Payment Options

For those students who have registered, all tuition and fees must be paid in full or assigned to a payment plan for the Fall 2023 by July 16, 2023.

Students will be deregistered for upcoming semesters unless all indebtedness to the College is either paid or assigned to a payment plan and clearance has been received from Student Financial Services.

Forms of Payment

We accept the following forms of payments:

In-person payments can be made in the form of:

Cash
Checks (made payable to St. Thomas Aquinas College)
Credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express)
Debit cards
Spartan Cards

Online payments can be made by following the steps below:

Login to Banner Self Service
Select Student Services
Select Student Account
Select payment Portal

One-Time Payment Portal: To make a one-time payment towards your account balance, please indicate your student ID number and the corresponding term. For example, if you are making a one-time payment for the Fall term in the 2023-24 school year, you will include ‘Fall 23’.

Checks: Made payable to St. Thomas Aquinas College. There will be a $20 charge for any check returned for NSF. No check will be re-deposited. Should a returned check result in late payment, there will be an additional $50 late payment fee.

Credit Cards: The College accepts American Express, VISA, MasterCard, and Discover. When paying by mail, please complete and return the credit card information portion of your bill, including card number, expiration date, and authorized signature.

PAYMENT DETAILS

If you need to make a STAC High School payment for your classes, please click here and follow the instructions as outlined below. *Student MUST be registered for classes first here.*

Please complete your personal information
Where your student ID is requested, please include your social security number.
Please select the number of tuition/credits you will be taking
Students who are eligible for reduced tuition, please complete the reduced tuition rate section and select the number of tuition/credits you will be taking.
Any student unsure of eligibility regarding reduced tuition, should contact their guidance counselor for more information.
Submit form and follow the instruction listed to process your payment

If you need to make an Athletic related payment (not student account related) such as fundraisers or dinners, please click here and follow the instructions as outlined below:

Please complete your personal information
Select the donation button and put donation amount
Update payment for box
Submit form and follow the instruction listed to process your payment

If you need to make a Residential Life related payment, including your $250 housing deposit for returning students only, please click here.

For students NOT currently enrolled, if you need to make a one time payment to your account related to your balance, please click here. Enrolled students, please follow the directions at the top of the page.

If you need to make a STAC Admissions related payment for new students, including tuition deposit, housing deposit or Pathways deposit, please click here.

If you need to make a STAC Registrar related payment for your Graduation Fee or Diploma Fee, please click here.

If you need to make a STAC Registrar related payment for your Transcript fee, please click here.

Not sure of your balance? Review your account on Banner Self Service.

Credit Card Transaction Fee

Effective June 1, 2023, a non-refundable transaction fee will be added when using a credit card to make payment on a student account. The fee will be 2.85% of the payment amount. All convenience fees are charged and collected by the credit card issuer. Please note, debit cards are processed as credit cards and the fee will apply. For example, if you make a payment of $100 using a domestic credit card, the additional charge/processing fee will be $2.85. This fee will be the responsibility of the credit card holder.

PAYMENT PLANS

The College, in collaboration with Nelnet, offers payment plans to help you meet the cost of college tuition. We offer payment plan options that allow you to pay your semester obligation over a 4 or 5 month period. The cost of the payment plan is $50 per semester.

Fall 2023 plans begin as follows:

5 payments July 20th – November 20th – Close date for enrollment in the 5-month payment plan is 7/16/23
4 payments August 20th – November 20th – Close date for enrollment in the 4-month payment plan is 8/16/23

Summer 2023 plans begin as follows:

2 payments May 25th – June 25th – Close date for enrollment in the 2-month payment plan is 5/19/23

For more information on these plans contact Nelnet at 1-800-609-8056 or online at www.mycollegepaymentplan.com/stac.

International Payment plans

Finally, we’re happy to announce that our students and families from around the globe now have more flexible payment options to help make education costs more manageable.

With Nelnet Campus Commerce and Western Union as your trusted international payment partners, St. Thomas Aquinas College is pleased to now offer payment plans for international students.

For any student and family who can not process payments from a US Bank account, our new payment program now lets you budget and pay your tuition and fees over time – giving you more financial freedom – today and down the line.

EASY ENROLLMENT

It’s easy to set up a payment plan – simply:

Login to Banner Self Service
Select Student Services
Select Student Account
Select Payment Portal
Select the INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT PLAN option & follow the prompts

The cost of the payment plan is $50 per semester. International Fall 2023 plans begin as follows:

5 payments July 20th – November 20th – Close date for enrollment in the 5-month payment plan is 6/29/23
4 payments August 20th – November 20th – Close date for enrollment in the 4-month payment plan is 7/29/23

Approved TAP awards cannot be refunded until the College has received the funds from NY State. Generally, there is a delay in funds that are received from NY State
All college fees are non-refundable
Deposits are non-refundable