Payment Processing

UCSB offers a secure, free E-Check payment option. You can make a payment directly from your checking account to the BARC Account. Payments can be made by the Students or by Parents.

• Student Access to E-Check Payment Site
• Parent Access to E-Check Payment Site
• Complete, step-by-step Instructions on how to make an E-Check Payment.
• Instructions for Correcting Returned E-Checks

• All checks should be made payable to UC Regents.
•  Include your statement coupon with your payment.
•  Include your PERM Number or Billing Account Number on your check.

Mail checks to:

UCSB CASHIER'S OFFICE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
1212 SAASB
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-2003

UCSB accepts the following credit cards for payments on student accounts: VISA, MasterCard, American Express & Discover.

• All credit card payments are subject to a service fee charged by our credit card processor.
  • The service fee for domestic card payments is 2.85%  
  • The service fee for international card payments is 4.25%
  • The minimum service fee for card transactions over $20 and less than $106 is $3
• The fee is displayed to the user before submitting a payment, and the user must acknowledge the total payment amount before continuing.
• The fee is charged by a third-party vendor (SmartPay/Transact) and is not collected by UC Santa Barbara. The fee will appear on your credit card statement as a separate charge.

International Payment via Flywire (Preferred Method)

UCSB accepts all international payments via Flywire, a secure, streamlined payment process that makes it easy to pay from accounts in your home country. With Flywire, you can pay online from countries around the world, typically in your home currency.

Log in to MyBARC with your UCSBNetID and Password, view Gaucho E-Bill and from Payment Options, select International Payment via Flywire.

Read more about making payments via Flywire

International Wire Transfer (BY REQUEST)

UCSB's preferred payment method for receiving international payments is via Flywire (see above), which guarantees fast and accurate posting to your student billing account. If there is a reason why you cannot use Flywire and need to send payment via international wire transfer, please contact the UCSB Cashier's Office for wire instructions.

The office is open Monday - Friday from 9 AM to Noon and 1 PM to 4 PM.

Phone: (805) 893-2177
Email: cash.info@bfs.ucsb.edu
Location: The Billing and Cashier's Offices are located in the Student Affairs Administrative Services Building (SAASB) on the ground floor of the south wing.

Mailing Address:

UCSB Cashier's Office
1212 SAASB
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2003

If you have sent a wire payment, to assist in applying credit to your student billing account in a timely manner please provide the information regarding your transaction by clicking here Student Incoming Wire Notification Form.

NOTE: Wire Transfers can take up to 10 working days to settle. Please consider using our E-Check option or pay by Credit Card. (E-Check Instructions)

The following is the information necessary to process a Domestic Wire Transfer.

• Bank Name and Address:
  Bank of America
  Global Client Services Concord
  Concord, California 94520
• Routing #: 0260-0959-3
• Account #: 07805-00030
• Reference #: Specify Account Name and PERM Number.
• Bank Fees: Request your bank to have all fees & bank-to-bank charges paid prior to sending wire.
• Contact: If you would like your wire payment applied in a timely manner, please provide the information regarding your transactions by clicking here Student Incoming Wire Notification Form

• When requesting payment from a 529 College Savings Plan, we recommend that you provide the following payment instructions to your 529 College Savings Plan custodian (e.g., Fidelity, Schwab, etc):
  • Check or electronic payment must be made payable to: UC REGENTS
  •  Information to be included with payment:
    •  Student Name
    •  Student PERM Number
  • Many 529 plans are now able to send funds via ACH. Check with your 529 plan to see if digital disbursement is available.
• To avoid a $50 late payment fee and protect class space, your statement balance must be received by 4:00 PM on the Quarterly Fee Payment Deadline. Please contact our office should you have additional questions regarding payment of student billing account from your 529 College Savings Plan.
•  FEDEX, UPS or DHL, use the address of our physical location below.  The use of US Postal Service overnight services may result in delivery delays.
  
  UCSB CASHIER'S OFFICE
  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
  1212 SAASB
  SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-2003

• Please do not mail cash payments to UCSB
• Cash Payments can be made in person in the Cashier's Office located in room 1212 of the SAASB Building.
• The Cashier's Office is in the Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (1212 SAASB), across from the UCSB Visitor Center (map).

All payments should be mailed to:

UCSB Cashier's Office
1212 SAASB
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2003

You are responsible for the payment of any outstanding balance. By enrolling or having enrolled as a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, you agree to abide by University policies as described herein as well as in the current or applicable catalogs, brochures, and schedules. You are responsible for notifying the Registrar’s Office of any change in address, or accessing your account online via GOLD (Gaucho Online Data).

A student may not receive any diploma or certificate until all accounts, current or otherwise, have been settled according to University policies. UCSB will retain such documents as security for such obligations until they are satisfied.

If you have general questions regarding your student account, please use our billing questions contact form or email barc.info@bfs.ucsb.edu, or to speak with a Billing Representative you may Join the Line here or text "BARC" to (805) 585-5821. If you have a specific question about any individual charge included on your BARC account you need to contact the department who initiated that charge. Some frequently contacted departments are listed below. For a complete list of departments please refer to the general UCSB Website at http://www.ucsb.edu

If you need to send a payment by overnight courier, such as FEDEX, UPS or DHL, use the address of our physical location below:

The use of US Postal Service overnight services may result in delivery delays.

UCSB Cashier's Office
1212 SAASB
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2003

All Payment Plan Agreement Forms and Correspondence should be sent to our physical location.

Address changes must be completed using GOLD; do not send with payment or write on the statement coupon.

UCSB Cashier's Office
1212 SAASB
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2003