Financial Clearance
Financial Clearance is the last and final step in the registration process. Financial clearance is a term used to verify that a student will be attending classes for which he/she has registered in a given semester and that all financial obligations associated with the registration have been settled. Failure to complete the financial clearance process will result in the cancellation of the student’s class schedule and/or housing and meal plan assignments.
How to Obtain Financial Clearance
- Review your billing statement. Ensure that you are charged for all classes that you are registered for, and if you are on-campus, you have a meal plan and housing charge. (If you do not see a meal plan or housing charge, you have NOT been assigned housing and will need to follow up with Residence Life for an assignment.)
- After verifying your charges, if you have a CREDIT balance (which will be noted as a negative number beside the BALANCE field) you will be considered financially cleared for the items you have been charged for. Please print your financial clearance and keep for your records. Any changes made after you are financially cleared will result in additional charges that will be added in after the add/drop period and will be due immediately
- If you do NOT have a Zero balance or CREDIT balance, you will need to establish a payment plan or pay in full to be considered financially cleared.
- To establish your Fall 2014 payment plan, you will need to pay off any prior outstanding balance and/or fines. View your fees/fines by clicking HERE.
- Please complete the PAYMENT PLAN INSTALLMENT AGREEMENT (under Pay Using CASHNet). You will be redirected to CASHNET to make your payment.
- Students with balances must make their down payment as well as return the PAYMENT PLAN INSTALLMENT AGREEMENT (under Pay Using CASHNet) before they will receive financial clearance.
- Students with balances will be able to print their financial clearance once Student Accounts has verified full payment or a properly executed payment plan has been received.
Student Bill Generation
Preliminary bills are mailed to students prior to the fall semester; however, student bills are available online as well. This preliminary statement shows anticipated aid (if applicable) and anticipated charges. This statement is generated to assist students and parents prepare for any outstanding financial balance for the upcoming semester.
Financial Aid and Your Billing Statement
Financial aid that has been awarded to the student appears as in the credit column of the initial billing statement as preliminary aid and is noted with an (*) . This means that preliminary aid is subject to change based on changes to the student’s enrollment, eligibility and failure to complete all requirements set forth by the Financial Aid office.
If a student does not have enough financial aid or other funding to cover all costs, the student is able to establish a payment plan.
NOTE: Outside scholarships (scholarships not issues by JCSU) will not be viewable on your student account until the payment is received by the University.
NOTE: Federal Work Study Awards will NOT be reflective on your billing statement. Students have the option of signing over their work study checks to the University. Work Study earnings will not automatically post to the student account. Work Study will not be used upfront to attain Financial Clearance.
JCSU Installment Payment Plan
Johnson C. Smith University allows students to pay your balance due in installments. Payment plans can be established for up to $3500 per semester. All outstanding balances for a semester require a down payment at the time of validation.
After receiving your billing statement for the semester, please complete the
PAYMENT PLAN INSTALLMENT AGREEMENT (under Pay Using CASHNet) in order to determine your outstanding balance as well as how much your down payment and future payment are for the semester.