colleges through integrations with the three platforms that run campus payment portals: Illumia, Nelnet Campus Commerce, and TouchNet, a Global Payments company. The options are live at schools including Bellarmine University, Butler University, Kansas State University, Michigan State University, and Texas Tech University, PayPal announced on August 19, 2026 . PayPal is not signing universities one at a time; it is embedding into the processors that already sit between schools and their payers. Nelnet Campus Commerce serves more than 1,100 higher education institutions, Illumia powers payments and campus systems at more than 10,000 institutions across higher education, healthcare, and senior living, and TouchNet describes itself as the market leader in higher education commerce technology. Each school that switches the option on routes a high-ticket, low-frequency payment through PayPal’s branded checkout rather than a raw card form or an ACH transfer.