Payment Options & Due Dates

Payment Due Date:

Students are expected to have outstanding balances Paid in Full by the Payment Arrangement Due Date listed for the current term or classes may be subject to an administrative drop.

**STUDENTS who are enrolled but have decided not to attend must formally WITHDRAW from all classes before school starts or you will be required to pay for those classes.

Payment Options:

What do we mean by Paid in Full?

• Paid in Full by cash, check or debit card in the Business Office, OR
• Paid in Full by credit card, or ACH online, via your Goldlink
• Paid in Full by accepted financial aid sufficient to pay the full cost of attendance for the semester at the time of enrollment. Accepted financial aid means the student’s FASFA file is complete, the student has been offered financial aid AND has accepted the financial aid offered, OR
• Paid in Full by enrolling in a tuition payment plan with required monthly installment payments during the semester. A payment plan is required if :
  • Financial aid will not pay your full cost of attendance, OR
  • You do not know how much financial aid you will receive, OR
  • Your account will not be paid in full by the terms Payment Arrangement Due Date.

**Failure to pay account in full by one of the options listed under payment options and/or by the last installment date will result in a $100 late fee added to the student account.

*Important* Payment Plan Information
The tuition payment plan allows the student to make required monthly payments on the balance of their account (after all applicable financial aid has been applied) during the semester.

• Notifications that billing statements are available for viewing are e-mailed to your Missouri Western e-mail address around the 5th of each month for accounts with outstanding balances. If you are getting these notices please make your payment or review your account and MWSU e-mail in GoldLink for required actions. Parents can get statement notifications if they are set up as a responsible party on their student’s account.
• A $50 fee is assessed each term to enroll in the payment plan.
• Enrollment must be done online through GoldLink. In GoldLink, select the Financial Aid and Billing tab, go to Paying for College, select Student Bill Inquiry and Payment Options. Click on “I agree”, and select the payment plan tab at the top of the page.
• The enrollment fee is due at the time the plan is established.
• Students will not be permitted to enroll in the current term payment plan until their prior term balances are paid in full.