Payment Information

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Payment Options

• Cash
accepted in person only at the Finance Office cashier's window

• Check or Money Order
accepted by mail (RVCC, Attn: Finance Office, P.O. Box 3300, Somerville, NJ 08876) or at the Finance Office cashier's window

• 529 Accounts
accepted by mail (RVCC, Attn: Finance Office, P.O. Box 3300, Somerville, NJ 08876). Notify Finance Office at bursar@raritanval.edu that you will be using 529 account, include student full name and G# in the email

• Visa, Mastercard or Discover
credit cards accepted online or at the Finance Office cashier's window

• ACH debit
- direct debit from a checking or savings account only accepted online

• Tuition Installment Payment Plan
allows you to spread out payments over the semester and is available for fall or spring semesters. Students must create a new payment plan for each semester. No payment plan is offered thought Transact Payments for the Winter and Summer semesters; email bursar@raritanval.edu for assistance.

The payment plan can be found in the Lion's Den student portal.

The plan is administered by Transact Payments. A nonrefundable enrollment fee of $35 is charged per semester ($55 for the Cosmetology & Esthetics payment plans). Credit and debit card payments are subject to convenience service fees of 2.85% (fee will increase to 2.95% effective 1/6/25) domestic cards; 4.85% international cards (minimum fee of $3). The ACH service fee is $0.50.

Checks or Money Orders should be made payable to: RVC College. There is a $25 charge for any returned check, credit or debit card payment.

Deadlines

Summer 2025 Semester bill is due April 22, 2025. Payment is due at the time of registration after April 22, 2025.

Fall 2025 Semester bill is due August 14, 2025. Payment is due at the time of registration after August 14, 2025.

A tuition payment plan is available to spread out payments.

For the registration process to be finalized, one of the following payment options must be completed:

1. Payment in full to the College

2. Approved financial aid award in memo or authorized status

3. Be enrolled in the Tuition Payment Plan for the semester and have paid the $35 enrollment fee. Please read the above section in Payment Options for more details.

There is no payment plan available through Transact Payments for the Summer Session. If a student needs a payment plan they should email the bursar@raritanval.edu or go the Finance Office on the 1st floor of the College Center.

Please note: once the payment due date has passed payment is due at the time of registration.

• Lions Den (active RVCC student ID# and password required)
• Student Account Payment (credit card payment for students with inactive or no Lions Den account)
• Parents Pay Tuition Now (students must have created a Parent Account to allow parent access) How to create a Parent Account
• Parents Tuition Payment Plan (students must have created a Parent Account to allow parent access)