Student Account Services
UCF Orientation Program
Student Account Services
• Tuition assessments
• Florida Prepaid and third-party billing/payments ([email protected])
• Third Party Billing: Vocational Rehab, UPS, Financial Guarantees, Out-
Of-State Prepaid Plans, etc.
• Students using VA benefits should first contact the office of Military and
Veteran Success Center (MVSC)
• For additional information, please visit
https://studentaccounts.ucf.edu/third-party-sponsorships/
• Tuition waivers (saswaivers@ucf.edu)
• For full list of waivers, please visit
https://studentaccounts.ucf.edu/waivers/
• Tuition Holds
• Refunds
Registration
• Registration deadlines are available on the Academic Calendar for
each semester: https://calendar.ucf.edu
• Late registration is always the first week of classes
• Late Registration Fee: $100.00 (If your first attempt to register is during
this week)
• Drop/Swap Deadline: last day to drop classes and not be fee liable
• Student is fee liable for withdrawn class/classes.
• Add Deadline: last day to add classes for the term
Fee Invoices for Spring will be available in December.*
*Invoices are available one (1) month prior to start of
term.
Florida Prepaid Tuition
*Current tuition cost for Florida residents
TUITION COMPONENTS
Current Tuition & Fees
$212.28 per credit hour*
(STANDARD PLAN) (LOCAL FEE PLAN)
Tuition
Covered Covered
Capital Improvement Fee
Covered Covered
Financial Aid Fee
Covered Covered
Local Fees
: Activity & Service Fee
Not covered Covered
Athletic Fee
Not covered Covered
Health Fee
Not covered Covered
Differential Tuition Fee
Covered if plan was purchased prior to 07/01/07
Transportation Access Fee
Not covered Not covered
Technology Fee
Not covered Not covered
Other Incidental Fees
Distance Learning Course Fee
Not covered Not covered
Repeat Course Fee Not covered Not covered
Excess Hour Fee
Not covered Not covered
ID Service & Access Fee
Not covered Not covered
Material & Supply Fee Not covered Not covered
Equipment Fee
Not covered Not covered
Late Fees
Not covered Not covered
Florida Prepaid Tuition
• You are not required to notify our office that you want to use your Prepaid
plan. Our billing system links to Florida Prepaid with your SSN.
• Your Florida Prepaid will reflect on your fee invoice by the first day of
classes.
• If your Florida Prepaid is not showing prior to the Payment Deadline, please
contact Student Account Services for assistance at [email protected]
• UCF will automatically bill Florida Prepaid for the number of hours in
which the student is enrolled.
• Students wanting to cancel or adjust billings for a specific term must update the
hours to bill in their myUCF prior to the end of the term’s add/drop period. For
instructions, please visit https://studentaccounts.ucf.edu/florida-prepaid/
• Fees not covered by the plan must be paid out of pocket or covered by
other sources.
Forms of
Payment
Financial Aid
Deferment
24
-Hour Drop
box
Located at the Reflection
pond entrance
(outside
Millican Hall)
Online E
-Pay
Credit cards
(VISA, MC, Discover, AMEX)
• 2% Convenience fee
E
-Check (for personal checks ONLY)
• Use banking information
• NO Convenience fee
Mail in check*
(including 529 checks)
Mail Payments To:
UCF
- Student Account Services
Attn: Payment Processing
PO Box 160115
Orlando, FL 32816
-0115
*Please include student’s name,
UCF ID and
what the payment is for.(Example: tuition,
housing, etc.)
Payment Plan
Information is available in your
MyUCF, in
the
Student Self Service section.
Payment Plan
• Available in myUCF portal
• Link to opt in is available at the beginning of the second week of
classes
• There is a $15.00 mandatory processing fee
• 50% of total tuition and fees is due upfront
• Students with financial aid, Florida Prepaid, waivers or third-party
payments are NOT eligible for the plan.
• https://studentaccounts.ucf.edu/payment-plan/
Payment Deadline
• The payment deadline date is published on the Academic Calendar online
at calendar.ucf.edu.
• The tuition and fee payment deadline is also posted to the student’s Fee
Invoice in the myUCF portal (Student Self Service > Student Accounts >
Fee Invoice).
• Students with an authorized deferral may see the due date on the fee
invoice adjusted after the term’s add/drop period.
• *Late Payment Fee: $100.00 (If not paid by the fee payment deadline
listed on your Fee Invoice)
• Additional penalties may be applied for reinstatement, if Dropped for
Non-Payment.
Refunds
• Direct Deposit (highly recommended)
▪ Student’s checking account to any U.S. financial institution
▪ Student’s name must be on the account
▪ Student must sign up on myUCF (2-part process)
Student Self Service >Student Center >Student Direct
Deposit
• Paper Checks
▪ Mail to current mailing address indicated on student’s myUCF
• Parent Plus Loan refunds
▪ Mail to parent’s address provided on Plus Loan form
Office of Student
Financial
Assistance
Applying for and Transferring
Financial Aid to UCF
Topics to Discuss:
➢Apply/Transferring Financial Aid
➢Types of Aid Available
➢Timely Disbursements
➢Keeping Your Aid
Apply For Or
Transferring
Financial Aid
Applying/Transferring for Financial Aid
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Required for most federal, state and institutional aid
• FAFSA is available each year on October 1
st.
• UPDATE the FAFSA to include our school code, 003954.
• Select the appropriate school year
• UCF’s priority filing date is Dec 1
st
!
FAFSA: Citizenship Question
• Citizenship status. This question cannot be left blank.
• Select the option that indicates your citizenship status.
• You must select the option that indicates your citizenship status.
• Select U.S. citizen if you are a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
• Select Eligible noncitizen if you are:
• A U.S. permanent resident, with a Permanent Resident Card (I-551), or a conditional permanent
resident with a Conditional Green Card (I-551C)
• Other eligible noncitizen with an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from the Department of Homeland
Security showing any one of the following designations: “Refugee,” “Asylum Granted,” “Parolee” (I-94
confirms that you were paroled for a minimum of one year and status has not expired), T-Visa holder
(T-1, T-2, T-3, etc.), or “Cuban-Haitian Entrant”
Types of Aid
Available at UCF
Types of Financial Assistance
• GRANTS: Pell, SEOG, FSAG, UCF GRANT
• Need-based
• LOANS: Stafford, Perkins, Parent PLUS
• Need-based and non-need based
• WORK STUDY:
• Need-based work program
• SCHOLARSHPS:
• Bright Futures, Private, Institutional–Need based, and non-need based
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FLORIDA BRIGHT FUTURES
Award Amounts 4 Year University
• Update the postsecondary institution selection on the Florida
Financial Aid Application (FFAA), to UCF’s State School
Code: 481.
• Florida Academic Scholars Award – 100% of tuition and
applicable fees
• Medallion Scholars Award - 75% of tuition and applicable
fees.
• Both can assist during summer semester
• Minimum hour requirement: six (6)
“Our greatest weakness lies in
giving up. The most certain
way to succeed is always to
try just one more time.”
Thomas A. Edison
Opportunity for Undocumented Students
• DACA or TPS
• Must Attend Partner
Institution
• Covers Tuition and Fees
• Stipend for Books
• Must Apply
Accepting,
Declining, or
Reducing
Types of Aid
Automatically
Accepted
• All items on myUCF To-do list
must be completed
• Grants, Bright futures and
scholarships Fla. Prepaid
• Florida Pre-pay is automatically
billed by Student Account
Services
Aid Requiring Your Action
• Federal Stafford Loans
• Federal Work-study if awarded
• Complete all items on your To-do list
Disbursements – Process
• After the Add/Drop Period
• Completed To-do list
• Confirmation of
Attendance
• View financial aid
eligible for courses
Disbursements - Process
WON’T Automatically Apply Towards
• Off-campus housing
• Parking Tickets
• Any other indirect costs
Automatically Applies Towards
• Tuition
• On-campus housing
• Short-term advance
Any remaining aid will be refunded:
• Direct deposit or
• Check will be mailed
• Managed by Student Accounts Team
• 407.823.2433 prompt 4
Short Term
Advance
For books
• The application is available
on the Web site
• Disburses two weeks prior
to the beginning of the
semester
• Maximum of $600.00
Textbook
Purchase Program
• Valid UCF ID Card
• Student must Opt-in each
semester on myUCF
• Rosen and on-campus UCF
Bookstores
• Maximum of $600.00
Things To
Remember…
• Check your Financial Aid To Do List
often.
• Visit UCF financial aid website :
• www.ucf.edu/financial-aid/
• SCHOLARSHIPS!
• If you have any concern/questions
about financial aid, we are here to
assist you!
Contact Information
• Student Financial Assistance
• Millican Hall, Room 107
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (844) 376-9160
• Website: https://www.ucf.edu/financial-aid/
• Schedule an appointment: www.ucf.edu/financial-aid/appointments/
• Student Account Services
• Millican Hall, Room 109
• Email: [email protected]
• Main Line: 407-823-2433
• Website: www.studentaccounts.ucf.edu
