Business Office

Students, parents and other authorized individuals can pay online using eCheck, MasterCard, American Express, VISA or Discover. There is no fee for eCheck. A 2.75 percent convenience fee is charged for credit card payments.

Students can view, print and pay their online bill through CNU Live.

Students must designate those who are authorized to pay bills online. Parents and authorized payers can view, print and pay at the link below.

The Cashier’s Office receives and deposits all university funds and accepts payments on student accounts (cash, check and money order only; no credit or debit cards). Please make checks and money orders payable to Christopher Newport University. You can mail your payment or bring it to the Cashier’s Office on the first floor of Christopher Newport Hall.

Mailing Address:
Christopher Newport University
Attn: Office of Cash Services
1 Avenue of the Arts
Newport News, VA 23606

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Returned Check Policy

A returned check fee will be assessed for all checks returned from the bank to the University for any reason. An individual has seven calendar days to repay the amount of the check and the returned check fee. If a check for tuition and fees is returned to the University from the bank for any reason, a late payment fee will be assessed in addition to the returned check fee. If the student does not repay the total amount due within seven calendar days, his or her registration will be canceled.

If a student who is being reinstated presents a check to the University that is returned by the bank for any reason, his or her registration will be canceled. If the University receives two nonsufficient fund checks from a student, the University may no longer accept checks from the student or on the student’s behalf.

The monthly payment plan allows you to pay for tuition and fees and room and board in as many as five or as few as three installments during the semester. Choose from a fixed payment plan or an auto adjusted payment plan.

Fixed Payment Plan

• You select the total payment amount
• Does not auto adjust based on the current balance
• May incur additional penalties if total payments do not match balance due

Auto Adjusted Payment Plan

• Monthly payment based on current balance
• Automatically adjusts for credit and charges placed on account

Sign up early to ensure the benefit of five monthly payments. Don't forget to opt in for automatic payments when you enroll. There is a $35 enrollment fee to participate in the payment plan.

The Virginia529 prePAID plan pays full tuition and required fees each semester. If you are enrolled in a 529 plan, please note the following:

• You must notify Virginia529 that you will attend Christopher Newport.
• The University will invoice Virginia529 after the add/drop period (see the academic calendar).
• Virginia529 will pay the University directly.

The Virginia529 InVEST plan can be used for tuition and required fees, room and board, textbooks, and other qualified higher education expenses.

In accordance with the Senior Citizen’s Higher Education Act of 1974, senior citizens can enroll in courses as full-time or part-time students for academic credit, without charge, providing taxable income for federal income tax purposes did not exceed $23,850 for the year preceding the enrollment year.

Senior citizens may also, without charge, audit courses and enroll in noncredit courses without regard to income. The student is responsible for certain course fees (e.g., music, lab, or online course fees).

Under this program, the categorization of senior citizen applies to those whose 60th birthday falls before the registration term and who have been a legal resident of Virginia for one year.

For more information, please contact the Office of Student Accounts.