Tuition and Fees - Fall 2009
Payment Methods and Returned Checks

When you register for classes or make changes to your registration using your online Panther Access to Web Services PAWS account, you are making a financial commitment to UWM. Failure to view your account does not negate your responsibility to pay by the due date. View PAWS to determine the correct amount due and due dates. You may immediately pay on PAWS with webCheck or credit card.

For your convenience you may pay your tuition, fees, and housing and meal plan charges using several methods: web, mail, depository, and in person. Please read our policy on returned check payments. Third party billing agreements, fee remissions, and financial aid payments are also explained.

Web Payments

All PAWS charges may be paid online through your PAWS account with webCheck, an electronic check payment option. From now through June 30, 2009, no fee is charged for this option. PAWS charges may also be paid online through your PAWS account with MasterCard or American Express credit cards. From now through June 30, 2009, a 2.5% convenience fee will be charged on your PAWS credit card payment. No convenience fees are charged for payments mailed to the Bursar Office or in-person payments made in the Cashier�s Office.

Beginning July 1, 2009, a $6.00 convenience fee will be charged on each PAWS online payment transaction. Each webCheck transaction and each credit card transaction will be assessed a $6.00 convenience fee. Beginning July 1, 2009, VISA credit cards will also be accepted on PAWS. MasterCard and American Express credit cards will continue to be accepted on PAWS. No convenience fees will be charged for payments mailed to the Bursar Office or in-person payments made in the Cashier�s Office after June 30.

Please note: Credit card payments are only accepted online through PAWS. The Cashier�s Office does not accept credit card payments.

Visit the How to Make a Payment on PAWS section of our website for step by step instructions on web payment.

Mail Payments

Make your check payable to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Include the student number in the memo area of your check.

Please follow these guidelines:

1 check and 1 payment coupon in an envelope mailed to the address on the coupon (PO Box 3067)
Without a billing coupon, mail your payment to UW Milwaukee, PO Box 500, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0500
Mail overnight payments to:

UW Milwaukee Cashiers Office
Mitchell Hall, Room 285
3203 North Downer Ave
Milwaukee WI 53211

Allow sufficient time for your payment to reach us. The Cashier's Office does not accept postmarks and is not responsible for delays with U.S. mail. Your check payment must be credited to your account no later than the fee due date to avoid late payment assessments and possible cancellation of registration.

Depository (Drop box) Payments

A depository is available in the hallway outside of the UWM Cashiers Office, Mitchell Hall, Room 285. Access to the depository is restricted to Mitchell Hall building hours. Check payments are receipted same or next day. All payments received in the depository are processed prior to cancellation of registration. Your canceled check is your receipt.

Make checks payable to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Include the student ID# in the memo area of your check. You may use the envelope you received with your invoice or a gold envelope provided near the depository.

Do not put cash in the depository.

Cashier's Office (in person) Payments

UW Milwaukee Cashier's Office
Mitchell Hall Room 285
3203 North Downer Avenue
Milwaukee WI 53211

Office Hours

The following payment methods are accepted in the Cashier's Office: cash, checks, and debit/ATM cards.

Cash in U.S. currency and coin. Retain your receipt as proof of payment.

Checks in U.S. dollars. This includes bank drafts, cashiers, travelers, personal, and business checks. No third party checks will be accepted.

Debit/ATM Card will be scanned and you must enter your PIN as your electronic signature.

Returned Check Payments

A $20.00 returned check fee is assessed when a check is not paid by the bank on which it is drawn for reasons such as non-sufficient funds, refer to maker, missing signature, account closed etc. A hold may be placed on the student's PAWS account to prevent future enrollment, release of transcripts or diplomas and refunds until the returned check is replaced. The replacement payment for a returned check should be in the form of a cashiers check, money order, debit or credit card, or cash - not a personal check. If payment is not replaced within 15 days, the account will be sent to the Accounts Receivable Collector. After two occurrences in a one year period, the account will be referred to the Accounts Receivable Collector. This may result in further collection efforts and additional costs such as referral to an outside collection agency, University Police and legal proceedings.

3rd Party Billing Agreements

If some or all of your tuition and fees will be paid by a qualified 3rd Party, the authorization guaranteeing payment of a specified amount of your tuition and fees must be received in the Accounts Receivable Office by August 24, 2009 to prevent cancellation of registration. It is the student�s responsibility to assure that they have paid at least $200.00 and all past due tuition and fees by the due date or have a qualifying payment for exemption from cancellation of registration. For additional information on 3rd Party Agreements, email or call 414-229-1195.

Mail 3rd Party Payment Authorizations to:

UW Milwaukee
Accounts Receivable Office
PO Box 413
Milwaukee WI 53201-0413

Fax authorizations to 414-906-8479

Having a 3rd Party Authorization on file does not remove your responsibility to assure that all tuition and fees are paid. Should your 3rd Party not send a timely payment, the debt will return to your student account and you will be responsible for any late payment and finance charges.

Financial Aid

Having a financial aid award package visible on PAWS does not remove your responsibility to assure that the funds are paid to your student account by the Fall 2009 fee due date. You must follow all financial aid instructions on the Financial Aid website, your award package, e-mails sent to your PantherLink account and your PAWS To-Do-List.

Fee Remission

View PAWS to verify that your remission has waived the appropriate tuition and fees. Some remissions are dependant on a minimum credit requirement before the waiver will pay to a student�s account. If your waiver has not processed, first verify your credit load and add classes, if necessary. Second, if your credit load is correct for your remission type, contact the department that granted you the fee remission.

Students that have graduate appointments must be at the proper credit limit for the remission to waive tuition and fees. If a graduate appointment is waiting for status change or approval for reduced credit load, the remission will not process and a minimum payment or other qualifying payment for exemption of cancellation of registration is required.

Payroll Deduction Authorization

Payroll Deduction is a contractual benefit available to graduate appointments and is limited to Teaching, Project and Research Assistants, and Fellows Fall and Spring only. A Graduate Assistant and Fellowship Certification and Payroll Deduction Authorization form must be submitted to the Accounts Receivable Office no later than 4:30 PM, Friday, the first week of school. This form is available in the appointing department or the Accounts Receivable Office, Mitchell Hall, Room 295. Payroll Deduction in excess of $200.00 may be used as a qualifying payment for exemption of cancellation of registration only if the card is received and processed by the tuition due date, August 24, 2009.

For additional information regarding this contractual benefit, visit Graduate Department Publications.

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