Payment Plan

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore offers a monthly payment plan as an alternative to standard payment arrangements. The monthly payment plan enables students to pay college-billed expenses in regular monthly payments without incurring interest charges. A $35.00 non-refundable payment plan enrollment fee is due at the time of enrollment. Monthly payments are automatically deducted from the payment method used to pay the $35.00 enrollment fee.

For instructions on how to enroll in a payment plan, please click here.

For instructions on changing or updating the payment method for the automatically deducted payment plan payments, please click here.

Payment Plan Guidelines

Payment plan payments will be automatically deducted from the payment method used to pay the $35.00 enrollment fee on the 1st of each month.  Saved methods can be added and/or updated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Only charges billed by UMES will be budgeted (off-campus expenses, etc., cannot be included).

Payment plans are automatically recalculated on the next business day to include any additional charges (meals, housing, etc.) and/ or any additional payments or financial aid that wasn’t originally budgeted.

Returned electronic checking or savings payments: students will receive an email requesting the payment method be updated to an account (credit card or electronic check) with funds available to deduct the payment.   A non-refundable $35.00 non-sufficient fund fee will be assessed to the student account for each returned check payment.

Credit card payments unable to be processed: students will receive an email requesting the payment method be updated to an account (credit card or electronic checking/savings) with funds available to deduct the payment. Please contact your banking institution to ensure your available daily spending limit is high enough to cover the payment amount.

Late Fees:  Students will be assessed a non-refundable late fee on their student account each time a payment plan payment is late.  This includes monthly payments that were paid by electronic checking or savings accounts that were returned.

Enrollment Holds:  A hold will be placed on the student’s account, restricting all enrollment activity until the payment(s) are up to date. 

If the saved payment method is not updated the saved payment method will be used for the next month’s automatic deduction.

Disputed credit card payments:  The University reserves the right to appeal credit card payment disputes.  Disputed payments will be charged a non-refundable $35.00 disputed payment fee.

Withdrawal from the University does not constitute withdrawal from the payment plan.  Be advised the student is still responsible for any tuition and fees remaining on the account.  On-demand, real-time statements are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.