529 College Savings Plans

Please contact your plan administrator to request a disbursement of funds from your 529 College Savings Plan. Any checks mailed directly to the Bursar's Office should include the student's name and Rice ID#.

Checks should be made payable to Rice University and should be mailed to:

529 Prepaid Tuition Plans

A statement from your prepaid tuition plan must be submitted each year that you plan on using funds from your prepaid tuition plan. The statement must show the current amount of available funds and/or credit hour balance the plan will pay. Once the statement is received, an anticipated payment credit memo will be applied to the student's account. The Bursar's Office will send an invoice to your prepaid tuition plan administrator and request payment on behalf of the student. After the payment has been received, it will be reflected on the student's account as a payment.

Statements can be e-mailed to bursar@rice.edu, faxed to (713) 348-5851, or mailed to:

Rice University
Bursar's Office - MS 55
ATTN: Third Party Billing
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892

Important Notes:

Per the Student Financial Responsibility Agreement, the student is fully responsible to pay for all tuition, room and board, fees and other charges incurred by the student or assessed as a result of registration and/or receipt of services or fines. Payment(s) not received from a third party sponsor or pre-paid plan by the deadline will result in the removal of the student's third party/sponsor anticipated payment credit memos from the student account. Any charges left unpaid on the student's account may be subject to standard billing and late fees, registration holds, transcript holds, degree holds, and collection agency actions.

Important Dates:

Fall 2024 - Undergraduates / Graduates

FALL 2024 - UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES	Date
Prepaid tuition plan statement due to Bursar's Office	8/31/2024
Anticipated payment memos added to student accounts	9/1/2024
Prepaid tuition plan invoice date	9/10/2024
Anticipated payment memos removed from student accounts	9/30/2024
Registration Holds added to student accounts for non-payment	10/11/2024

Spring 2025 - Undergraduates / Graduates

SPRING 2025 - UNDERGRADUATES / GRADUATES	Date
Prepaid tuition plan statement due to Bursar's Office	1/31/2025
Anticipated payment memos added to student accounts	2/1/2025
Prepaid tuition plan invoice date	2/4/2025
Anticipated payment memos removed from student accounts	2/28/2025
Registration Holds added to student accounts for non-payment	3/11/2025