Northern Illinois University establishes an account for each of its students that functions like a credit plan for the purpose of charging tuition and fees, room and board, and other applicable university charges. Students have direct online access to their account information by logging into MyNIU and navigating to the Account Inquiry link in the Financials Section of the Student Center:
Navigation: Self Service > Student Center > Finances Section > Account Inquiry
Through their MyNIU self service access, students can view their charges, due dates for these charges, payments and credits for financial aid at any time.
Payment of all charges for a term is due one week prior to the start of the term to which the charges apply. Through this account, students can pay the full amount of their account balance at this time or an amount less than the full amount. Students have until mid-term to pay their account balance in full without loss of registration. Specific due dates pertain to each of the charges on the student account. Students who pay less than the total amount due by the respective due date will be assessed a monthly late payment fee of 1.08% on the portion that continues to remain unpaid.
Any student with a past due balance remaining at mid-term will have a hold placed on his/her account. This hold will prohibit the student from registering for future term classes and obtaining official transcripts until the account balance is paid-in-full. To avoid having a hold placed on the account, the account should be paid-in-full no later than:
| Semester | Date |
| Fall 2009 | October 19, 2009 |
| Spring 2010 | March 08, 2010 |
| Summer 2010 | August 09, 2010 |
Financial Responsibility: By registering for courses at Northern Illinois University, the student accepts financial responsibility for payment in full of the student account plus (if necessary) any additional costs which may be incurred by the university in the collection of these debts. Late payment fees will be applied to past due amounts. Failure to pay a past due debt may result in the debt being listed with credit bureaus, the State Comptroller’s Offset Program and (if necessary) referred to a collection agency and/or other authorized legal debt collection procedures. Under such circumstances, the student is responsible for all fees and costs incurred by the university in the collection of the past due debt, including the collection fees and/or attorney’s fees.