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Paying the Balance

Families are often concerned about how they will pay the balance due to Whitworth after financial aid has been applied. Three options are listed below:

  1. Pay the balance in full before each semester starts. Whitworth only bills for one semester at a time so families only need to pay the balance for each semester before it starts.
  2. Whitworth offers a monthly payment plan to help families manage the balanced owed to the university. For a nominal annual fee, families can make four payments each semester on the 15th of each month. Payments are directly debited out of a designated checking or savings account. Contract is due by Aug. 10 for fall semester, and by Feb. 10 for spring semester. Payments begin in August and end in November for fall semester, and they begin in February and end in May for spring semester.
  3. Parents of dependent students may want to consider borrowing a Federal Direct Parent Loan to cover the annual balance or to decrease their monthly payments. Federal Direct Parent Loans must be approved by the Department of Education based on parents' credit reports. For more information about Federal Direct Parent Loans, visit studentloans.gov.

Students receive an email from the Whitworth Student Accounts Office prior to the start of each term that provides information about the bill/payment options for the upcoming semester.