Bursar Office - Financial Obligation, Due Dates, Minimum Payment Requirement

When you register for classes or make changes to your registration using your online Panther Access to Web Services (PAWS) account, you are making a financial commitment to UWM.  All students are required to sign a University Credit Agreement.  Click on the University Credit Agreement link located on the left hand navigation bar to read more about the agreement.   

Failure to view your account does not negate your responsibility to pay by the due date. 

• Fall 2013 tuition and fees are due August 27, 2013.
  First Fall 2013 Installment Charge is due early October 2013.
  Second Fall 2013 Installment Charge is due early November 2013.
  

• UWinterIM 2014 tuition and fees are due December 27, 2013.

• Spring 2014 tuition and fees are due January 15, 2014.
  First Spring 2014 Installment Charge is due early February 2013.
  Second Spring 2014 Installment Charge is due early March 2013.

• Summer tuition and fees are due the Friday before your session week begins.

 If you are living in one of the residence halls, your room and meal plan charges have different due dates.

You must view PAWS to determine the correct amount due and due dates.  You may pay on PAWS with webCheck or credit card.  Please see our section on How to Make a Payment on PAWS.  Failure to pay charges by the due date may result in late fees, finance charges and a Bursar Hold placed on your account.  The Bursar Hold restricts future registration, transcript release and other campus services.

Tuition and fees are due on the date indicated on your PAWS account regardless of the class start date.  If you are living in one of the residence halls, your room and meal plan charges have separate charges and separate due dates.  To avoid cancellation of registration (during the spring and fall semesters only) all earlier amounts due plus $200 must be paid and credited to your student account by the fee due date to avoid cancellation of registration.

 No paper bills will be sent to currently registered students.  

If you pay all financial obligations with a due date prior to the fall due date, plus at least $200.00 against your fall fees by the fee due date, your eligible charges will be placed on the Installment Payment Plan.  If you pay all financial obligations with a due date prior to the spring due date, plus at least $200.00 against your spring fees by the fee due date, your eligible charges will be placed on the Installment Payment Plan.  (See Note below)  You are required to complete a University Credit Agreement. The Installment Payment Plan is not available for the winter or summer semesters.  Winter and summer fees are due by the due date indicated on PAWS.

Each fall installment has a due date when payment must be received (early October and early November).  Each spring installment has a due date when payment must be received (mid February and mid March).  You must view PAWS for exact due dates.  Failure to pay your installment or any charge on PAWS by the due date may result in late payment fees, finance charges and a Bursar Hold placed on your account.  This hold restricts future enrollment, transcript release and other campus services.  Past due PAWS charges and installments are subject to finance charges of 1% per month.  See the Installment Payment Plan Section for additional information.  

Note:  Study Abroad, ESL and Executive MBA fees are not eligible to be paid on the Installment Payment Plan.  Monthly Kenilworth rent charges will be added to your PAWS account monthly.  These charges are not eligible to be paid on the Installment Payment Plan.  The Installment Payment Plan is not available during the winter or summer  semesters.

The Minimum Payment Required Hold (for the fall and spring semesters only) requires all financial obligations with a prior due date plus $200.00 be paid to your student account before you will be allowed to register for the spring or fall semesters.  Approximately four weeks before the tuition and fee due date the Minimum Payment Required Hold will be placed on all student accounts who are eligible to register and do not have a qualifying exemption from cancellation.  (see the Exemptions from Cancellation of Registration located on the Bursar website)   

Auditors who will owe less than $200.00 must pay fees in full by the fee due date.  After paying full auditor’s fees that are less than $200.00, contact the Cashiers or Accounts Receivable Office to have the minimum payment hold removed.  

If you make your minimum payment on PAWS by webCheck or credit card, your balance may be $0.00.  Simply type in the amount you want to pay and complete the transaction.  The minimum payment hold will be removed within two business hours.