Get paid. Get growing. Get ahead.
Accept tuition payments through PayPal and Venmo in partnership with Nelnet Campus Commerce. Offer your students and authorized users choice when paying their bill, and reach up to 400M active accounts.1
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higher average checkout conversion with PayPal.2
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active accounts1 across 200+ markets to grow your institution across borders.
Offer PayPal and Venmo for Tuition Payments
PayPal for tuition payments
PayPal is a globally trusted checkout platform, with more than 400 million active accounts 1 already in students’ and parents’ hands. When paying tuition bills, payers complete payment through Nelnet Campus Commerce from a PayPal balance, linked bank, or credit/debit card. An existing PayPal account is the only setup required.
Venmo for tuition payments
Venmo is the everyday payment app for today’s students, from splitting bills to covering daily expenses. Students pay tuition through Nelnet Campus Commerce from a Venmo balance or linked account.
PayPal Helps Your Institution Grow
Trusted by 400 Million People
With 400+ million active accounts globally and 92 million U.S. Venmo users, students pay tuition the same way they pay for everything else.More Options, Fewer Late Payments
When students can pay tuition through a tool they already use daily, friction drops. Institutions that add PayPal report up to a 20% improvement in on-time payment rates.
Simple to Enable. Ready When You Are.
Nelnet Campus Commerce handles the full setup on your behalf, enabling PayPal and/or Venmo in the tuition payment area of your checkout process.Get Ahead
PayPal helps you run your business more efficiently by helping increase authorization rates and protecting against fraud.
Fraud protection
Keep your business and transactions secure with AI-powered fraud detection, encryption, and real-time monitoring. Seller Protection helps reduce fraudulent sales on all eligible transactions.7
Built-in compliance
PayPal supports cross-border trade for international payments and transfers.
Interested in Adding PayPal and Venmo to Your Tuition Portal?
Nelnet Campus Commerce is rolling out PayPal and Venmo integration in phases. Bursars and business office leaders at existing Nelnet institutions can request more information below, and our team will follow up with timing and next steps.
Venmo is only available in the US.
Apple Pay is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. Apple Pay does not charge any additional fees.
Google Pay is a trademark of Google LLC.
1 PayPal Earnings-Q4, 2024, based on PayPal internal data. Active accounts are PayPal consumer and merchant accounts that have completed a transaction within the past 12 months.
2 Nielsen Behavioral Panel of USA with 29K SMB monthly average desktop purchase transactions, from 13K consumers between April 2022-March 2023. Nielsen Attitudinal Survey of USA (June 2023) with 2,001 recent purchasers (past 4 weeks) from SMB merchants, including 1,000 PayPal transactions & 1,001 non-PayPal transactions.
3 Globally, the PayPal Pay Later average order value (AOV) is 62% higher than the standard PayPal AOV for small businesses. Internal Data Analysis of Small Business merchants with Pay Later transactions from January – December 2024. Data inclusive of Pay Later transactions across 7 markets (US, UK, AU, DE, ES, IT, FR).
4 Based on PayPal Internal Data - 2024.
5 Based on PayPal internal data of overall conversion rate results for Pay with Venmo from August 2023 - July 2024. Individual results may vary.
6 Based on PayPal internal data from November 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 (n = 1,687). Applicable to shoppers who used Fastlane’s autofill.
7 Seller Protection is available on eligible transactions only. Limits Apply. Link "Seller Protection" to https:// www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/security/seller-protection Link "Limits Apply" to https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/paypal/useragreement-full#seller-protection
8 The lender for PayPal Working Capital is WebBank. PayPal Working Capital is currently unavailable to businesses located in certain states. Visit the FAQ on the PayPal Working Capital page for more details on availability.
This is an invitation to apply and not an offer or commitment to provide capital. Applicants must satisfy certain requirements to be eligible. Lender approval required – terms and conditions apply.
Repayment percentage chosen prior to loan funding and applied to each PayPal sale. Minimum payment required. Terms and conditions apply.
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9 To be approved for a PayPal Business Debit Mastercard®, a customer must have a PayPal Business or PayPal Balance account. The PayPal Business Debit Mastercard® is issued by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. pursuant to a license by Mastercard International Incorporated. Mastercard and the circles design are registered trademarks of Mastercard International Incorporated. The Card may be used everywhere Mastercard is accepted. The Bancorp Bank, N.A. is issuer of the Card only and not responsible for the associated accounts or other products, services, or offers from PayPal. You'll receive unlimited 1% cash back on purchases when your PayPal Business Debit Mastercard purchase is completed as a credit transaction. Purchases eligible for cash back include transactions processed as credit by Mastercard. Purchases that are not eligible for the cash back include but are not limited to: transactions processed as cash withdrawals, cash advances, quasi-cash transactions or those using a PIN or that the merchant processes via debit network or PIN-less debit. Earned cash back will be added to your PayPal balance weekly. See Cardholder Agreement for complete details.
PayPal,Inc. is Licensed as Money Transmitter by the New York State Department of Financial Services. PayPal, Inc., NMLS #910457, License #FT3345, Massachusetts Foreign Transmittal License. PayPal, Inc, Transmit Money By Check, Draft or Money Order By The Department of Banking, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PayPal, Inc. Rhode Island Licensed Money Transferor.
PAYPAL, INC., NMLS #910457, LICENSE #34967, IS LICENSED BY THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENTOF BANKING AND FINANCE. PayPal, Inc. is Licenced by the State of Connecticut Department of Banking to perform Money Transmission, NMLS #910457, License Number MT-910457.
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