SMUpay
SMU provides a secure payment portal through which you can make electronic check (eCheck) and credit card payments to your SMU accounts. Payments made online will post to the student and/or miscellaneous account(s) immediately. At the time of electronic payment, a receipt will be provided. Please visit smu.edu/bursar/smupay.asp for SMUpay login instructions.
Note: Make sure pop-up blocker is off. SMUpay requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or newer, Mozilla Firefox 17 or newer or Google Chrome 24 or newer with JavaScript, Cookies and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) enabled.
Credit Card Payments (Non-refundable 2.85% service fee applies)
Credit card (American Express, Discover and MasterCard) payments will be processed through Nelnet Business Solutions, Inc. VISA is now accepted for payments made to the Student Account for tuition and fees and for NelNet payment plans ONLY. A different payment profile that does not use VISA can be used for payments made to the Miscellaneous Account. If you choose this option, a service fee of 2.85% will be added to the total payment as a separate transaction. This is a fee charged to you by our payment processor; SMU does not receive this additional fee.
eCheck Payments (No service charge fee)
Requirements for nonchecking accounts: For savings account routing numbers, contact your financial institution. Deposit slips may not include the correct routing number. Not all payments from brokerage/investment accounts can be made online; please check with your account representative. Checks written from credit card accounts, commonly called convenience or credit advance checks, may not allow electronic transactions. Contact your financial institution to determine whether ACH transactions are allowed.
To pay by mail:
- Make check, money order or cashier’s check payable to Southern Methodist University.
IMPORTANT: If you are mailing us a check, money order or cashier’s check through the U.S. Postal Service, please mail it to our P.O. Box address listed below in order to avoid potential mail delays. Only use our physical street address when sending us your payment through courier/express delivery. We recommend the use of courier/express delivery because it will enable you to track the item. Payments must include the student’s name and SMU ID.
United States Postal Service:
Southern Methodist University
Student Account Services
P.O. Box 750181
Dallas, TX 75275
Overnight/Courier:
Southern Methodist University
Student Account Services
6185 Airline Road
Dallas, TX 75205
SMU allows a matriculated undergraduate full-time (12-18 credit hours) student to prepay a minimum of two years and up to four years of tuition and general student fees at the current year rate. It covers Fall and Spring terms only.
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Prepayment amount is due on the payment due date for Fall term; or, if the current Fall term has already been paid in full by the payment due date, the remaining terms must be fully paid by the last day of October of the current school year.
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Scholarships and grants may not be used to reduce the prepayment amount.
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If the student withdraws or is dismissed from SMU, the unused credit in the Parent's prepayment account will be refunded to the signatory on the Enrollment Form, after the student's account has been completely paid in full.
For information about the SMU Prepayment Plan, please contact the Prepayment Plan Coordinator, LeaAnn Palya at lpalya@smu.edu.
Gift Tax Exclusion
Under the Internal Revenue Code, Section 2503(e)(2)(A), a direct transfer of funds to an educational institution such as SMU to be applied to cover the present and/or future costs of tuition for a college or university student does not count as a "gift" for federal gift tax purposes. Please contact your personal tax advisor for more information.
Convera (formerly known as Western Union) has partnered with SMU for domestic wires.
Make payments to the student account by following the navigation below.• Login to My.SMU
• Select Financials from the left-hand menu
• Select SMUpay
• Scroll to the bottom of the page to select Convera (formerly known as Western Union) International and Domestic Wires
SMU has partnered with Flywire and Convera (formerly known as Western Union) to process our international student wires.
• Login to My.SMU
• Select Financials from the left-hand menu
• Select SMUpay
• Scroll to the bottom of the page to select Flywire International Wires Only or Convera (formerly known as Western Union) International and Domestic Wires
• Proceed with entering the information requested by the selected wire vendor.
Please provide the correct Student SMU ID number for the payment to be applied correctly to your student account and be sure to follow the selected wire vendor's instructions to complete payment through your bank. The payment will post to your student account within 24 hours of the payment status being delivered to Flywire or Convera (formerly known as Western Union). Payments need to be paid far enough in advance in order to be posted to your account by the payment due date.
529 College Savings Plans
Many financial institutions offer college savings programs that enable families to save money for a child’s college education. Each financial institution has separate rules and regulations that govern how funds may be used and how they are sent to SMU. Please contact your provider to determine how and when to request release of funds, as well as what documents you will need to support your request.
Payments should be mailed to:
IMPORTANT: If you are mailing us a check, money order or cashier’s check through the U.S. Postal Service, please mail it to our P.O. Box address listed below in order to avoid potential mail delays. Only use our physical street address when sending us your payment through courier/express delivery. We recommend the use of courier/express delivery because it will enable you to track the item. Payments must include the student’s name and SMU ID.
United States Postal Service:
Southern Methodist University
Student Account Services
P.O. Box 750181
Dallas, TX 75275
Overnight/Courier:
Southern Methodist University
Student Account Services
6185 Airline Road
Dallas, TX 75205
IMPORTANT: Providers must include the student’s name and SMU ID number to ensure timely processing. Please allow up to ten (10) business days from the date that your provider sends payment for receipt and processing by SMU.
FAQs
Who at SMU do I contact to notify that payment is through a 529 plan?
There is no need to notify SMU that your payment will be made from a 529 plan. However, you are welcome to email us at enrol_serv@smu.edu and we will make a note of it in our system.
Why does it take so long for the payment to post to the student’s account?
All 529 plan payments are sent by paper check directly from the 529 provider. Therefore, it can be several business days before the check is received in our offices. For this reason, we recommend that you request funds from your provider as soon as possible after the student enrolls for the term.
Will I receive a late payment fee if I request the disbursement be sent before the payment due date?
In order to avoid a late payment fee, as detailed in the Student Rights and Responsibilities, the 529 payment must be received in our offices by no later than the payment due date. Therefore, it is very important that you start the process well in advance of SMU’s payment due date.
Where can I find the cost of attendance?
The cost of attendance can be found here.If you are paying through any of the state plans listed below, please contact Lisa Kelley at LGKelley@smu.edu.
• Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan - Texas Tomorrow Fund - This is different from the Texas Promise Fund. The Promise fund can be sent directly to SMU as a regular 529 payment.
• Florida Prepaid College Plan – Florida Prepaid
• Alabama Prepaid College Plan – PACT
• Illinois Prepaid College Plan – College Illinois
• Kentucky Prepaid College Plan - KAPT
• Mississippi Prepaid College Plan - MPACT
• Nevada Prepaid College Plan – Nevada Prepaid Tuition Program
Where can I find the cost of attendance?
The cost of attendance can be found here.