Pay Your Bill

After you have received your aid notification and completed all necessary paperwork, your aid will automatically be displayed on your bill as anticipated payment. (If you're not sure if you have completed all your paperwork to receive your aid, check your "To-do" list on DukeHub). 

Duke University partners with Nelnet to allow currently enrolled students and their parents* to pay term charges in monthly payments as follows:

• Fall balance                 July 1 – November 1
• Spring balance             December 1 – April 1

A non-refundable plan enrollment fee of $40 is charged for Nelnet participation.

Auto-deduct from a checking or savings account will be required to set up a payment plan.

*Students will need to invite Authorized Payers to enroll in payment plans.

As a Nelnet participant, you will continue to receive statements on a regular basis from the Duke Bursar's Office. This statement should reflect your Nelnet payments made to date. The balance due on your statement, which includes charges for the current term, must be covered by your remaining scheduled Nelnet payments for that term. Fall Plan payments made to Nelnet (July 1 to November 1) must clear fall term charges; Spring Plan payments (December 1 to April 1) must clear spring term charges. If the balance due on your statement will not be cleared by your remaining scheduled payments for the term, please submit a payment for the difference directly to Duke. For more information, visit https://mycollegepaymentplan.com/duke/ or contact Nelnet at (800) 609-8056.

Undergraduate students are encouraged to use the Nelnet Worksheet to calculate their Total Nelnet Budget Amount.

The deadline for enrolling in the Fall Plan is June 29th.  The deadline for enrolling in the Spring Plan is November 29th.

Students or parents of undergraduate students may borrow through federal or private lenders to assist with the cost of Duke.  To learn what borrowing options may be best for you:

Visit our loans page by clicking here

Payments for Duke charges can be made by check. For information on where to send your check and the required information to submit with it, please

Visit the Student Accounts website here.

If your charges will be paid by an employer or other organization by check, payments should be sent to:

Duke University Cashiering
114 South Buchanan Boulevard
Bay 8, Room B-103
Box 90759
Durham, NC 27708-0759

If your employer or other organization requires a copy of your bill, please click here for information regarding sponsored billing.

Please Note: If you receive need-based aid from Duke, your aid will include work study and possibly a student loan. Any non-Duke scholarship you receive will first replace the loans and work study you were offered and will not automatically reduce your bill. If you receive more in outside scholarships than the total loan and work study you were offered, the additional amount will reduce the need-based Duke grant or scholarship. For more information, see our policy on outside scholarships.