Student Financial Services

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

A: No, the balance must be paid in full in order to participate in room selection.

A: If you have already set up your Direct Deposit Information through JP Morgan and need to make an edit or update, you can use the URL below.  Please note that you will need to sign in to your secure JP Morgan profile.  
https://cnc.jpmorgan.com/suny/login.html

A: All Broad Based Fees are mandatory and cannot be waived.  This is to ensure that all programs and services are available to all students.  We are very conscious of keeping our costs low, and benchmark our fees each year relative to our SUNY Center peers and other public colleges and universities.

A: The University has billed all mandatory Broad Based Fees regardless of the modality of instruction or individual student use.  Comprehensive fees are a means to develop and maintain high quality services and programs that enhance the student experience for all enrolled students. These programs, including transportation, health, career, technology and recreation, among others, are not funded as a fee-for-service; rather all students contribute to funding these programs and have access to them as needed.  The University depends on these fees to operate and maintain the programs and services. A list of broad-based fees and the programs and services they fund is available on the Student Financial Services website.

A: Aid disbursement dates vary from student to student and depend on a number factors including, but not limited to, when the student applied for the aid, the type of aid to be received, and the student’s financial aid checklist.

A: Credits from a prior term can move to pay current term balances.  If you would like a refund of that credit it can be issued to you however this action will increase your current balance due.  

A: Tuition and housing deposits reserve your place and pay their respective charges.  Tuition deposits eventually pay the tuition charges on your account, the same is true for housing deposits and housing charges.

A: SUNY Leadership has mandated that all students who are eligible for TAP will be charged a discounted Academic Excellence Fee.

A: When a student grants someone access to their billing and payment information that person becomes a delegated user.  Please visit the Delegated Access page for more information.

A: It is customary for out of state rates to be higher than in state rates at state supported schools.  New York residents support SUNY operations through their tax dollars, as a result New York State residents are charged a discounted tuition rate.  The out of state rate cannot be lowered or altered for students who are not New York State Residents or do not obtain New York State Residency.  Please visit the Residency Page for more information.

A: Students receive billing notifications as SOLAR messages and emails to their @stonybrook.edu email address.  The first Fall billing notification is typically sent out around July 10th and the first Spring billing notification is typically sent out around December 10th.  Other billing notifications are sent out around the 1st and 16th of each month.

Enrollment for the Fall or Spring payment plans begins when the first invoice is generated.  This is early July for the Fall term and early December for the Spring term.

A: Click here to view our 1098-T webpage. 

A: The University has billed all mandatory Broad Based Fees regardless of the modality of instruction.  Comprehensive fees are a means to develop and maintain high quality services and programs that enhance the student experience for all enrolled students. These programs, including transportation, health, career, technology and recreation, among others, are not funded as a fee-for-service; rather all students contribute to funding these programs and have access to them as needed.  The University depends on these fees to operate and maintain the programs and services. A list of broad-based fees and the programs and services they fund is available on the Student Financial Services website. 

https://www.stonybrook.edu/sfs/tuition-fees/broad-based-fees.html

Whether the University is operating online or in person, we have worked to make these programs and services available to students and made adjustments during the height of the pandemic to maintain access to them.  Even when the programs and services are accessed at a reduced capacity, such as transportation, they must be maintained for those that depend upon them, now and in the future.

We are very conscious of keeping our costs low, and benchmark our fees each year relative to our SUNY Center peers and other public colleges and universities.  Stony Brook University’s overall tuition costs and fees are among the lowest of any of these schools.

Information on how to apply for CARES Act funding can be found here.

A: Information on the Online Out Of State Rate can be found here.  The Online Out of State Rate for eligible students who are enrolled in eligible pre-approved 100% online programs is 1.2 times the in-state rate. 

A: Yes, please visit the link below to submit a waiver.   All waivers must be submitted by the first day of classes. 

https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studentaffairs/shs/insurance/international.php

Please visit the Residency Page or email resideny@stonybrook.edu. 

A: GSEU/RSEU transportation and health insurance waivers are posted once your hiring paperwork is completed. Please allow Human Resources up to two weeks after filing these forms with your department to see the waivers on your account.

A: No, we do not accept cash payments.  Payments can be made using Credit, Debit, or Check. 

A: Many banks offer free checking accounts and zero balance requirements to students.  There are several banks in close proximity to campus and a fully functioning bank operating in the basement of the Student Activities Center.  The August 15th due date will provide students adequate time to find alternate payment options.

A: Yes.  The Time Option Payment Plan (TOPP). More information can be found here.

A: The exclusively online rate will be charged to students taking courses in exclusively online programs that have been previously approved by the Provost’s Office and registered by the New York State Education Department in distance education format, consistent with the student’s intention to take courses exclusively online at the time of application and matriculation toward the degree. Students who are nonresidents, whose intent is to be on campus learning, but may be studying remotely for the fall, will be charged the nonresidential rate.

A: Financial Aid has a dedicated CARES Act website, here.

A: The Financial Aid Office  regularly updates the FAQ on theire website, linked here.

A:  Documentation is available HERE.  You can also chat with a Student Accounts Representative for assistance.