Signing Up for SAIC's Semester Payment Plan

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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers interest-free payment plans to students and families for tuition and fees during summer, fall, and spring semesters. There is no payment plan for the winter term.

Payment plans allow students to budget their tuition and fees for the semester by deferring the full payment due at the beginning of the semester and making monthly payments on the 15th of the month. Plans during the fall and spring semesters consist of four payments each and begin on August 15 for fall and January 15 for spring. A summer payment plan is available beginning May 15, and consists of three payments. A nonrefundable enrollment fee of $50 is charged to participate in this plan. Semester payment plans are available online through CASHNet (http://www.saic.edu/payment-and-your-student-account/payment-plans).

Payment plan enrollment can be accessed by students through Self-Service (www.saic.edu/selfservice) and by others, such as parents or family by being set up as an Authorized User in CASHNet by the student. Students can set up Authorized Users to view the student's account balance, view eBills, make electronic payments, set-up auto-pay and enroll in payment plans if you choose to do so. You must re-enroll for auto-pay and payment plans each semester.  More information about CASHNet and setting up authorized users is available on the Payments Options (http://www.saic.edu/payment-and-your-student-account/payment-options)  and Manage Your Student Account (http://www.saic.edu/payment-and-your-student-account/manage-your-student-account) sections of the SAIC website.

PLEASE NOTE: Students must re-enroll for payment plans and auto-pay every semester. Payment plans and auto-pay are not automatically rolled over from one term to the other.