Another school year brings another year of student payments for tuition. When it comes to making your tuition payment, this year has already been different than previous years. This fall the University of Wisconsin-Superior introduced a new payment plan ‘JacketPay.’
An email was sent out by the university on Aug. 21 encouraging students to enroll in JacketPay before the tuition deadline on Sept. 10. If you were a student not checking your email consistently, you may have missed it.
JacketPay can be found in your Student Payment Portal. According to the email sent out to students, “Students must be Paid in Full or enrolled in Jacket Pay (Payment Plan) by the Student Billing Deadline. If students are not enrolled in Jacket Pay and carry a balance past the Student Billing Deadline, Structured Fees will be applied to their account until they are paid in full or enrolled into Jacket Pay.”
If students missed the Sept. 10 deadline, an automatic one-time $100 late fee would be charged to the account. Enrollment for JacketPay is a non-refundable $65 deduction that is paid at the time of enrollment.
If you click on “View Bill” and select the current semester while in eHive, the “Make Payment” button will direct you to JacketPay.
Photo: JacketPay Training Guide
Students who did not pay their tuition in full by the Sept. 10 due date will have to make monthly payment on every 15 of the month from September through December. A 1.5% finance charge will be applied to the remaining balance of the account on Oct. 11, Nov. 11, and Dec. 11.
With little time given to students to pay off tuition, many aren’t happy about JacketPay. Kyle Weinschenk, a senior at UWS, thinks it’s confusing, “It doesn’t allow time for students to add or drop classes as I can only imagine freshmen are still getting settled in. What happens if you drop a class two weeks in?”
A 3% transaction fee also will also be applied onto students making payments via credit cards. eChecks comes with a $0.50 fee. Students will be feed $10 for paying out of making electronic payments from a college savings account. International students will two options to make paymetns, both TransferMate and FlyWire.
“If you pay with a credit card it’s a 3% fee instead of paying $1 for an eCheck. They need to be clearer and more student-friendly,” said Weinschenk.
Even students considered off-campus, like senior Ethan Ulman, think it’s too early. “Way too early compared to all previous payments I’ve made, as someone who pays for a good chunk of school I like to have the extra time,” said Ulman.
A $10 late fee will also be applied to students who pay 15 days after the due dates. Non-sufficient funds will see a $25 fee. Fall 2024 final tuition deadline is due by the end of the semester.
