Payment Options

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Online Check (eCheck) - on MyBLUE - Free, easy and convenient

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• Online check payments come out of your personal checking account.
• Use an online check instead of your debit card to avoid the convenience fee!
• You will need your routing number and bank account number which can be found on the bottom of your checks.
• Verify your bank account number and routing number and make sure you have sufficient funds before making a payment. Errors will result in a non-refundable $30 return payment fee.

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• A 2.75% non-refundable convenience fee will be added to all card payments. This charge is assessed by and paid directly to our payment processor CASHNet SMARTPAY - Higher One, Inc.
• Card payments are not accepted over the phone or in person at the Finance Office.
• Using your debit card? Consider paying by eCheck on MyBLUE. There is no additional cost to pay by eCheck. DO NOT use the numbers off of your debit card. Instead, use the routing and account number from the underlying bank account your debit card is associated with. The routing and account numbers can be found at the bottom of your checks.

The following cards are accepted:

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Enrollment Information

Cost to Participate

• minimum balance due to enroll - $300
• 1st payment consists of 33% of balance due + $20 per semester enrollment fee (non-refundable)
• the 2nd and 3rd payment will be AUTOMATICALLY taken from your bank account or credit card used to make the 1st payment
• cannot be used on past due balances
• must re-enroll each term
• $30 non-refundable returned payment fee if a payment is returned
• Early payments can be made prior to enrollment in the Loper Payment Plan, lowering the amount of the three payments once enrolled. Some students and families utilize early payments to spread the cost across five months, making early payments in July and August and then enrolling in the Loper Payment plan for September, October, and November.

Loper Payment Plan Dates

Payment Methods

• Automatic bank payment (ACH)
• Credit or debit card (an additional fee of 2.7% will be assessed)

UNK Student Accounts will continue to provide a billing statement in MyBLUE. Failed payments will terminate your agreement with Nelnet and result in late fees/holds on your UNK student account.

Ready to Enroll?

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1. On or after term Open date, log in to myblue.unk.edu
2. Click on Student Accounts tab (Left-hand menu)
3. Select "Enroll/View Loper Payment Plan" message at top of page

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To avoid payment issues, please disable pop-up blockers and allow cookies. A foreign currency payment can be initiated through MyBLUE. After you have completed the requested fields, you must deliver the payment instruction form to your foreign bank within 72 hours. The form is good for one time only. A new payment instruction form must be completed each time you want to make a new payment. Your foreign bank will transfer funds via Western Union to the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Once the wire transaction is complete, the payment will post to your student account on MyBLUE. Review Paying Your Bill with Foreign Currency for more detailed instructions of this payment option.

Located in Student Accounts (Finance Office in Warner Hall)

• Cash, check, or money order accepted Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Debit or credit cards are NOT accepted at the Cashier Window for payment of a Student Bill. See Credit Card - on MyBLUE.
• Loper Dollars are NOT accepted for payment of a Student Bill.

• Check or money order accepted. Do not send cash through the mail.
• Include billing stub with payment to identify the student's name and 8-digit ID number.  
• Make check or money order payable to: University of Nebraska-Kearney.

Please Remit Check or Money Order to:
University of Nebraska Kearney
Student Accounts-Warner Hall
2504 9th Ave
Kearney, NE 68849-1245

To begin the process, contact your College Savings Plan administrator at least 2-4 weeks before the payment due date to ensure that funds are received by the due date. Provide your College Savings Plan administrator with the student's NUID number and name, which should be noted on the payment. Please mail to the following address:

University of Nebraska Kearney
Student Accounts-Warner Hall
2504 9th Ave
Kearney, NE 68849-1245

(This includes Insufficient Funds, Closed Accounts, Stop Payments, and eCheck Wrong Account Numbers)

Registration for a term is complete only after the check for payment of tuition and fees has cleared the bank. If a check/echeck is returned unpaid from the bank, UNK reserves the right to cancel the registration and/or submit the non-collectable check to the County Attorney for prosecution.

A $30 service fee will be charged on all returned checks/echecks. A late fee payment surcharge will also be assessed and payment will be required by cash or money order.