Refunds

Refunds of all fees and charges must be in accordance with the following provisions except where previously stated.

Please refer to the current semester's Schedule of Classes or the Important Dates page of this website for refund dates.

Maintenance Fee Refunds

Refunds are 100% for courses canceled by the institution.

Changes in courses involving the adding and dropping of equal numbers of semester credit hours for the same term at the same time require no refund or assessment of additional maintenance fees.

The basic refund for withdrawal or drops during regular semesters (fall and spring) is 75% from the official first day of classes for the term (not determined separately for each individual class) through the fourteenth calendar day of classes and then reduced to 25% for a period of time, which extends 25% of the length of the term. There is no refund after the 25% period ends. For shorter terms within the fall and spring semesters, the 75% refund period and the 25% refund period will extend a length of time which is the same proportion of the term as the 75% and 25% periods are of the regular terms. These shorter terms have different beginning and ending dates and different refund dates.

For summer sessions, the 75% refund period and the 25% refund period will extend a length of time which is the same portion of the term as the 75% and 25% periods are of the regular terms. If you are dropping a class and adding another class in the same session, this must be processed on the same drop/add form for the fees to be evenly exchanged. The summer term consists of four different sessions, each with different beginning and ending dates. Therefore, each session has a unique set of refund periods.

All refund periods will be rounded to whole days and the date on which each refund period ends will be included in the semester schedule of classes and on the Important Dates page of this website. In calculating the 75% period for other than the fall and spring and in calculating the 25% length of the term in all cases, the number of calendar days during the term will be considered. When the calculation produces a fractional day, rounding will be up or down to the nearest whole day.

A full refund (100%) is provided on behalf of a student whose death occurs during the term. Any indebtedness should be offset against the refund. A 100% refund will be provided for students who enroll under an advanced registration system but who drop or withdraw prior to the beginning of the official first day of classes for the term (not determined separately for each individual class).

A 100% refund will be provided to students who are compelled by the institution to withdraw when it is determined that through institutional error they were academically ineligible for enrollment or were not properly admitted to enroll for the course(s) being dropped. An appropriate official must certify in writing that this provision is applicable in each case.

The refund percentage is applied to the difference between the per hour rate for the number of credit hours immediately before the drop or withdrawal and the number immediately afterward.

Federal Title IV recipients will be granted refund through 60% of the term when they withdraw from the institution. These refunds will be based on the applicable federal guidelines.

Other exceptions may be requested through the Office of the Vice-President for Student Services.

Examples of common refunds are available upon request.

Out-of-State Tuition Refunds

The refund provision for out-of-state tuition is the same as that for maintenance fees. A 75% refund is made for the same period and a 25% refund is made for the same time period. When 100% of maintenance fees are refunded, then 100% of out-of-state tuition also is refunded. Calculation procedures are the same as those specified for maintenance fees.