Payment Information

Overseas students and parents are often concerned about the logistics of making payments to Lewis & Clark. The information below should assist you.

Payment Dates

In the fall and spring, the first statement of each semester is generated well before the beginning of the semester. Fall semester statements are mailed in July and spring semester statements are mailed in November. The fall deadline to settle one's student account (http://www.lclark. edu/dept/cashiers/ settling.html] typically is in mid-August. The spring deadline to settle one's student account typically is in mid-December. If class registration occurs after the semester due date has passed, payment is due at the time of registration. Monthly statements will be generated if, for one reason or another, the student's account is carrying a balance due after the semester due date.

In the summer, the school does not mail statements in advance of the semester's start. To avoid any late payment penalties, the student's account must be settled by the first day of the session(s) in which he or she is enrolled, whether or not they have received a statement.

Statements are mailed in the student's name to their “preferred address” on record with the school. The “preferred address” typically is the student’s home address. If the student wishes his or her statement to go to an address other than the “preferred address”, he or she can specify a unique billing address. Such a request must be submitted in writing to the Cashier and Credit Office [http://www.lclark. edu/dept/cashiers/ ].

The account statement lists charges for the semester's educational costs--tuition, fees, room, board, insurance, plus miscellaneous costs such as parking violations, Student Health Center charges, residence halls damage, etc. (Parking passes are not included in the account statement). Deposits, financial aid awards, scholarships, and loans, if applicable, are credited to the student's account and subtracted from the total costs. Remit payment of only those balances not covered by the net proceeds of fully processed financial aid.

If there is an overpayment on the student’s account, after all necessary adjustments have been made, a refund will be processed. The Cashier and Credit Office does not create refund checks for a credit less than $100. Therefore, credit balances below $100 can be released in the form of cash at the Cashier and Credit Office. All other refunds will be issued in check form, payable to the student, unless the student completes a Cashier and Credit Office Hold Credit Balance Authorization. (http://www.lclark. edu/dept/cashiers/ objects/CreditBal_Hold_Authorization. pdf) This authorization is how students can request that an overpayment on their account be retained to help offset future semester costs.

Past due balances not covered by fully processed financial aid are subject to late fees. Lewis & Clark reserves the right to assess late fees to all past due student accounts. Late fees are assessed as follows: balances of $999 and below are subject to a per semester $10 late fee, balances of $1000 and above are subject to a per semester $100 late fee.

A monthly payment plan, administered by TMS (Tuition Management Systems), is available to students and parents who wish to spread payments out over a 10 month period each year. (For more information, see our TMS information page.)

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Methods of Payment

The Cashier & Credit Office has important information about Methods of Payment.

By mail

You may mail a cashier's check (U.S. dollars) drawn on a U.S. bank or a "corresponding bank" abroad OR, an international money order (U.S. dollars) made out to "Lewis & Clark College."

The payment may be sent to:

Cashier and Credit Office
MSC 150
Lewis & Clark College
0615 SW Palatine Hill Road
Portland, OR 97219
USA
TEL: 503-768-7829
FAX: 503-768-7908
Email: cashiers@lclark.edu

Note: Be sure to include the name of the sender as well as the name of the student and the student's ID number, if possible.

By wire

You may wire funds directly to Lewis & Clark's bank account from your overseas bank. The information needed for the transfer is below:

Wells Fargo Bank
1300 SW 5th Avenue
Portland, OR 97208-3131

Routing number: 121000248
Account name: Lewis & Clark College
General Fund Account number: 4159599117

Note: Please be sure that the student's name is on the wire information (and the student's Lewis & Clark identification number, if possible) so that the Lewis & Clark Cashier and Credit Office can credit payment to the correct account.

By credit card

IMPORTANT NOTE: Lewis & Clark College does not accept credit cards for the payment of tuition and fees directly. Credit cards (MasterCard, Discover, American Express) continue to be processed online and over the phone through our partner, Tuition Management Systems. Such payments will incur an associated convenience fee. For details, please visit the Cashier and Credit Office payment methods website.