Financial Responsibilities
Fee Payment
Tuition, fees, room and board charges are payable on the designated payment due date of each term. Payments may be made via cash, check, money order, MasterCard, Visa or Discover.
At the time a student formally registers for classes, either by signing and submitting the appropriate registration forms to the Student Support Center or Academic Services Office, or by registering online, the student agrees to:
- Assume financial responsibility for any charges as posted to his/her student account.
- Abide by the official University policies regarding withdrawals.
- Assume the responsibility for understanding the University's official policy concerning schedule changes and financial responsibility policies.
- If you will not be attending, you must drop the course(s) from your schedule prior to the first day of the term. Failure to drop the courses will result in a charge to your student account.
Late Payments
Please note the following policies regarding late payments and delinquent accounts:
- All accounts not paid in full by the first day of each term are subject to a monthly late fee of 1.25% of the unpaid balance. Deferment accounts are subject to a 1.25% interest charge calculated on the average daily balance.
- All accounts must be paid in full in order for students to enroll in future terms, receive copies of their grade reports, transcripts or diplomas.
- If an account remains unpaid, RMU reserves the right to employ a 3rd party collection agency, list the account with a credit reporting agency and use any other legal means to collect the debt and assess against the student all expenses incurred, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees.
- If an account must be sent to collections or litigation due to nonpayment of the outstanding balance, the University reserves the right to demand payment in full of subsequent terms of enrollment, prior to the beginning of each term to ensure enrollment.
- Robert Morris University is a non-profit institution of higher learning. As such, student receivable accounts are considered to be educational loans offered for the sole purpose of financing an education and are not dischargeable in bankruptcy proceedings.
- The University reserves the right to cancel the registration of any student if a balance due from a previous term remains unpaid at the start of a subsequent term or if financial clearance is gained by providing a check with non sufficient funds.