Payment Options
There are a number of payment options to suit your needs when paying your Tuition and Fees. Student account balances can be viewed online through Self-Service. Learn more about both the direct and indirect costs on our Cost of Attendance page.
Payment Options
Payment can be made by credit card or electronic check by logging into Self-Service. Payments made through Self-Service are processed to the student account immediately. All major credit cards are accepted; Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
If you do not have access to Self-Service and want to make a payment on a student account you can go to the-bac.edu/onlinepay.
Make all checks payable to The Boston Architectural College and include the student ID number on the check. Mailed checks must be received by the payment due date to be considered on-time.
Checks may be mailed to:
The Boston Architectural College
Attn: Student Services
320 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02115
The BAC has partnered with Flywire in order to streamline the process of international payments. Flywire allows you to pay securely from any country and any bank, generally in your home currency. By making your payments with Flywire, you can track your payments from start to finish, save on bank fees and exchange rates, and contact their multilingual customer support team with any questions, day or night. To get started go to https://pay.flywire.com/ to begin the payment process. If you have questions about making an international payment, visit https://help.flywire.com/.
Cash payments are accepted in the Student Services Office at 320 Newbury Street only. Please bring the exact amount as there is no change available. We strongly discourage anyone from carrying large amounts of cash to make payment but if you do please bring a U.S. state ID or government-issued passport for federal reporting purposes.
Financial aid funds include Federal Direct Loans, Federal Grants, Private Alternative Loans, and Scholarships. Once the financial aid funds are certified, these funds will be applied to the student's bill as pending financial aid. The anticipated funds need to be pending on the account to be deducted from the balance due. Please allow enough time in applying for financial aid to meet payment deadlines.
View the Financial Aid for more information on how to apply for financial aid and the types of aid.
The BAC has contracted with ACI Payments, Inc to provide tuition payment plans to students. These plans are available to degree students and are offered in the fall and spring semesters only.
Plans available are 5, 4 or 3 months in length. There is a $35 enrollment fee to activate the plan. Payments made via credit card are subject to a processing fee from ACI Payments, Inc. There are no processing fees on payments made via electronic check.
To activate a payment plan, please visit the ACI Payment Plan website and follow the prompts to complete your enrollment. Please note that plans must be set up and current to be considered active by the payment due date.
The BAC will bill a sponsor, government organization, or employer for all or part of your tuition and fees. You must submit a purchase order and/or sponsorship letter prior to the semester's payment deadline. The purchase order should include the organization's billing information, the student it plans to sponsor, for what semester and/or specific courses, and for the exact dollar amount they will pay.
Payment must be submitted directly to the BAC and is due within 30 days of the invoice date. Please note that third party sponsorship cannot be contingent upon the receipt of grades. If the sponsorship eligibility changes and payment is not made you are ultimately responsible for any outstanding balance.
Credit Balance Refunds
When a credit balance of $1.00 or more occurs on a student account a refund will be processed within 14 business days. Credit balances may occur from the disbursement of financial aid, overpayment and/or reduction in tuition and fees.
The refund will be issued based on the form of payment. If an overpayment was made via credit card or electronic check, the refund will go back to the original form of payment. If the credit was caused by financial aid the refund will be processed via check or direct deposit.
To supply the BAC with your direct deposit information, go to Student Forms. There you can add or review your bank account information. Please make sure your bank account information remains up to date. Once supplied, that will continue to be the default refund method. If a check is issued the student will be notified of the option to pick it up or it will be mailed.
Issuing 1098-T Forms
The 1098-T form is required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be filed each year in January for students for whom a reportable transaction is made. The forms report total payments made in the calendar year up to the total amount of qualified tuition and related fees, grant funds received, graduate program status and full or part-time enrollment status. The IRS Instructions provide more details regarding the form requirements.
Forms are processed in mid-January and mailed out by January 31st. It is required that the BAC maintain an accurate government ID (social security number) for all enrolled students. To provide and view the current SSN/government ID on file, go to Student Forms.
The Student Services Office will complete tax forms for outside the U.S. such as the tl11c/tl11a from Canada, but will do so upon request from the student. To request the form be completed please email StudentServices@the-bac.edu.
Office of Student Services
Located on the first floor next to the Admissions department.