Ways to Pay

Bursar’s window accepts cash, check, and money order. Our office is located on the First Floor, Hill Hall

Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Our Location
Hill Hall, Room 109
First Floor
3219 College Street
Savannah, GA 31404
(912) 358-4042

TransferMate is an easy-to-use online payment platform that offers a secure, fast and affordable way to wire money to your student and/or housing account from around the world. If you’re an international student or parent you can use this secure payment method during your TouchNet process.

• No international sender/receiver fees ($20 fee for domestic wires)
• Preferential exchange rates
• 24-hour Customer Service
• Payments quickly post to your student account
• Safe and easy

How do I make a payment with TransferMate?

1. Login to your student account in PAWS. Click on “Make a Payment”, enter the payment amount, and then choose “TransferMate INTL” as the payment method.
2. Choose the country you’re paying from.
3. Complete payer details and set up an account.
4. Make your payment with the provided instructions.
5. Track your payment throughout the process.

NOTE: Brazilian, Chinese, South African, and Indian students will be required to send supporting documents, which can easily be uploaded.

Printable PDFs available:

• English
• Chinese
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Japanese
• Arabic

Check & Money Order
Make payable to “Savannah State University”
Savannah State University
P.O. BOX 27143
3219 College Street
Savannah, Georgia 31404

Sign up early to maximize the benefit of spreading your payments over the maximum amount of months for the lowest enrollment fee. Plans are based on $5,500 max enrollment. Accounts over a $5,500 balance due will have the additional amount included in the down payment.

To enroll in a payment plan today, log into your PAWS account and select NelNet payment plan.

The Third-Party Awards process is used to bill outside organizations for students’ tuition and/or fees. If the Bursar’s Office needs to bill an external organization to pay tuition and fees, please follow the steps below:

Student Responsibilities

• E-mail: [email protected] before the semester begins, to inform the Bursar’s Office there is a third-party award payment pending.
  • E-mail should include:
    • Student name
    • Student ID number
    • Donating organization’s name
    • Term being covered
    • Estimated award amount
• Provide organization with Bursar contact information and authorization requirements (See below).
• Ensure billing authorization is forwarded to Bursar two weeks prior to the first day of class.
  • If authorization is not received by the deadline, SSU cannot guarantee classes will not be dropped for non-payment.
• Pay any charges on student account that will not be covered by the third party organization by the first day of class.
• Check student PAWS account to ensure the award has been posted after the drop/add period for the semester.

Billing Authorization Requirements

• Written on organization’s letterhead
• Signature of authorized company official
• Contact’s name
• Contact’s phone number
• Contact’s e-mail
• Billing address
• Student’s name
• Student ID number
• Term being covered
• Itemized charges being covered (Tuition and Fees page)
• Estimated award amount
• Submitted via one of the following methods, at least two weeks prior to the first day of class:
  • E-mail: [email protected]
  • Drop off at the Bursar’s Office window
  • Mail to:
    Savannah State University
    P.O. BOX 27143
    3219 College Street
    Savannah, GA 31404

Conditional Credit
Our office may apply a conditional credit to student accounts as long as an authorization form is on file. The Bursar’s Office will then bill the organization after the Attendance Verification is complete to receive payment for your award. Students who do not receive full payment of account balance are responsible for paying all remaining charges on their respective account.

Holds and other restrictions will be placed on the student account until the balance is paid in full. If a third-party organization fails to pay the authorized charges within 60 days from the date billed, the conditional credit will be reversed and the student will be responsible for the unpaid charges. Students should remain in contact with the organization until the terms of the billing authorization have been met.

The ultimate goal of Bursar’s Office is to efficiently implement consistent methods of managing the institution’s receivables, while complying with University System of Georgia, local, state, and federal regulations.

The student receivable process begins when charges are posted to the student account. If the student’s account is not paid in full by the advertised payment deadline, a financial hold will be placed on the student account and further collection efforts will be made to collect the amount owed. If the account balance is forwarded to a collection agency, additional fees will be added to the balance due. In addition, a delinquency report may be filed with a credit bureau.

Please note: A financial hold will remain on an account until the balance is paid in full. The financial hold will prevent all registration activity, applying for graduation, and receiving a diploma.

Returned Payments
Student accounts are restricted from making electronic check payments or receiving e-Refunds after a student has received two returned electronic payment for R01- Insufficient Funds or has one returned payment or refund for any other return code by system default. Accounts are restricted by our system for six months and cannot be overridden by SSU.

An accounts receivable hold will be placed on the student account preventing new check payments to be made for three returned payments made within one year. A Return Check Fee will also be assessed towards the account for each return check payment.