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Tuition Insurance

Help protect the investment in college with the Grad Guard Tuition Protection Plan, which can refund up to 100% of your tuition and fees after an unexpected mid-semester withdrawal for a covered illness, injury, mental health disorder, and more. Visit the Grad Guard website for more information.

Payment Methods


You or your authorized users can pay tuition, fees, and other charges directly from a checking account. You may also schedule payments from the account. There is no service charge for e-checks.

There is a 2.95 percent service fee for these payments. UT has a contract with an outside vendor to provide this service. The vendor retains the fee in full.

Want to use a drop box for payments? You can go to One Stop.

Checks must be payable in US dollars, drawn on US banks, and must be payable to the University of Tennessee. Each check must include the check writer’s current address and phone number, along with the UT ID number of the student whose tuition is being paid.


UT’s Check Writing Policy

The student and/or employee must endorse a two-party check. If a two-party check is returned, the student who received the money is liable for the total amount, plus administrative charges.

UT will assess a $30 service charge when checks do not clear the bank. The charge may be increased to $40 if the check is not redeemed within two weeks. Along with returned check fees, UT will assess late payment fees from the date the check is redeemed.

When a check is returned, UT sends a notice to the billing address. Returned checks will not be redeposited. A cashier’s check is required to pay a returned check and service charges.

If you have a second returned check within one calendar year of the first one, your check writing privileges are suspended for six months.

If you do not clear the second returned check within one calendar year of the first, your check writing privileges are suspended until the returned check and service charges are paid.

For a third returned check, your check writing privileges are suspended for one year.

If you have a fourth returned check, your check writing privileges are permanently suspended.

If you do not clear a returned check, you forfeit all university services.

Prefer to send your payment by mail? Please use this address:

The University of Tennessee
Office of the Bursar
211 Student Services Bldg.
Knoxville, TN 37996-0225


UT’s Check Writing Policy

The student and/or employee must endorse a two-party check. If a two-party check is returned, the student who received the money is liable for the total amount, plus administrative charges.

UT will assess a $30 service charge when checks do not clear the bank. The charge may be increased to $40 if the check is not redeemed within two weeks. Along with returned check fees, UT will assess late payment fees from the date the check is redeemed.

When a check is returned, UT sends a notice to the billing address. Returned checks will not be re-deposited. Money order or a cashier’s check is required to pay a returned check and service charges.

If you have a second returned check within one calendar year of the first one, your check writing privileges are suspended for six months.

If you do not clear the second returned check within one calendar year of the first, your check writing privileges are suspended until the returned check and service charges are paid.

For a third returned check, your check writing privileges are suspended for one year.

If you have a fourth returned check, your check writing privileges are permanently suspended.

If you do not clear a returned check, you forfeit all university services.

University departments may authorize payment of certain charges and fees for eligible students. UT also works with some third parties that pay school charges or fund scholarships for students.

The Bursar’s Office handles third-party billing.


Deferred Payment Plan (DPP)

The DPP requires students to pay an initial 50% of the total term charges (upon payment plan enrollment) plus a $30 service charge, by the term’s due date. A second and third payment installment follow in the next two months after the initial 50% payment.

  • Students who pay at least 50% but do not enroll themselves in the DPP will be added to a plan for a $40 fee.
  • Students who do not pay 100% of their charges by the due date are required to enroll in the DPP.
  • The Office of The Bursar reserves the right to add a student to a DPP if the student has an unpaid balance over $50 as of the statement due date. There is a $40 fee when the Office of the Bursar adds a student to a DPP.
  • The installments can fluctuate based on any additional credits or charges during the term.

Example Deferred Payment Plan w/ Financial Aid (In-State Tuition Used as Example)

Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Tuition/Fees + Average Housing & Food: $12,992.00 Tuition/Fees + Average Housing & Food: $12,920.00
Financial Aid: $7,250.00 Financial Aid: $7,250.00
*1st Installment: $2,901.00
Due August 15
*1st Installment: $2,901.00
Due January 12
2nd Installment: $1,435.50
Due September 28
2nd Installment: $1,435.50
Due February 27
3rd Installment: $1,435.50
Due October 26
3rd Installment: $1,435.50
Due March 27

*The $30 service charge is included in the first installment.

Payment in full is due by 4:30 pm on the published date each term. If you are in good financial standing, you may choose to enroll in a deferred payment plan and pay 50 percent of the tuition and fees upon enrollment, by the due date. Not paying in full or not enrolling in the Deferred Payment Plan will result in cancellation of your schedule.

More info on the DPP


Authorized Users for Payments

Students, use MyUTK to give third parties—for instance, your parents or an employer—access to your account so they can make payments. UT cannot share your financial records with third parties unless you give authorization.

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