About the Enrollment Deposit
An enrollment deposit is required from every first-time freshman undergraduate student (excluding transfer students) accepted and is applied to the first-term bill (tuition and fees).
- Fall and Summer: Students can pay the enrollment online through their MyEIU account. The enrollment deposit is due by May 1 or if admitted after May 1, within 10 working days after notification of admission. Deposits may be accepted after this time but may result in delayed processing of the student’s account.
- Spring: Students can pay the enrollment online through their MyEIU account. Students must submit the enrollment deposit by Dec. 1 or if admitted after Dec. 1, within 10 working days after notification of admission. Deposits may be accepted after this time but may result in delayed processing of the student’s account.
Refund of Enrollment Deposit
- Fall and Summer: The enrollment deposit is 100 percent refundable for fall and summer enrollees prior to May 1 and 50 percent refundable prior to June 1, provided that the Admissions Office is notified in writing (email is sufficient) of the student's intention not to enroll. After June 1, the deposit is not refundable.
- Spring: For spring enrollees, the enrollment deposit is 100 percent refundable prior to November 15 and 50 percent refundable prior to December 15, provided that the Admissions Office is notified in writing (email is sufficient) of the student's intention not to enroll. After December 15, the deposit is not refundable.
Deferment of Enrollment Deposit
Students meeting one of the criteria on the Request for Deferral of Enrollment Deposit Form – please have your high school counselor complete the form and email it to admissions@eiu.edu.
- Student has received or is eligible to receive an ACT or SAT testing fee waiver.
- Student is enrolled in or eligible to participate in the Federal Free or Reduced Price Lunch program (FRPL).
- Student’s annual family income falls within the income Eligibility Guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
- Student is enrolled in a federal, state or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., GEAR UP, TRIO such as Upward Bound or others).
- Student’s family receives public assistance (e.g., SSI, SNAP, or others).
- Student lives in federally subsidized public housing, a foster home, or is homeless.
- Student is a ward of the state or an orphan.
- Student has applied to FAFSA and is eligible to receive Pell Grant (provide a copy of the most recent Student Aid Report – SAR).
- Other request from high school principal, high school counselor, financial aid officer, community advisor/leader or other official who can attest to the student’s circumstances.
