PAYMENT PLANS
PFI offers several types of payment options for enrollees who have applied and been accepted in any of its three programs. You must have one of these payment arrangements in place by the payment due date or your course registration may be given to another, paying student.
Ultimately, our goal is to give you #schoolwithoutdebt.
For per class non-credit or part-time credit students (89 clock hours or fewer/term)
— Payment in Full
You can pay your bill by the payment due date. We don’t accept partial payments, or post-dated or two party checks.
Online using Zelle
In-person PFI: cash, check, debit card, credit card.
By mail. Send checks and money orders payable to Portland Fashion Institute.
For full time credit students only (90 clock hours or more/term)
— Payment Plans. Our interest-free payment plans are a smart way to pay college costs. Payment plans allow you to spread the cost of your education into affordable monthly payments. Click here to read more and apply. Not a full time student and still want to use the payment plan? No worries. We’ll add a one-time $45 administrative fee and you’re set. Contact info@pfi.edu for details.
— Oregon College Savings Plan (529 plans). According to OCSP administrators, PFI is eligible to receive 529 funds. Explanation:
An eligible educational institution.
An eligible educational institution is one that maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled body of students in attendance at the place where it regularly carries on its educational activities.Qualified education expenses.
For purposes of tax-free scholarships and fellowship grants, these are expenses for:
— Tuition and fees required to enroll at or attend an eligible educational institution; and
— Course-related expenses, such as fees, books, supplies, and equipment that are required for the courses at the eligible educational institution. These items must be required of all students in your course of instruction.OCSP suggests that you refer to the IRS website here for detailed information. — OCSP, March 21, 2021
— Workforce. Oregon has PFI on its list of Eligible Training Providers. All questions regarding funding should be directed to your local workforce board. Visit this page for more information about their many funding programs. The Oregon Workforce Partnership and Worksystems, Inc are a non-partisan, private/public, statewide association committed to building a more highly skilled workforce to support and expand Oregon’s economy.
— Third Party Billing. Many employers and agencies assist students with college costs. To have your bill paid by a third party, formal billing arrangements must be set up and approved by PFI and the third party before the term begins. This includes IRCO and many area employers such as Adidas, Columbia Sportswear, Hanna Andersson, Nike and Powell’s Books.
— Veterans Benefits. Veterans are entitled to assistance with their college expenses. Apply with the VA and follow the steps below. This includes tuition assistance programs such as Voc Rehab, Go Army and MyCAA.
How to use your veterans educational benefits
1) Veteran must apply to and be accepted to Portland Fashion Institute. Veteran will provide acceptance letter to Rehab Councilor via email attachment.
2) Veteran will meet with Registrar and obtain and provide information about proposed program, to include prerequisites, entrance requirements, competitiveness of entrance program, frequency and term in which program begins and ends. Veteran will provide this information on an Academic Plan provided by PFI. The plan must be signed and dated by the academic advisor. The plan will cover the program-certificate the veteran is seeking, the start date and end dates of the program. Email attachment to councilor.
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For further details, contact PFI’s registrar at info@pfi.edu or (503) 927-5457
