Methods of Payment

Checks

Boston University accepts the following forms of payment:

  • Personal Check
  • Traveler's Check
  • Money Order

Make checks payable to Boston University.

  • Checks, traveler's checks, and money orders must be payable in U.S. dollars only
  • Include the student's name and identification number on the check
  • Postdated checks cannot be accepted

We encourage you to mail all payments to the P.O. box listed on your invoice. If you choose to send payments by over-night delivery service, please use the following address:

Student Accounting Services
881 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

Overnight delivery to any other address, including the PO box listed on your invoice, will delay receipt of your payment.

Wire Transfers

Wire payments to:

Citizens Bank
1 Citizens Drive
Riverside, RI 02915
Account # 110780-805-4
ABA: 011500120

Funds must be wired in US dollars. Please include the student's name and identification number on the wire transfer. It can take several weeks for an international bank to notify Boston University's bank that money has been wired. We recommend that international students wire funds well before the payment deadline and fax a copy of the bank receipt, with the dollar amount transferred, to 617.353.3313. Processing charges and bank fees for international wire transfers vary, and may be charged to your student account.