How to Make Payments & Manage Billing

Billing & Statements

• Billing
• Third Party Billing
• Understanding Your Statement

Special Payments

• Tuition Deferred Payment Plan
• International Payments – Flywire
• International Payments – IFT
• Returned Checks
• Payment Agreements

Payment Options

UCSC eBill/ePay

Electronic payments (eCheck, Credit Card, or 529 Savings Plan online payments) are the safest and most convenient way to pay your balance. Online payments through UCSC eBill/ePay are typically posted within one business day.

Credit card convenience fee:

• The domestic rate (United States) is 2.95% or $3.00 (whichever is greater).  Only transactions over $20 are subject to a $3.00 minimum.
• The international rate is 4.25% or $3.00 (whichever is greater).  Only transactions over $20 are subject to a $3.00 minimum.

The fee will be displayed to the user before they submit their payment and the user must acknowledge the total payment amount before they can continue.

The convenience fees are being charged by the third-party vendor (SmartPay/Transact) and are not collected by UC Santa Cruz.

Via Mail

Payments via mail can be made with check, cashiers check, or money order. Please make checks payable to “UC Regents”. Please be sure to put your student account id number on the check for proper posting.

Do not send cash through the mail.

Send payments to:
SBS Financial Service Center
UCSC, Hahn 102
1156 HIGH STREET
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064-1077

Note: Use of personal banking “online bill payment” services may delay payment of your account and may result in enrollment consequences.

529 Savings Plan Payments via eBill/ePay

Users can now make payments to UCSC from their 529 Savings plans electronically via the UCSC eBill/ePay site.

When selecting Make a Payment, 529 Payments will show up as a payment method.  In order to make the payment, the person logged in to UCSC eBill/ePay will select the savings plan from a list of available plans (not all plans are available.  If your plan is not in the selection list, please refer to the bottom of this section).  They will have to Log-in/Authenticate into their Savings Plan Account.  The person making the payment in UCSC eBill/ePay must know the appropriate log-in information.  Please make sure that anyone who wishes to make a 529 Payment towards a UCSC account has been invited to be an Authorized Other Payer/Parent Pin for UCSC eBill/ePay.

The 529 Savings Plan site will only allow appropriate payments to be made, according to the rules of the plan. See below for a list of qualified/non-qualified expenses for 529 Savings Plan payments:

There will be a $10.00 fee for the 529 Plan Payment added to the total.  This total will be displayed and must be approved before the payment is submitted.

Making the payment electronically via UCSC eBill/ePay ensures the payment will be posted quickly and correctly to the MyUCSC student account.

Payments can also be made with a 529 College Savings Plan via mail. Checks should be made payable to “UC Regents”, and include the Student ID on the memo line of the check to ensure proper posting.

Summer Session Payments

To apply for Summer Session, please visit their website.

To pay your summer session charges, please use any of the payment methods above.  Your charges will be shown on MyUCSC and your eBill will be available on the UCSC eBill/ePay site.