Bursar Checklist

   Review your student account on MyNIU to view your amount due.

• Your first bill will be available
  • Spring 2024: February 2 (HIP payment plan available January 4). 
• Generally, a student's account with financial aid is based on a full-time enrollment unless the student has requested a part-time award or has a history of attending part time. Contact the Financial Aid and Scholarship Office for more information.
  
  What Amount Should I Pay?

   Know when tuition and fees are due.

• Payments are due the 28th of each month in which a billing statement has been produced.
• First payment will be due
  
  • Spring 2024: February 28 (HIP payment plan due January 28).
• To view statement dates and due dates, see our Payment Due Dates.   

   Set up "Shared Access” for your parent or guardian.

• To provide MyNIU access for your parent(s), guardian, or a third party to view your charges and payments online, statements, financial aid, 1098-T tax information, etc., as well as receive billing notifications via email, please visit the Shared Access page.
• Students can share their information with up to two delegates.
• Delegates - view our How-to Guide: View Account Statements to see how you can view student account statement.
  
  Sign Up For Shared Access

   Complete your Title IV authorization. 

• Consenting to Title IV authorizes NIU to apply Title IV federal aid such as Pell, SEOG, and Direct Loans towards allowable charges (e.g., student insurance, parking permit, childcare, & graduation fee) for the current financial aid year.
  
  How to Consent to Title IV

   Review your financial aid and "To Do" list (if applicable).

• Review the  Financial Aid Process to confirm that you have completed the necessary steps to receive aid for the year.
• Check you student campus Z-ID email often as well as your MyNIU To Do list for important communications and required actions. 

   Understand types of payments and payment options.

• Payment types include online credit card or electronic check, as well as mailed check. View Make a Payment for full details.
• The Huskie Installment Plan (HIP) is a payment option that creates installments that students can pay over three or four months.

   Sign up for direct deposit.

• If you are expecting a refund from a credit balance, you will receive your refund faster via direct deposit instead of waiting for a printed check to be mailed to your local or permanent address.
• Direct deposit offers a timely, reliable and safe way to deliver your refund to your checking or savings account.
  
  How to Set Up Direct Deposit

   Waive your health insurance by February 29, 2024 (if applicable).

• Learn more about how to waive your health insurance for the year if you have proof of other insurance coverage.

   Access text books and important book charge dates.

• Spring 2024: December 18 to January 26
• All enrolled financial aid recipients are eligible to charge books and supplies to their bursar account during the book charge period each term.
• View how to purchase and receive books along with important book charge dates and eligible amounts.
  
  Important: You must have your OneCard ID to purchase books.

   Deposit Huskie Bucks to your OneCard.

• Huskie Bucks allows students the ease of paying for various services around campus including printing and purchasing food at designated locations on and off the DeKalb NIU Campus. Learn more about Huskie Bucks.

   Do you have your OneCard ID?

• Can’t locate it or have never had one? The OneCard is your key to accessing all functions on campus. To request a new OneCard or a replacement, send an email to onecard@niu.edu.

   Schedule an appointment with an account counselor if you need financial assistance.