Student Financial Services
The office of Student Financial Services is here to answer your questions about the cost of attending TCU, your account, making payments, and any other ways we can help you.
We are located in The Harrison with general hours of operation weekdays — 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.
Multiple Ways to Pay for College
Your education at TCU is an investment in your future. We offer payment plans along with a variety of payment methods, ranging from credit cards to 529 plans to online payments.
Helpful Information for Students & Parents
For more information regarding non-enrolled students with outstanding balances and skip tracing:
Telephone: 817-257-8298
Address:
The Harrison, Suite 1403
3101 Bellaire Drive North
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Mailing Address:
TCU Financial Services
Attn: Andrew Hadlock
TCU Box 297011
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
If you have questions about student account payments by credit card, see our Credit Card FAQ.
The University is obligated by federal law (Section 6109 of the IRS code) to request your Social Security Number (SSN). This is done with the IRS W-9S form. Students who fail to provide their SSN to the University may have a fine assessed from the IRS. In addition TCU will send you a 1098-T form.
IRS W-9S
The University is obligated by federal law (Section 6109 of the IRS code) to request your Social Security Number (SSN). Students who fail to provide their SSN to the University may have a fine assessed from the IRS.
Domestic Students (US Citizens and Permanent Residents)
The W-9S form is used to capture your SSN for TCU. Please fill out the form and submit it to the
Registrar’s Office by November 11, 2022.
International Students
If you are an international student and have a SSN, fill out a W-9S form and submit the W-9 to the Registrar’s Office by November 11, 2022. If you do not have an SSN, please do not fill out the W-9.
How to Submit Your W-9
By mail: Texas Christian University
Attn: Julie Hardy, Registrar’s Office
TCU Box 297004
Fort Worth TX 76129
By fax: 817-257-8978
In person: Drop it off at the Registrar’s Office, The Harrison, Suite 1300
The University advises against emailing your W-9 because email is not a secure form of communication.
IRS Form 1098-T
Each January, TCU distributes 1098-T tax information to our students. 1098-T form is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) informational form filed by eligible educational institutions to report qualified payments and qualified scholarships from the previous year to the IRS. The institution must submit tax information for every eligible student enrolled that pays qualifying tuition and related expenses. This tax information is transmitted to the IRS. One key identifier used by the IRS to match taxpayer information to the tax return is the Social Security Number (SSN).
To request a refund for a credit balance on an enrolled student account, sign in to my.tcu.edu, click on Student Account, and click on Request a Refund on the left.
Direct Deposit is the preferred refund method. If the student has completed the Direct Deposit setup, refunds can be sent directly to the student’s bank account. Direct Deposit requests must be received by the Student Financial Services Office by noon on Monday in order to have the funds available that same Friday. To request a check, please email finserv@tcu.edu.
Credit balances resulting from Title IV funds will be refunded in accordance with federal regulations.
Requests received during holiday or university closing periods will be processed during the next refund cycle when the university is open.
These agencies and companies are billed through third-party billing by the Student Accounts Office:
- Army Tuition Assistance
- Air Force Tuition Assistance
- American Telephone and Telegraph
- City of Fort Worth
- Florida Prepaid College Program**
- Fulbright Institute
- Georgia Rehabilitation
- General Motors
- Green Bay Packaging, Inc.
- Indian Health Services
- JTPA
- Lockheed Martin
- Louisiana Rehabilitation
- Major League Baseball
- Michigan Education Trust
- Missouri Rehabilitation
- Muskie Foundation
- Navy Tuition Assistance
- Project Choice
- State of Alabama Prepaid ACT**
- Texas Commission For The Blind
- Texas Instruments
- Texas Rehabilitation
- Texas Tomorrow Fund**
- Texas Youth Commission
- Veterans Rehabilitation
- United States Air Force
- United States Army – ACTR/ACCELS
For questions about third-party billing, please call 817-257-7836.
e-Z Bill FAQ
e-Z Bill is TCU’s version of electronic billing for student account charges.
- 24/7 access
- Access to current and previous bills in one location
- Secure site
- Printer friendly version
- Students can give billing access to more than one person
- Helps TCU “go green”
Financial Services will send an e-mail around the 12th of the month noting that bills are ready to view online.
- Students will automatically have access to online bills via my.tcu.edu.
- Students are responsible for granting parents or other responsible parties access to e-Z Bill.
- Log on to my.tcu.edu.
- Click on the Grant Access to Others icon.
- Enter the information for the person responsible for paying the bill and then under “Access Type,” check the E-Bill/Student Account Info box and click save.
Students can grant access to up to three other parties.
Students only have to set up access one time. They can change access at any time, though. For security reasons, your student will have to periodically change your password.
After students grant access, parents or other responsible parties will receive a confirmation e-mail with a username and password. Please keep this information in a secure location.
e-Z Bill can be accessed online using the username and password provided in the confirmation email.
Students must grant access to E-Bill/Student Account Info to give parents or others access to online bills.
Students can update recipient email addresses at any time.
Online bills will be posted on a secure, password-protected site. Only students and those individuals that students grant access to can access the site.