Student Accounts

Students (and Authorized Users)!  Great news!

Authorized Users may now receive the same email notifications regarding your payment plans - per student's permission.  Yay!
For details on updating your Authorized User(s) with this access or setting up an Authorized User, view our How to set up or edit an Authorized User 
* Please note - if you have more than one Authorized User, you must process this update for each Authorized User.

Spring 2025 Payment Plans

Spring 2025 - choose and enroll in a payment plan option that works for you! *  

• Plan options : 5-month, 4-month, or 3-month payment plan.  
• $ 35.00 Payment Plan convenience fee – charged to student account at time of set up.  
• Late Fees - the fee is $20 per late installment for everyone participating in one of the payment plan options. Late payments and delinquent accounts will still be subject to holds that prevent future registration.   
• For more details - view our Payment Options site.  
• To sign up for a payment plan - view our “ How To Enroll In A Payment Plan ”.  

* Don’t want to be in a payment plan?   To avoid a payment plan, pay-in-full by February 15 th for the Spring semester . If you have a balance after February 15th, you will be enrolled in a 4-month administrative Payment Plan and will be charged a $50.00 convenience fee for that semester.  

** Please Note: Study Abroad charges are billed and due by the due date stated on the bill and are not eligible for the payment plan each semester.  

Spring 2025 Refunds  

* Spring 2025 - paper refund checks – will be mailed to the student's mailing address the Tuesday after refunds are run. Students with eRefunds will still get their refund the Friday that refunds are run.  

Sign up for eRefunds (direct deposit) today! It is the quickest and easiest way to receive your future refunds! View our Set up an e Refund Account (direct deposit) for Student for step by step instructions.   

Here is how the refund process works:  

• The first refund process for each semester starts the Wednesday before classes start. This is an internal process and a refund is not yet available.  
• eRefund (direct deposit) will be available that following Friday. You will receive an email notification at your ilstu.edu email address that a refund in the form of an eRefund has been generated.  
• *Paper refund checks - checks will be mailed to the Home address on file for the student.
• For Parent PLUS loan refunds please refer to the Refund page for more details.  
• Refunds are generated weekly throughout the semester. Any aid not yet processed will be issued in the next refund run when it is available.  

2024 1098-T Forms

The 2024 1098-T tax form is now available online in the Student Portal.

For those students who opted into the paper version, paper copies have been mailed to the same address as billing statements.

To confirm your billing address, please visit Contact Information Update/Confirm.  Changing the billing address after the 1098-T form has been produced and mailed, will not prompt a new 1098-T form to be produced and mailed to the new billing address. Please reach out to the Student Accounts office for assistance. Click Contact Us for our contact information.

Students have access to a copy of their current (2023) and prior year(s) 1098-T forms online through their Student Service Center.

How to View 1098-T Online.

Students - please visit View 1098-T Online - for students for instructions on how to view your 1098-T form.

Authorized Users - if your student has granted you permission on your Authorized User account to view their 1098-T form(s), please visit View 1098_T Online - for Authorized Users .

For additional information about the 1098-T form, please visit our Tax Credit page.