Enrollment in the PittPAY Payment Plan is optional. You may make payment in full by the due date on the eBill, or you may elect to enroll in the payment plan and pay in installments.

Students must owe at least $500 per term to qualify for enrollment.

To enroll: log onto http://my.pitt.edu > Student Services > PittPAY > Payment Plan

Choice of plans:

Fall term – begin payments as early as May, up to 6 installments

Spring term – begin payments in November, up to 6 installments

Annual plan – (fall & spring) begin payments as early as May, up to 12 installments for year Summer term – begin in May, 3 installments

Plan fees:

$55 non-refundable enrollment fee for the fall, spring, and summer plans,

$90 non-refundable enrollment fee for the annual plan (fall and spring terms together) The enrollment fee will be debited (charged) as soon as you complete the payment plan enrollment process.

Payments:

Payments will be automatically debited from the credit card or bank account specified during the payment plan enrollment process in PittPAY.

The account is automatically charged for the enrollment fee and for each monthly installment.

Payment Plan payments can only be made by auto-debit from a credit card or bank account.

o Credit or debit card payments will be charged a non-refundable 2.75%   service charge for each transaction.
o No fee is charged for payments made by eCheck from checking accounts.

Each installment will be automatically debited on the 5th of the month.

You will not receive eBills in PittPAY if you are enrolled in a payment plan.

Calculating installment amount:

Since you can enroll in a payment plan before the University has determined tuition, room and meal plan rates for a new academic year, the payment plan’s budget calculator will assist you in determining your estimated payment plan budget. The amount of your early installments will be based on the estimated amounts determined during the Payment Plan enrollment process.

• Once the student is registered for classes for the term and has actual charges posted to the student account, we will automatically adjust the payment plan balance to match the amount due on the student account.


• Anticipated financial aid is subtracted in computing the adjusted amount of the actual payment plan balance.


• The student account is checked shortly before the auto-debit each month and the amount of the remaining payment plan balance is automatically adjusted when the student has actual charges and payments posted to the student account.


• The remaining installments will be rebalanced by dividing the actual student account balance, less anticipated financial aid, by the number of installments remaining.


• You will be notified of any change made to the payment plan balance and to the amount of remaining installments. Students are notified to their Pitt email address and Authorized Payers are notified to the email address in their PittPAY User Preferences.


• Once the payment plan balance is adjusted to correspond to the student account balance, if an installment debit is not successful, you will be removed from the payment plan. This might occur if a credit card transaction is declined, or an eCheck is returned for insufficient funds or the bank account is closed.


• You will also be charged a $25 non-refundable fee for each failed debit. If you wish to enroll in a new plan after this occurs, you will be charged another non-refundable enrollment fee.


• Students may enroll in the payment plan themselves.


• An Authorized Payer (parent or other person) may enroll their student in a payment plan.


• Students can have only one active payment plan at a time.


• To create an Authorized Payer, students log onto www.my.pitt.edu, > Student Services, > PittPAY, > Authorized Payer and follow the instructions.


• Please note that we cannot discuss any student account details or any payment plan details with individuals who are not designated in PittPAY as the student’s Authorized Payers.