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Late Fees

Late Payment

Fall / Spring Terms: To avoid late fees, you must register and have your tuition, fees, housing, dining and all other charges paid or deferred by 5:00 P.M. PST on the term's settlement deadline. If you fail to register and settle your account, you will be assessed late fees each week in accordance with the following schedule:

Friday of 1st week of classes $100.00
Friday of 2nd week of classes $100.00
Friday of 3rd week of classes $100.00

Registration is not permitted after the third week of classes. The university currently assesses a monthly finance charge on all past due balances. The current annual rate is 12 percent, subject to change.

Non-receipt of a bill does not relieve you of this settlement deadline. Using the Web Registration auto scheduler feature but failing to register for any courses before the tuition and fees payment deadline is not a valid reason to request a waiver of the late registration fee.

Students whose checks are returned unpaid by the bank or whose credit card authorizations are declined by the bank will be subject to the late fees described above until their accounts are paid in full.

Any charges or credits to your student account will be reflected immediately* on USCe.pay's OVERVIEW page 'account balance', will be listed on USCe.pay TRANSACTIONS page, and will be included on the following month's monthly statement.

*note: Mailed-in payments and Payment Plan enrollments are processed at the end of each business day, and are not posted to your student account (USCe.pay) until the following business day.