Payment Plan Information

You may pay your balance due in full when you register for classes, or you can elect to enroll in a payment plan and pay in installments over time. The optional payment plan is designed to help you spread out your account balance over a series of regular installments!

Deadlines

Oct 11 2026

FAQs

  • Making a partial payment does not automatically enroll you in a payment plan.
  • Students and authorized users must be willing to allow automatic withdrawals from a personal checking account or scheduled charges to a debit/credit card.
  • There is a $25 non-refundable fee that is due at enrollment.
  • Payments are set to be drafted on a specific Bi-Weekly/Monthly schedule each month. These dates are set dates and cannot be adjusted.
  • Payment plan enrollment must be completed prior to the payment deadlines for each semester to prevent possible registration cancellation.
  • Once you are enrolled in a payment plan for the semester, the plan may not be canceled at any time, and there is a balance due on your student account.  
  • Students can have only one active payment plan per semester. Even if a student has more than one authorized user, they may only have one payment plan per semester.
  • You cannot enroll in a payment plan with a cash payment. You must use a credit/debit card or bank account to enroll.

  • Your payment plan balance will automatically recalculate to match your student account balance as you add/drop/change classes.
  • The payment plan will stop recalculating 1 day prior to your installment due date.
  • Recalculation also knows when your financial aid, scholarship, and other credits have posted and will reduce your payment plan balance accordingly.
  • You will receive email notifications any time your payment plan installment amounts increase or decrease.
  • If your payment plan for a term is paid off at any point in the term and then courses are added to your schedule you will have to enroll in a new payment plan for the new charges.

  • If you have financial aid and your balance is not paid in full or you have not enrolled in a payment plan, your courses will be dropped without exception.
  • Students who expect to receive financial aid and enroll in a payment plan need to make their payment plan payments when they are due.
  • When financial aid is anticipated (ready to pay) or paid to the student account, it will be applied subsequently to remaining installments due.
  • If financial aid does not pay the payment plan in full, remaining payments due will be adjusted subsequently.
  • If financial aid creates a credit balance on the student account, a refund will be processed.

  • Changes to your payment method must be made two days prior to the next scheduled installment date.
  • Only the payment plan owner has the ability to change the payment method.

  • If your down payment/enrollment fee returns, you will be removed from the payment plan
  • You will receive multiple notifications before any installment is processed to give you an opportunity to make sure sufficient funds are available to process each upcoming installment.
  • Your returned payment will be added back to your student account, and your remaining installments will be recalculated.
  • You will be assessed a $25 return/late payment fee by TVCC, and your financial institution may also charge NSF fees on your bank account.
  • If the card associated with your payment plan has expired or the bank account is closed, please update your payment method.
  • TVCC has the right to deny enrollment in a payment plan if payments are frequently late/returned.
  • If you have any late/returned payments on your payment plan, a Business Office Hold will be placed on your student account, which will prevent registration in future terms.
  • Once the late/returned payment is paid and your account is current, the hold can be removed by emailing Cashier@tvcc.edu and informing the office that your account is current.