About DegreePaid

Built for higher education.
Designed for simplicity.

We started with one question: why is collecting tuition still so complicated? DegreePaid exists to answer it.

Our Mission

Removing the friction between students and their degrees

Every year, thousands of students delay enrollment, drop courses, or leave institutions entirely because of unresolved balances and confusing payment processes. At the same time, Student Accounts offices are overwhelmed — manually tracking plans, chasing past-due balances, and reconciling data across disconnected systems.

DegreePaid was built to solve both sides of that problem. We give institutions a single, modern platform to manage payment plans, automate collections, and connect directly to their Student Information System — so staff spend less time on administration and students have a clear, manageable path to staying enrolled.

What we believe

  • Financial barriers should never prevent a student from completing their degree.
  • Student Accounts teams deserve tools as modern as the students they serve.
  • Transparency in billing builds trust — and trust drives on-time payments.
  • Technology should reduce administrative burden, not add to it.
  • Every institution, regardless of size, deserves enterprise-grade payment infrastructure.
Our Story

From frustration to platform

DegreePaid grew out of direct conversations with Student Accounts directors, bursars, and CFOs at institutions of every size — from community colleges managing a few hundred payment plans to university systems processing millions of dollars in tuition each semester.

The pattern was consistent: existing tools were either too rigid, too expensive, or too disconnected from the SIS to be truly useful. Spreadsheets were still common. Manual follow-up emails were the norm. Collections were handled reactively, not proactively.

We built DegreePaid to change that — a purpose-built platform that connects directly to the systems institutions already use, automates the workflows that consume staff time, and gives students a self-service experience that actually makes sense.

Today, DegreePaid serves institutions across the country, helping Student Accounts offices recover balances faster, enroll more students in payment plans, and spend more time on the work that matters.

Our Values

The principles that guide everything we build

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Student First

Every feature we build is evaluated against one question: does this make it easier for a student to stay enrolled and on track? If not, we reconsider.

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Reliability

Tuition billing is not a place for downtime or data errors. We hold ourselves to the same standard of reliability we expect from our institutional partners.

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Partnership

We are not a vendor — we are a long-term partner. Your dedicated account manager and onboarding specialist are with you from day one, not just during the sale.

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Transparency

No hidden fees. No surprise invoices. No opaque pricing tiers. What you see is what you pay — and what you get is exactly what we promise.

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Continuous Improvement

Higher education changes. Regulations change. Student expectations change. We release meaningful product updates regularly, driven by feedback from the institutions we serve.

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Security & Compliance

Student financial data is sensitive. We are designed with FERPA compliance in mind, and all data is encrypted in transit and at rest with role-based access controls throughout.

Ready to see DegreePaid in action?

Schedule a personalized demo and see how DegreePaid fits your institution's specific workflows and SIS environment.