Payment Instructions

To make a payment, please complete the "payment coupon" on the bottom portion of the invoice, detach, and remit with payment in the return envelope enclosed with the invoice.

If you do not have the invoice with the "payment coupon," please send your payment to:

Virginia Commonwealth University
Student Accounting Department
P. O. Box 843036
827 West Franklin Street, Room 123
Richmond, VA 23284-3036

Certified mail or express mail payments must be sent to the above address; do not send these payments to the address indicated on the invoice coupon.

Mailed payments should be in the form of check, money order, or credit card. To avoid a late fee, payment must be received by the Student Accounting Department on or before the payment due date.

Tuition payment drop boxes are conveniently located on both campuses in:

•  Founders Hall, Room 104
•  Sanger Hall, Room 1-055

These tuition payment drop boxes are emptied daily and processed by VCU Cashiering Operations.

Payment Methods

1. Personal Check or Money Order
   Checks should be made payable to Virginia Commonwealth University and include the student’s name and student number (indicated on invoice). Check payments may also be remitted through the online payment and billing site.
   
   
2. Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express
   Credit card or check card payments must include the student’s name and student number, the credit card account number and expiration date, and the cardholder's name and telephone number. Credit card payments may also be remitted through the online payment and billing site. Credit card payments cannot be made via the telephone.
   
   

   Students — click here to make an online payment or assign an authorized payer.

   Authorized users — click here to make an online payment.

   In accordance with credit card regulations, the university will refund any credit card balance that results on an account as the outcome of a credit card payment to the credit card company. Any remaining credit balance will be refunded to the student.
   
   
3. Cash is taken only at the Cashiering Operations Office located at 809 West Broad Street. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please do not mail cash.
   
   
4. Third Party Payment Authorization
   
   The Student Accounting Department will bill a third party (an organization, business or agency) for any and all charges, if a valid authorization from the third party is received. The authorization must provide the amount, method of payment and approximate date the payment will be sent to the university. The award must be unconditionally guaranteed to the university.
   
   Students may deduct award amounts from the total due on the invoice, providing the criteria are met. The student is financially responsible for the payment, should the third party default.
   

Online Payment Instructions

1. For Students
   • The student accesses the payment site through the eServices site
   • Select the "Student and Financial Services" tab
   • Select the Student Accounts menu
   • Select the "Make a Payment" option
   
   Students — click here to make an online payment or assign an authorized payer.
   
   
2. For Authorized Users
   • The student must assign an authorized user through the billing and payment site
   • The authorized may pay online at https://payit.vcu.edu/C20245_tsa/web/login.jsp
   • The authorized user accesses the site with his or her email address
   
   Authorized users — click here to make an online payment.