Bursar Office

The convenience fee is a non-refundable 2.95% service charge (minimum $3) for payments made on your student account using a credit and/or debit card.

Due to the increasing cost of processing credit card payments, Tennessee Tech University has partnered with a third party company, TouchNet ® PayPath, to provide secure credit card processing for student account transactions. This convenience fee is charged by TouchNet ® PayPath, not Tech, and enables students the ability to continue making payments on their student account via credit card.   

This change affects the small number of students using credit cards as a payment method instead of the cost being shared by all students.     

The convenience fee only applies to payments via credit card. These payment methods can be made free of charge:

1. Cash

2. Paper Check

3. Money Order

4. Electronic Check (eCheck)

Instructions on how to pay with an eCheck via Eagle Pay

EAGLE PAY VIA TECH EXPRESS (STUDENTS)

EAGLE PAY - AUTHORIZED USER

All credit card payments made on a Student Account must be made online via Eagle Pay, you cannot pay using a credit card at the cashier windows or over the phone.

No, even if the charge to which it applies is cancelled, refunded, or charged back.  This is a non-refundable convenience fee charged by the third party company TouchNet ® PayPath.

No, this convenience fee will only appear on your credit card/ bank statement as a separate line item. You will see the original charge for your student account payment and another for the convenience fee.

 

For example, a $103 payment will appear on your credit card statement as $100 to Tennessee Tech and $3 to TouchNet® PayPath Convenience Fee.

No, the convenience fee is only accessed on student account payments (payments on tuition and fees, meals, dorm, and incidental charges). This fee will not apply to other non-student account related payments via credit cards across campus.

No, credit card companies will not honor these checks used electronically.  The payment will be returned as “account not found” and create a returned check on your student account.  These checks can only be used in person or through the mail.

As the cost of processing international transactions continues to rise, the current PayPath rate does not cover the cost of international transaction fees. Therefore, the service fee rate for International PayPath transactions will be increased to 4.25%. This change will go into effect February 2024.  International transactions are determined by the Bank Identification Number (BIN) portion of the credit card number.  If the financial institution who issued the card an international institution, then transactions of that card will be subject to the international rate of 4.25%