Your Financial Account Details

Use this guide to navigate Stanford’s student payment system,  understand your financial account details and print a term statement.

Account Summary

Summary information about your account can be seen on the main Account Summary page.  

• Access the Student Payment System through Axess.
• The Balance Due amount is what you currently owe on or before the Due by date.
• The Balance Due adjusts automatically as new charges are added and credits or payments are made on your account.
• If you have Anticipated Aid, it will be automatically deducted from the Balance Due.  Note: Financial aid for future terms cannot be used to pay for the charges in the current or prior terms.
• If you are enrolled in a Payment Plan (undergraduates only), the Balance Due will adjust to reflect the amount due for the next payment plan installment.

If you owe money for a Prior Term, you will be prompted to Pay Now to clear that balance. An unpaid balance from a prior term could result in a hold being placed on your account that prevents you from enrolling in classes or receiving your diploma.

Account Activity Detail & Statements 

Stanford’s student payment system allows you – and your authorized users – to view your financial account details and history by term. That includes all account charges, payments, and credits.  

To view transactions that are included in your account balance, follow these steps:

1. Access the Student Payment System through Axess. The screenshot below shows a student view of the "My Finances" tab:

   

2. Select the "Account Activity" tab from the top menu.

   

3. Select the term you want to view by clicking on the relevant tab. (Click "Show Older Terms" to expand this history.)

   

4. After you've clicked into a specific term, the line items are now organized into three possible categories. Click the dropdown arrow by each of these to expand the detailed activity. 

   1. Charges
   2. Anticipated Aid (Anticipated aid can only apply to that specific quarter; it does not roll forward/back to cover other charges.)
   3. Payments & Credits (This is where your personal payments will display. It's also where any scholarship or fellowship funding will display once these funds have disbursed to your account.)
   

5. You can print any quarter's account activity report by clicking the blue Print Term Statement link to the right of the specific term.

   
6. Alternatively, follow these steps in order to generate a statement that spans multiple quarters or longer time spans:
   1. To generate a statement that spans multiple quarters: Select the "Generate activity report" dropdown, and select "Terms." Then select the terms you wish to include in your statement and click the "Generate Activity Report" button.
   2. Or, to generate a statement that includes all transactions within a particular time period: Select the "Generate activity report" dropdown, and select "Calendar date." Then input the specific calendar date range you wish to include in your report and click the "Generate Activity Report" button. 

Make a Payment

You and your designated authorized users can make direct payments on your student accounts through Stanford’s student payment system in Axess.
For instructions on making a payment, visit this webpage.