Student Payments

For our safety and your peace of mind, please do not mail cash payments.
 

Tuition and Fees can be paid in the following ways:
 

Electronic Check Payment (ACH)

This is the fastest and safest way to post a payment to your account.  This payment method is free when you utilize your bank account and bank routing number. 

Please note:  Debit cards are processed as credit cards and will be charged a 2.75% convenience fee or be rejected from processing by your financial institution.

• Instructions on how to make an electronic check payment

Guardian ePay

The Guardian ePay functionality allows a student to permit parents, guardians, or others to make a payment to their tuition and fees account.

• Instructions on how to make a guardian ePay 

Mail a Payment

At this time, we encourage online tuition payments as much as possible. Payments may be made through My Buckeye Link. Please visit Make a Payment(link is external) for instructions. Electronic check payments do not have an associated processing fee.

To mail a check payment, please print a payment coupon from My Buckeye Link and include student name and OSU ID on the check. Please make checks out to The Ohio State University and allow 1-2 weeks for processing:

Office of the University Bursar
The Ohio State University
PO Box 183248
Columbus OH 43218-3248

For our safety and your peace of mind, please do not mail cash payments.

Credit Card Payments

The Office of the University Bursar accepts MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express for online payment of tuition and fees related charges. Students and guardians who choose to use this payment option will be charged a 2.75% non-refundable convenience fee by our vendor.

Please be aware that when paying by a credit card, any potential refunds may be credited back to the credit card. This includes any refunds generated from a financial aid disbursement, after a credit card payment is made. As a result, the use of gift cards, when making a payment, is discouraged.

• Instructions on how to make a credit card payment 

Wire Transfers

For your convenience, a wire transfer form can be printed through My Buckeye Link.

• Instructions on how to make a wire payment 

College Savings Plan

Please provide your College Savings account administrator with the following mailing address:

Office of the University Bursar – 529 Plan
The Ohio State University
PO Box 183248
Columbus, OH 43218-3248

Each item should include the student’s name and OSU ID number.
We recommend contacting your College Savings account administrator to begin the withdrawal process at least 4-6 weeks before the fee payment deadline to ensure that the funds are received by our deadline date. Please ensure that checks are made out to The Ohio State University.

As of June 2011, The Ohio State University no longer invoices for all 529 plans including the following:

• Florida Prepaid
• Michigan Education Trust
• Alabama Prepaid
• College of Illinois
• Commonwealth of Virginia
• Kentucky Affordable Prepaid
• Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan

Your 529 educational savings plan provider will accept a copy of your Statement of Account when you submit your request. All you need is to do is log into My Buckeye Link. Select the appropriate Term and click the Statement of Account link in the Finances frame of your personalized My Buckeye Link page.