Tuition Refund Schedule and Drop Charges
Review the academic calendar for published add/drop deadlines. If a class is dropped after the first week of the term, only a percentage of the charges is available for refund. For every week that passes up until the fourth week, the percentage decreases.
First Week | Second Week | Third Week | Fourth Week | Fifth Week |
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100% Refund | 70% Refund | 40% Refund | 20% Refund | 0% Refund |
A course may be dropped during the fifth week of the term using the Special Registration Form, the course will be recorded on the student's transcript as a Withdrawal (W) course and no tuition refund will be issued. Refund consideration is automatic; no special request is necessary. Processing of a refund cannot begin until after the end of the second week. It may take as many as six additional weeks for the refund to reach the student.
The refund schedule is applicable to the academic year (fall, winter, spring). Summer term has its own refund schedule which can be viewed on the academic calendar. Learn more about Summer Term and the overall finance process.
If you drop one or more classes after the first week of the term, you will receive the appropriate tuition refund percentage and will also receive a drop charge. This drop charge will be applied to your student account, as with any other university charge, and is payable in the same ways as other charges to the student account. Refund calculations are based on the total tuition and fees on a student account. Students with outstanding balances for short-term loans, deferred tuition, and any other financial obligations to the university, will have any refund due to them applied against the obligation.
Completely dropping all classes does not cancel a student's obligation to pay a student loan that was taken out, or a balance owed to the university.
Refund policy and calculation are matters separate from tuition payment arrangements. Refunds for students receiving financial aid are credited back to the proper financial aid account. For more information on this, please contact the Office of Student Financial Aid.