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Make a Payment

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Bard Self-Service Student Accounts is an online account, also known as Transact (formally CASHNet), that provides access to the view student account information in real time, as well as view billing statements, and make payments for tuition, flex accounts, replacement IDs and keys, and/or summer and winter housing via credit card or electronic check (ACH).

Self-Service User Logins

You can pay current balances, make a prepayment, add funds to a Flex account (café, bookstore, and/or print), pay for a replacement ID and/or key(s), and make payment for summer and/or winter housing

Payment Schedules

  • Standard
    For the 2025–26 academic year, payments are due as:
    Fall Semester:
    • Half by June 20
    • Half by July 20
    Spring Semester:
    • Half by November 20
    • Half by December 20

Making Your Payment

If making a payment in office or by mail in the form of a check, money order, or cashier's check, please make it payable to Bard College and include the student's name and ID number.
Tuition Prepayment Plan
Bard College offers a four-year tuition prepayment plan to incoming first-year students who do not receive financial aid toward tuition costs. The cost of tuition for each year of the student’s four-year tenure is stabilized at the first-year amount. For those electing this option, payment of $275,400 (4 x the 2025–26 tuition of $68,850) is due by June 20, 2025. We regret that payment extensions beyond this date are not available. If a student withdraws from the College before completing four years of study, the excess credit balance is refundable. The prepayment plan applies to tuition only; room, board, and fees are payable as due. If you plan to use this payment option for the tuition cost, please complete the four-year tuition prepayment form and return it to the Student Accounts Office along with your payment.
Tuition Prepayment Form

Payment Plan

The College offers a full service payment plan administered through the online student account, which allows payments of the academic year costs to be made in installments per semester.

Mailing Address

  • When using overnight services, send to:
    Bard College 
    Student Financial Services Office
    30 Campus Road
    Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
  • When using regular mail, send to:
    Bard College
    Student Financial Services Office
    P.O. Box 5000
    Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000

Online Student Account Information


You can pay current balances, make a prepayment, add funds to a Flex account (café, bookstore, and/or print), pay for a replacement ID and/or key(s), and make payment for summer and/or winter housing.
Students: Undergraduate and Graduate
  1. Go to bardssb.bard.edu
  2. Click “Log In With Bard Account”
  3. Login with your Bard College email and password
  4. Click "Student"
  5. Click "Student Account"
  6. Click "View your Student Account Information"
  • To reset your Bard College email password, please go to account.bard.edu
  • If you do not have a Bard College email and password, please contact the Bard Helpdesk ([email protected] or 845-758-7500)
  • If you have questions, please call the Office of Student Accounts at 845-758-7520.
  • A Parent/Authorized User Login must be created by the student before it can be used. For more information, please see the "Creating a User Login for Parents or Authorized Users" section.
Online Payment Fees
Credit/Debit card payments are accepted online only for student account related payments.
Effective January 6, 2025: There is a nonrefundable service fee for credit card transactions processed by TransAct. Dependent upon the amount being paid the fee incurred will be either a flat fee of $3.00, a 2.95% fee for domestic cards, or a 4.25% fee for international cards for payments.
There is a nonrefundable service fee for credit card transactions processed by TransAct. Dependent upon the amount being paid the fee incurred will be either a flat fee of $3.00, a 2.75% fee for domestic cards, or a 4.25% fee for international cards for payments.

Electronic Checks (ACH)
Effective May 2022: Electronic Checks (ACH) transactions processed by TransAct will incur a $0.50 nonrefundable service fee. Note: This fee is not assessed when paying with ACH for a payment plan enrollment fee, payment plan installment payments, payment plan late fee, or payment plan insufficient funds fee. A SmartPay ACH return fee will be implemented, and pricing is based on state regulations. 

NEW ONLINE PAYMENT OPTIONS effective 4/28/22
529 direct payment online payment options are available when selecting this option. Transactions processed by TransAct will incur a $10.00 nonrefundable service fee for all one-time payments. The service fee will only be charged once for recurring payments. The fee will be deducted from your 529 plan account in addition to the requested withdrawal amount. Only payments that are equal to or less than 90% of your 529 account balance will be permitted. Not all 529 Savings Plans are available, however more may be added periodically. Bard College does not determine which 529 plans are available. The available plans are determined between a 3rd party vendor and the state servicer approval. 

International IFT online payment options are available with currency and exchange rates when selecting this option. Not all countries/currencies are available, however more may be added periodically. Bard College does not determine which countries/currencies are available. 
Navigating Your Online Student Account
To view your Student eBill:
  1. Click the "Statements" link located in the menu side bar.
    • If you do not view your monthly eBill, you will receive an automatic reminder email after 10 days of the initial published bill date.
  2. Your eBills are a snapshot of your student account as of the date the bill was generated for the current month.
To view your Student Account Activity:
  1. Click the "Activity Details" link located in the menu side bar.
  2. Your "Account Activity" is a real time view of your student account for the current month.
To make a payment on your Student Account:
  1. Click the "Make a Payment" link located in the menu side bar.
  2. Select the applicable payment type.
To enroll in a payment plan:
  1. Click "Payment Plans" located in the menu sidebar/drop-down menu
  2. Click “View Payment Plan Options”
  3. Click "Enroll in plan"
  4. Continue to follow the onscreen instructions to enroll
Link Multiple Parent/Authorized User Accounts Together
This option is available to Parents/Authorized Users who have been set up to view multiple student accounts. Additional information can be found HERE
  • The “Student Links” box will display to parents/authorized users.
  • Clicking “Add new” will allow you to enter the login credentials for one of your other Parent/Authorized User IDs.
  • You can add as many student links as you need; depending on how many Parent/Authorized User IDs have been created for you.
  • If a link has been deactivated, because a student has reset the password for the Parent/Authorized User account the Parent/Authorized user can use the “update” button to update the password for the link. They can also remove a link if needed.
Additional information, including a step by step guide, can be found HERE
How do I reset my password or my payer invite password?
Additional information, including a step by step guide, can be found HERE.
How do I add/remove an authorized user on my account?
Additional information, including a step by step guide, can be found HERE.
How does an authorized user stop email notifications?
The notifications being received by you are sent electronically. Our office is not able to change the notification settings on your account. If you would like to make changes to email notifications you receive, you can do so by following the instructions below.
 
Stop email notifications:
Once signed into the online account as a parent/authorized user, on the drop down menu located under the "Bard A Place To Think" icon, click on "My Account". Under "Notifications", click on the pencil icon next to email notifications and then deselect the checkbox for "Statements". Click on "Save". 

Billing

   Billing statements reflect balances due for comprehensive tuition and fees, including health insurance and tuition insurance. Miscellaneous charges assessed by various College departments are also itemized on the statements, including but not limited to: infirmary costs, dormitory charges and fines, key and ID card replacement costs, dormitory access charges, parking violations, graduation fees, photography and studio art fees, private music lesson fees, and students requiring quarantine beyond the 5 days provided are subject to an additional charge.
Billing Schedule

Statements will be available online 18 days before each scheduled payment due date. Balances should be paid promptly; overdue balances are subject to a finance charge of 1 percent per month (12 percent per year). Accounts more than 15 days late in payment are subject to an additional $25 late fee. Finance charges on amounts to be paid by financial aid that has not yet been credited to a student’s account will not be waived unless Bard College is at fault for late processing of the aid. If accounts are not paid as due, the College reserves the right to require that payment be made by bank cashier's check or money order, or wire transfer. Academic and financial holds are placed on accounts not paid as due. These holds prevent registration confirmation and changes. If the required payment is not received before the start of the term, the students' account will be inactivated, and the students' registration will be canceled for that semester. In addition to the required payment due, there is a $100 late registration fee applicable to the outstanding balance.

If our office is notified of a students' enrollment shortly before the semester begins or after the semester has started, a billing statement will be generated reflecting the amount due for the student's account. Payment will be due upon receipt in order for the student's account to be activated for the specific semester and to confirm the student's enrollment, housing, and registration status.

Financial Aid as Applied to Billing
Financial aid is administered by the Office of Financial Aid. Students eligible for financial aid receive an award letter. If a scholarship or grant other than those listed in the award letter is to be used as a credit, a letter of intent from the sponsor of the outside award must be submitted to the Student Financial Services office.

Financial aid that has been approved by the Financial Aid Office is credited on billing statements. Financial aid credits are listed only if all required pertinent items have been submitted to and approved by the Financial Aid Office. Payment in lieu of missing financial aid is due as billed on the statement and is subject to finance charges if not received by the due date. Parent and student loans (Federal Direct PLUS, Federal Direct, Alternative, and the like) are credited to students' accounts only after written confirmation of approval is received from the lending agencies. For students who receive financial aid and elect to participate in the Bard Budget Plan, the approved financial aid figures (excluding College stipend and employment funds) will be used in the calculation of the Bard Budget Plan.

Students who do not participate in the Bard Budget Plan may deduct 50 percent of the approved fall term financial aid (excluding College stipend and employment funds) from the installment due in June. The remaining 50 percent will be credited on the July installment. Similarly, 50 percent of the approved spring term financial aid may be deducted from the November installment, and the remaining 50 percent from the December installment. Bard College prohibits the use of any current-year financial aid for payment of past-due balances from previous years.


Credit Balance on an Account
If the student is a Title IV financial aid recipient and if Title IV funds exceed allowable charges (tuition, required fees, room, board), these funds will be returned to the student/parent within 14 days of payment unless the student/parent has authorized the school to hold these funds toward payment of other allowable institutional charges.

For all other credit balances for a students' account, please complete the electronic Student Account Refund Form after the drop/add period to request such a refund.

Contact the Office of Student Financial Services