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Full Service Payment Plans
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Full Service Payment Plans

2024–2025 Payment Plans
Fall 2024 payment plan sign up is now available!

You have plans for your education. We have plans to help you pay for it.
Enroll in a payment plan through Transact to make tuition more manageable.
 
Pay your tuition in monthly installments to help remove the financial burden, we offer convenient semester-based payment plans. Pay your tuition and fees over time and avoid the high interest rates that come with a traditional loan!

Simple enrollment process
One low fee at enrollment each semester
Convenient electronic payments—just set it and forget it
24/7 online account access

Full Service Payment Plans


To enroll in a payment plan:
1. Go to bard.edu/studentaccounts/selfservice
2. Follow the appropriate instructions for logging into the online account
3. Once logged into the online account, Click "Payment Plans" located in the menu sidebar/drop-down menu
4. Click “View Payment Plan Options”
5. Click "Enroll in plan"
6. Continue to follow the onscreen instructions to enroll

Key Changes:
Full service payment plans will be offered and managed by Transact (formally known as CashNet)
Sign up will be online through the online student account (Transact)
Payment plans will be offered on a semester basis for Fall and Spring only*
Enrollment sign up is required each semester
Enrollment fee will be $35 per semester
First payment is due at the time of signup
Auto payment will now be available for payment plan payments
Payment plan payments should be made directly online through the online student account
Payment plans will be offered as 5 month and/or 3 month options for undergraduate and graduate programs in the Fall and Spring semesters**
  • Fall 5 month plan installments are due in June, July, August, September, and October***
  • Fall 3 month plan installments are due in June, July, and August***
  • Spring 5 month plan installments are due in November, December, January, February, and March***
  • Spring 3 month installments are due in November, December, and January***
 
*Summer semester budget plans are not available. 
**Eligibility requirements apply  
***See plan schedule and billing statements for the due dates

Contacting Bard Student Accounts

Bard College Office of Student Financial Services
PO Box 5000
30 Campus Rd
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
Phone: 845-758-7520
Fax: 845-758-7336
E-mail: [email protected]

Bard College
30 Campus Road, PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000
Phone: 845-758-6822
Admission Email: [email protected]
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