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NELNET: Make a Payment or Enroll in Payment Plan

NELNET: Make a Payment or Enroll in Payment Plan

Summary

  • Description:

    • Information regarding payment plans:

      • Students pay a 20% down payment at sign up and pay monthly installments.

      • Students may make manual installment payments or may set up automatic payments.

      • Final installment payments are due prior to next term's Registration.

      • Payment plans are term specific. There is a $25 nonrefundable fee per plan, per term.  Students may only enroll in one plan per term.

      • The $25 fee will not be refunded if the student receives aid that covers their fees.

    • Adding and Dropping Classes:

      • Adding classes after signing up for a Payment Plan: If the next payment installment is due within 2 weeks, there will not be an increase to that next installment. The additional amount will be equally distributed across the remaining installments.

      • Dropping classes after signing up for a Payment Plan: If charges are reduced, all future installments with be adjusted accordingly, regardless of when the next installment is due.

  • Prerequisites:

    • Student must have an active application on file and owe a balance of $150 or more. For more information, please visit this website [link]

    • Payment Plans are an agreement between the student and Nelnet, our payment processor. Read the agreement carefully before enrolling!

    • Financial Aid students with anticipated aid, Veterans Chapter 31, and Veterans Chapter 33 students are not eligible to enroll in payment plans.

    • If the student is using Internet Explorer, the Privacy Settings must be set to “Accept All Cookies”. 

Instructions:

  1. Login to myportal.sdccd.edu.  Student enters “User ID”, “Password”, then clicks “Sign In”.

  1. Click the “College Student Dashboard”.

  1. Access the Make a Payment page.  

    In the “My Finances” box, you may be prompted to click “Update Charges.”
    Once charges update, click “Pay Now”. 

    Or, on the left side navigation, in “My Finances”, click “Make a Payment”.  

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OR

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4. In “Account Summary” select “Make a Payment” button. 

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5. This will open the Nelnet payment portal. 

On your home page, you can select “Make a Payment” or “Setup up a Payment Plan.” 

 Note: As a one-time requirement the first time you log in, you will be prompted to set up your Nelnet account.  

Guide to set up Nelnet Account 

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  1. Click “Sign Out” to return to the mySDCCD dashboard tile.  

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  1. End of guide.