Payments

Principia College students are expected to pay their PrinBill by the due date. The required monthly payments for fall semester are due by August 15, September 15, October 15 and November 15. The required monthly payments for spring semester are due by December 15, January 15, February 15, and March 15.

Important: All PrinBill communication is by email. Every student MUST check their Principia email regularly for notifications. Every student must log in to PrinBill regularly to review their account activity. Please direct all PrinBill questions to PrinBill@principia.edu.

Monthly Billing Statements

Email notification is sent at the end of each month when a new eStatement is available. Current PrinBill account activity can be viewed throughout the month. 

Student Responsibility for Payments

Principia holds the student responsible for ensuring that payments are made by the due date. Even if an Authorized User helps with payments, a student is expected to be aware of the status of their PrinBill account. If a PrinBill account becomes past due, the student is responsible for resolving the situation in demonstration of Policy 20 of the “Purpose and Policies of The Principia”.

Purpose and Policies of The Principia — Policy 20

The administration, faculty, staff, and student body are expected to adhere to Policy 20 as stated below:

The Principia shall conduct its activities on the basis that all obligations of whatever nature incurred by or due to The Principia shall be met promptly and fully.

The practices of the business department shall not be controlled by sentiment and shall be based upon the inspiration of the Golden Rule. This policy shall not only govern the business dealings of the institution and its members in contractual or financial matters, but shall be reflected also in the demand that all obligations resting upon members of the administration, faculty, staff, and student body as members of this educational community shall be met squarely and promptly. Policy 20

Authorized User

A student may set up one or more Authorized Users on their PrinBill account. The Authorized User will have access to view all the student’s PrinBill account activity and to make payments.

PrinBill Payment Methods

PrinBill payment methods include electronic bank withdrawals, credit card/debit card payments, or checks. Credit card and debit card payments incur a convenience fee of 2.95% ($3.00 minimum per transaction). Students are encouraged to pay by electronic bank withdrawal which does not incur any fees. Payments must be received by the 15th of the month.

All checks written for payment of student accounts must be in U.S. dollars and made payable to “The Principia”.

Note: Do not mail checks to the College in Elsah

Send check payments to:

The Principia
Attn: Cashier
13201 Clayton Rd
St. Louis, MO 63131-1002

Write the student’s name and ID number on the check.

Insufficient Funds and Declined Payments

There will be a service charge of $20 for each returned or declined payment.

Late Fee

A 1% service charge on past due amounts will be billed automatically each month.

Past Due Accounts

If there are financial problems with a PrinBill account it is important to communicate with Billing Services at PrinBill@principia.edu so that a solution can be worked out. Accounts must be kept current. Students may not be allowed to register with their class for the next semester’s classes unless their account is current. Students whose accounts are past due at the end of the semester may be placed on financial suspension, prohibiting admission to classes and participation in sports and other activities (including working on campus or living in campus housing) until satisfactory arrangements have been completed with Billing Services.

Grades, Transcripts, Diplomas

Transcript requests may be submitted to the Registrar’s Office via either our secure online ordering system (electronic or paper delivery) or in person in the Registrar's Office (paper delivery only). To place online orders, current students and former students who have maintained an account may log in via BannerWeb; former students who are not able to access BannerWeb should log in via Principia's Parchment page. More information about ordering transcripts can be found at https://www.principiacollege.edu/academics/registrar/transcript-requests.

Diplomas are issued to graduates when their accounts are paid in full.