Payroll Deduction

Overview

Payroll deduction provides an option for graduate student Research Assistants (RA) and Teaching Assistants (TA) to deduct a portion of their bi-monthly salaries for the purpose of paying tuition and fees. This allows graduate students to pay their university bill over several payments rather than in one lump sum.

Students may select from four categories of charges to be paid via payroll deduction.

1. Housing and Fees
2. Housing Only
3. Pay All Charges
4. Tuition Only

Only the student employee can authorize payroll deduction set-up by submitting an online request via Axess. Online requests are sent to Student Financial Services for review and set up to ensure that students meet eligibility requirements.

Eligibility

All the requirements below must be met:

• graduate students who are appointed to a Research Assistantship (RA) or Teaching Assistantship (TA) position during the current academic year that has been fully approved by the department
• have a minimum balance due on their quarterly university bill of $500 for the charge category selected
• enroll in payroll deduction before the enrollment deadline 

Timeline

The deadlines for graduate students to enroll in payroll deduction are stated below. The sign-up page for the new academic year will be available by September 15. We recommend that students enroll as early as possible once their TA or RA payroll is approved. Students may choose to enroll in payroll deduction for one full academic year at a time or for one quarter at a time.

The Payroll Deduction Plan status in Axess will indicate "Requested" once enrollment is completed. Review the status after the sign-up deadline to determine if Payroll Deduction was set up successfully.