St Edward's University

Creating a Backpack account allows you to withdraw funds from your 529 and pay your University online. Backpack will always be available to walk you through how to setup your account and make payments (simply start a chat with us below). If you prefer step through the setup yourself, you can read this step-by-step guide in our Help Center.

To “link” your 529 account to Backpack, you simply need to add a new financial institution or withdrawal method. Your Backpack account comes with its own unique account & routing number. For more information, see our detailed step-by-step guides [link] tailored to your 529 for how to add and link your Backpack account to your 529.

Once you have linked your 529 to your Backpack account, you simply need to initiate a withdrawal. For more information, see our detailed step-by-step guides [link] tailored to your 529 for how to initiate a withdrawal from your 529 to your Backpack account.

Backpack sends your payment directly to the right place thanks to our partnership with St. Edward's University, ensuring we always have the most up-to-date payment details for hassle-free transactions.

We suggest sending the check three weeks before the payment deadline. The majority of 529 Plans quote ~10 business days for checks to be issued, sent and delivered to a University. In our experience, this can take much longer particularly as their operations centers get overwhelmed during tuition periods.

St. Edward's University

Student Financial Services

3001 S Congress Ave.

Austin, TX 78704

Fill out the form above as soon as you send the check. St. Edward’s business office receives an alert when a form is submitted. This is important so that we can make mark that payment is on its way and ensure the student is not dropped from classes or have late fees applied. It also means we can contact you if we think something might have gone wrong.

A big benefit of using our physical check form is that we will be able to send you updates and notifications based on the timing we usually expect. You will receive a confirmation that the business office has been notified your check is on the way and will receive a notification when it is received. We will also notify you if we think it’s been a little too long and something might have gone wrong.