dropped courses 

Before the Session Start Date: 100%

On the first day of the Session: 75%

On the second day of the Session: 50% 

On the third day of the Session: 25% 

Effective Summer 2022: Non Summer School Undergraduate Summer programs and all Graduate Summer Tuition Refund Policy

**Prior to the first day of course*  or prior to the program start date: 100%

**On or after the first day of courses* or program start date: 0%