Below you’ll find helpful information and next steps to take now that you’ve been admitted.
Check your PLU student applicant portal often for the most up-to-date information and to access your enrollment checklist.
Remember that at any point you can contact the Graduate Admission team at 253-535-8570 or gradadmission@plu.edu with questions.
SUBMIT YOUR ENROLLMENT DEPOSIT
To reserve your spot in your graduate program, prepare for class registration, and orientation, submit your non-refundable $300 Enrollment Deposit.
Steps to submit your Enrollment Deposit:
- Go to plu.edu/bealute
- Click on the button ‘Graduate Students: Enrollment Deposit’
- This will take you to the log-in page for your PLU student applicant portal
- Once in your portal, click on the ‘Respond to your Admission Offer‘ button, then choose ‘I ACCEPT my offer of admission‘
- Not seeing these options? That means you need to review your official PLU admission letter first! Click on the ‘View Your Decision Letter’ button just under ‘Your Application Status: Decided’.
- From there, you can take the steps to submit your Enrollment Deposit!
The final day to submit your Enrollment Deposit is specified in your admission letter.
Not sure about logging in to your PLU student applicant portal? Connect with Graduate Admission!
SET UP YOUR EPASS
As soon as you are admitted, you can set up your PLU ePass, which is your PLU student email account, as well as login to give you access to a wide range of resources such as PLU web pages, the Sakai Learning Management System, and network registration for your devices.
COMPLETE FINANCIAL AID FORMS & REVIEW FINANCIAL AID OFFER
Submit your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA):
This will help ensure optimal financial aid awarding for the 2026-27 academic year. The FAFSA is free, and it is the best way to see how much it will cost to attend PLU. (Note: PLU’s FAFSA school code is 003785).
Sign your Student Financial Agreement:
What the Agreement is: Essentially, you’re telling us how you plan to pay any owing balance for tuition, fees and/or housing and meal plans after financial aid to PLU, and you have three different options (you can choose more than one!):
- Payment in full – you’ll pay the owing balance before each semester or term starts (August 25 for fall, December 25 for J-Term & January 25 for spring)
- Financial aid covers your costs – choose this one when tuition, fees, housing & meals are completely covered by scholarships, grants, and/or loans (this does include if you plan to use a Parent PLUS loan to cover all remaining costs)
- Monthly payments – choose this one if you want to pay the owing balance in no interest monthly installments (we work with an outside company, Nelnet Campus Commerce, for which you’ll need to sign up separately)
What the Agreement is not: Sometimes there’s confusion between this Financial Agreement and a billing statement. This is not the billing statement and you are not paying any owing balance yet! That will come later, but we need to know ahead of time how you will pay any amount left owed after financial aid, hence this agreement.
How to complete the agreement: You can complete the agreement on your PLU Banner Self Service student account. You’ll find instructions here on the Financial Services site.
View your Offer of Financial Aid:
Login to your online Banner account (this is the same place you signed your financial agreement). Banner Web log-in instructions can be found here. If you have questions regarding scholarships, grants, loans, work study, and payment options, connect with Student Financial Services.
Military Benefits Information
Contact our Veterans Affairs Coordinator, Neshell Henkel Chabot, at 253-535-7161 or henkelnd@plu.edu to find out how to best use what’s available to you.
SUBMIT MEDICAL HISTORY RECORD
Submit your Student MMR Immunization Verification form to the Health Services. Currently a Lute? You can skip this step. New to PLU? view Health Services Info for New Students.
Documents may be sent securely through the secure ETRIEVE site.
You can also fax the paperwork to 253-536-5042.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Your transition to the U.S. and PLU will go smoothly if you take care of the items on the International Graduate Student To Do List before you depart your home country.
Contact our the Graduate Admission or International Student Services Office for support.
HOUSING
As a graduate student, you can choose to live on campus or off campus.
If you choose to live on campus, we offer two Upper Division Housing Options.
Contact PLU Campus Life, at 253-535-7200 or rlif@plu.edu if you have questions.