All fees and charges are payable prior to the beginning of the semester for which the student is enrolled. Fees may be paid at the Office of the Bursar between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or you may mail your payment to: Office of the Bursar, Bowling Green State University, 132 Administration Building, PO Box 993, Bowling Green, OH 43402-0993. Payments may be paid by cash, check or credit card. Checks and money orders should be made payable to Bowling Green State University. Students attending classes at the Firelands campus may pay their fees at the Office of Registration on the Firelands campus.
Credit card payments for fees and University charges may be made
by MasterCard, Visa or Discover. Credit card
payments may also be made by FAX 372-7665 or voice mail 372-0111. Both are
24-hour open lines. Please note that any refund due to a student whose account was
paid with a credit card will be reimbursed with a credit to the appropriate credit card.
The final date for payment of fees for each semester is the next to last business day before the official date for the beginning of the semester. Failure to pay fees before the beginning of a semester may result in the cancellation of a student's registration and/or assessment of late payment fees. A student registering and/or paying fees beginning with the first day of classes (including summer) is assessed a late payment fee of $5 for each late day including Saturdays and Sundays to a maximum of $25 and a late registration fee ranging from $25 to $75, depending on the date of registration. Service charges will also be assessed to those accounts not paid by the official due dates to help offset additional billing and collection costs.
BGSU students and their parents have the opportunity to participate in an optional Installment Payment Plan (IPP). The installment plan is available for the fall or spring semester and requires an application each semester (since the plan is optional). The IPP permits students to divide their fall semester room, meal and fee charges into four equal installments in July, September, October and November. The IPP for spring semester also allows four payments: December, January, February and March.
A nonrefundable finance charge is assessed on the amount financed each semester regardless of early payment of any amount previously financed, or whether the student has financial aid pending. The interest rate is set by the Ohio Student Aid Commission and is subject to change.
Participation in IPP is not required. Students may continue to pay University expenses in full by the due date but no later than the last work day before classes begin.
Photo identification cards are issued to new freshmen, transfer and graduate students during their first term of classes. This photo ID is good for the entire length of time a student attends the University. The identification card is only valid with a bursar validation sticker obtained each term (see below).
Guest students are not issued photo identification cards except on request. Identification cards may be replaced if lost or defective for a fee.
The photo ID card, with the validation sticker, is needed for eating in the dining facilities, cashing checks, charging items, checking out library books, using computer labs, purchasing athletic tickets, using the recreation center, attending University functions, etc.
Validation stickers are issued each term to all registered and paid students. This sticker verifies enrollment in and payment for the particular term and includes the student's name, identification number, college, hours registered, term and year. Stickers are only issued to students determined by the bursar to have paid accounts.
The validation sticker should be attached to the reverse side of the photo ID. This sticker is not generally required by most areas until two weeks after classes begin. A printed class schedule and a photo ID will permit student usage at the library and Student Recreation Center prior to receiving the sticker. Approximately two weeks after classes begin, the validation sticker is required by all areas across campus as proof of registration and payment of fees.
The address to which the validation stickers are mailed is selected in this order: 1. a student's on-campus residence hall address, 2. on-campus mailbox in Moseley Hall, 3. department address, 4. billing address and 5. permanent address. Validation stickers printed with an out-of-state address are held in the Office of the Bursar at the cashier windows for pick-up.
During the fall and spring semesters, through the second week of classes, validation stickers are mailed to the on-campus mailboxes. After the second week of classes they are collected from the on-campus mailboxes and taken back to the Office of the Bursar for distribution at the cashier window stations. During the summer term all the validation stickers are distributed at the Office of the Bursar through the cashier windows.
Validation stickers are not required for the use of meal plans. The meal system is updated on a daily basis and the dining services staff will activate meal accounts as soon as they are requested to be opened.
Validation stickers may be replaced if lost for a $2 charge. If the information on the validation sticker is not correct, the student should contact the Office of the Bursar.
If a student voluntarily drops one or more courses or withdraws from the University during the fall or spring semesters, fees (except for the application fee and registration fee) are refunded on the following basis:
For drop or withdrawal from an eight-week summer session, fees are refunded:
For drop or withdrawal from a six-week summer session, fees are refunded:
For drop or withdrawal from a summer workshop, fees are refunded:
This schedule pertains to instructional, general and nonresident fees (where applicable); a separate refund schedule for room and meal plan charges is outlined in the housing acceptance agreement. No deduction is granted because a student begins the semester late.
A student who voluntarily drops a course and remains registered for between 11-18 hours is not entitled to any refund of fees. If a student drops a course and is thus registered for fewer than 11 credits, the per-credit-hour rate schedule will be applicable to the remaining courses. The refund schedule for the dropped course is based on a class-by-class reduction schedule according to the schedule listed above. Any refund is subject to the percentage refund schedule.
If a student drops a course in which a special course fee has been paid, the fee is refunded in accordance with the schedule given above. Refunds normally take a minimum of four weeks to be processed. Refunds of payments made with a credit card will be credited to the appropriate credit card number.
A student who stops attending classes and does not complete a formal withdrawal notice is not entitled to any refund. A student withdrawing under discipline forfeits all rights to the return of any portion of fees. However, in the event of academic dismissal, all monies prepaid for a semester are refunded in full.
For other policies regarding dropping a course or withdrawal from the University, see Academic Policies and Procedures and Financial Aid.
A student experiencing financial difficulties should contact the Office of the Bursar promptly to arrange for the payment of any outstanding balance to avoid additional collection actions.
When University charges (room, meals, fees and others) are not paid on a timely basis, the Office of the Bursar will seek to collect the past due monies in a prompt business-like manner. As part of this process, service charges will be assessed and it is possible that a student's grades, diploma, transcript and/or other services may be withheld. Rooms, meals and/or registration could be canceled. If satisfactory arrangements cannot be made, as a last resort the account will be referred to a third party or to small-claims court for collection and the delinquency reported to the credit bureau.
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