How to Choose a Payment Plan

October 12, 2020 9:37am

Each semester, SC Professional Studies students are required to re-sect their payment plan (the method in which you intend to pay your SC bill) within Self-Service. This ensures that our records are kept up to date, as we understand that the way you pay your bill may change periodically. Though you may have selected a payment plan during a previous semester, you must select a plan again at the beginning of each academic semester (fall, spring, summer), regardless of which payment plan you choose. Here are the options of payment plans as well as brief descriptions of each to help guide you to choosing the appropriate one.

Option 1: Monthly Automatic Installment Payment Plan

Select this option for any balance you are paying out of pocket. There is a nonrefundable fee of $15 for this option. Payments for this option are split evenly among the remaining months in the semester. Payments will be taken out automatically on the 10th day of each month. If you choose this option, you will receive monthly reminders three days before your payment is due.

Option 2: Reimbursement Plan

You will want to select this option if your company or other third party is reimbursing you for your tuition. There is a nonrefundable $15 fee for this payment option. Payments for this option are due 60 days after the last day of class. You will select an option from the dropdown menu, which will include:

• Corporate Reimbursement
• Other Reimbursement

You will need to send a copy of your employer’s tuition reimbursement letter or voucher authorizing tuition and fee reimbursement to accounts@sckans.edu

Option 3: Third Party Payer

If a third party is paying directly for your tuition, you will choose this payment option. There is no fee for this plan. Select this plan if Southwestern College is to bill a third party for your tuition. You will select an option from the dropdown menu, which will include:

• Corporate Direct Billing
• Education
• Kansas Board of Regents TA
• Military TA
• Military TA with VA/Top-Up
• TAA
• Third Party Payer
• WIA

For this plan, you will also need to send a copy of your Military TA form or your employer’s direct billing letter or voucher authorizing direct billing for tuition and fees to accounts@sckans.edu

Option 4: GI Bill Plan

You will select this if you have activated your veteran’s benefits. Once you have selected to enroll in this plan, you will select the appropriate Chapter of Benefits from the drop-down menu to include the following:

• Chapter 1606
• Chapter 1607 REAP
• Chapter 30 – Montgomery GI Bill
• Chapter 31 – Vocational Rehabilitation
• Chapter 33 – Post 9/11
• Chapter 35 – DEA
• Yellow Ribbon Program

Option 5: Financial Aid

If you are receiving Federal Financial Aid, you may not need to select a payment plan depending on you circumstance. Those scenarios may include:

• Your account has zero balance after registering for classes. In this case, anticipated aid is posted on your account and you do not need to choose a payment plan.
• Your account has a balance after your anticipated aid has been posted to your account. In this case, you will pay the balance in full or set up a payment plan.
• Your Financial Aid is pending. If this occurs, you will need to set up a payment plan until you aid is disbursed.