Oklahoma City University
Student Financial Services

HELPFUL TIPS

1. Check your student account information often. Access our website at www.okcu.edu, choose student log in, and use your ID number and PIN (Personal Identification Number) to enter the main menu. The first time you access your account, your PIN will be your birth month, day, and year. You will then be prompted to change the PIN to one of your choosing.

2. If you forget your PIN, you will be prompted to reset it with your security question you provided when you orginally signed on. If you still have problems logging on, contact the Registrar’s Office to have the PIN number reset.

3. Payment for each semester is due in full by the first date of class as published in the OCU official academic calendar. An installment plan is available that offers 4 payments in the fall and spring semesters and 3 payments in the summer semester. Contact the Student Financial Services Office for more information on installment plans. You may apply for an installment plan for the Summer 2008 semester by choosing the link listed, completing the application and email, fax or mail it in to the SFS Office. Prior to the beginning of each semester, statements will be sent to your OCU.stu email address ONLY. For more information call 208.5146 or email: bursar @okcu.edu.

4. Always check your personal information such as personal email address, local address, permanent address, phone numbers and update if necessary. Our office will send all important information and billing statements to your assigned OCU student email address. You may request a copy of the email statement go to a designated “billing” email address. Please keep this information current. It is very important that we be able to reach you. You may make corrections to these items online by emailing us at bursar@okcu.edu, or in person at the Student Financial Services Office.

5. It is very important to remember that if your financial aid and scholarships do not cover your entire tuition balance, you are required to make payments. Your financial aid and scholarships do not constitute your first payment.

6. It is also important to remember that if you have been awarded work-study, we cannot deduct the amount awarded when figuring your payments unless you sign a form that will allow payroll to send all money earned directly to your account balance. You have to work all the hours awarded to you to actually receive the amount on your award letter. Please allow for tax deductions also. If you want your work-study funds to be directly applied to your account, please come sign up at the Student Financial Services Office.

7. Please note that if you have been awarded and accept a PLUS loan, the amount awarded is not counted toward figuring the amount of your first payment unless the loan has actually been accepted and pre-approved by your lender and the Financial Aid Office has been notified of the approval. Any excess funds from a PLUS loan will be refunded to the parent borrower, not the student, unless we are notified by the parent borrower in writing to release the funds to the student. OCU will issue the parent borrower a refund check for the excess funds.

8. If financial aid has been received in excess of your account balance, you will receive a refund after the 100% adjustment date. Please note that all refunds are issued through direct deposit to your designated bank account or through the Chase E-Funds Debit card. When you sign up for direct deposit, your refund can automatically be deposited into the checking or savings account of your choice. You may sign up for direct deposit at the SAS office or apply for the Chase E-Funds card online through our website. If you choose not to use direct deposit, you will be required to apply for the Chase E-Funds Debit Card for your refund. OCU no longer cuts refund checks for student refunds.


We are here to serve you. If you have any questions. please call 208-5146 or email bursar@okcu.edu