Payment Plan Information
The Carnegie Mellon Tuition Payment Plan administered by Tuition Management Systems (TMS) is recommended to help you budget payment of your educational expenses and limit your debt.
The Carnegie Mellon Tuition Payment Plan allows you to spread your payments out over 10 months. There is no interest charged on the plan, and a variety of other benefits, including Life Insurance, are provided, all paid for with a single low annual enrollment fee. A semester option at a lower fee is available for those graduating in December or beginning their enrollment in the spring semester.
Benefits of the Carnegie Mellon Tuition Payment Plan
Interest-free payments.
Life Insurance coverage for the bill payer.
Toll-free top-rated telephone service during extended personal service hours at 888-251-3533.
Affordability Counseling with friendly and professional Education Payment Counselors.
A wide variety of payment methods include on-line payments via CheckFree (see below), personal checks, money orders, credit cards, Western Union by wire or check, and automated payments from a checking or savings account.
24-hour access to account information at www.afford.com or The HUB Website, www.cmu.edu/hub.
24-hour access to account information in a toll-free InfoLine.
We hope that you seriously consider the advantages of paying some or all of your balance interest-free. This strategy is the most effective means of limiting your debt. Feel free to contact Tuition Management Systems for Affordability Counseling at 888-251-3533 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.
The Carnegie Mellon Tuition Payment Plan allows you the convenience to investigate, enroll and pay on-line. If you set up a monthly payment plan with TMS, one half of your contracted amount will be credited to your fall invoice, the remainder to the other semesters contracted. If you still have a balance once your contracted amount is credited on the invoice and after deducting the amount of your approved loans, you will either need to increase your contract with TMS, OR send the balance due on your student account to Carnegie Mellon.
Payments Via CheckFree
In order to better serve the payment needs and preferences of students and families, Tuition Management Systems now offers payment via CheckFree, a free and convenient online payment service.
Using CheckFree, students and families may now schedule their TMS bill to be paid at a specific time at no additional cost.
Benefits to Students and Families
Free – There is no charge for using this service. CheckFree will also bear the responsibility for any late-payment-related charges (up to $50) should a payment arrive to us after its due date as long the transaction was scheduled in accordance with the service's terms and conditions.
Convenient – CheckFree provides the convenience of access to 24/7, anytime payment.
Secure - Using this service, you can be assured that your electronic payments are safe and reliable. Through CheckFree, they are protected in the unlikely event of unauthorized transactions or processing delays.