Florida Prepaid

Florida Prepaid at FSU

Student Finance facilitates your Florida Prepaid payment each semester by invoicing Florida Prepaid based on the number of credit hours in which you are enrolled. This invoice is generated approximately four weeks before the start of the semester, and payment is applied to your student account when Florida Prepaid remits funds to the University. You can use the chart below to estimate your Prepaid coverage based on your plan type; however, FSU is not able to determine the exact value of an individual plan. For questions about your specific per-credit coverage, please contact Florida Prepaid directly.

In order for your Florida Prepaid Plan to link and automatically bill FSU must have your social security number (SSN) on file. If you did not supply your SSN upon application to the University you will need to call the Registrar’s Office at (850) 644-1050 or registrar@fsu.edu to provide your SSN.

What does FSU need to bill my Florida Prepaid account? 

We do not need any paperwork from you and we do not need to see your Florida Prepaid card.

Our billing system links to Florida Prepaid through your social security number, so we already know if you have Florida Prepaid. If you keep your Florida Prepaid Account current, we bill it automatically each semester. Your Florida Prepaid payment will reflect on your my.fsu.edu bill roughly four weeks before the start of the term. 

When does Florida Prepaid Pay? 

Your my.fsu.edu account statement will reflect your Florida Prepaid payment before we disburse Financial Aid. Look for Florida Prepaid Payment on your account statement three to four weeks prior to the start of the semester.

This timing means that any financial aid you receive, like Bright Futures, will be used only to pay those charges left unpaid by Florida Prepaid and we will refund excess Financial Aid to you, normally within three business days of disbursement.   

What does Florida Prepaid Pay? 

We bill Florida Prepaid for the credit hours you take each semester and Florida Prepaid pays FSU based on your plan features and the actual dollar value FSU assesses for each fee that Florida Prepaid covers. 

All Florida Prepaid plans cover tuition, but the University assesses various mandatory per-credit class fees outside tuition and all students will be left with some class fee balance not covered by Florida Prepaid. The chart below outlines the tuition and fee categories as they relate to Florida Prepaid features: 

*Per credit hour fee assessment based on current academic year rate for Main Campus, Florida Residents. Please note that specific classes and majors might be assessed additional fees that Florida Prepaid does not cover, like lab fees, distance learning fees, and program equipment fees. All students are also assessed a $20/semester facilities fee each semester and a $5.00FSUCard Term fee -in the Fall and Spring semesters. Please visit our tuition rates page for additional tuition and fee details. 

What happens if I have College Hours to Use, instead of University Hours? 

This question comes up a lot for students with 2+2 plans. The 2+2 Florida Plan is designed to pay towards two years of college and two years of university. Students with these types of Florida Prepaid plans can still choose to attend FSU as freshmen (and attend all four years) and we will bill your Prepaid account like normal. When this happens, Florida Prepaid will simply convert your plan to a university plan and prorate your college hours. The end result is that you will have fewer total hours to use, but Florida Prepaid will pay at the university rate (i.e. at the same per-credit rate described in the chart above). Note that this pro-ration might result in partial hours during the final semester of use when the plan's balance depletes, but that is the only time that the Florida Prepaid payment amount should differ from the rates in the chart above.

What if I don't want FSU to bill my Prepaid plan, or I want them to bill for less hours than I'm enrolled in?

FSU will always automatically bill your Prepaid plan unless you place a hold on your plan with Florida Prepaid. To place a hold on your plan, reach out to Florida Prepaid directly. To bill for less hours than you are enrolled in, you will need to place a hold on your plan and then request a "direct payment" to FSU for the number of hours that you would like to withdrawal. You will do both of these actions by contacting Florida Prepaid directly. 

What if I drop a class and want to return those funds to Florida Prepaid to reinstate my hours for future use?

If you drop a class without fee liability (or you enrolled in more classes than you intend to take which results in a lower enrollment hours total than what FSU billed Florida Prepaid for) you can use any refunds or proceeds from FSU to reinstate your hours with Prepaid directly. You will need to reach out to Florida Prepaid directly to initiate a return of hours.