2023-2024 Financial Bulletin > Refunds > Tuition Adjustment Examples

Tuition Adjustment Examples

Adding or dropping any classes after registration necessitates a tuition adjustment. That adjustment may be in the form of a charge or a refund or both, as shown in the following examples.

Example 1

A student registers for 16 credit hours and drops three during the first five days.

TUITION ADJUSTMENT

Because the tuition rate is the same for 12 to 16 credit hours—the “bracketed tuition rate”—there is no adjustment to the amount of tuition charged.

Example 2

A student registers for 13 credit hours and drops three during the first five days.

TUITION REFUND

There is a 100% tuition refund on the difference between the tuition charged for 10 credit hours and the bracketed tuition rate. The refund is calculated as follows:

Example 3

A student registers for 15 credit hours and drops all classes during the fourth week.

TUITION ADJUSTMENT

A 50% refund is due on the bracketed tuition and is calculated as follows:

Because these changes were made after the fifth day of the quarter, a change-of-registration fee of $30 per change is also applied to the student’s account.

Example 4

A student registers for 14 credit hours. On the 10th day of the quarter, the student drops a one credit class and a two credit class and adds a one credit class and a three credit class. The student is now registered for 15 credits.

TUITION ADJUSTMENT

The added one-hour class “washes” with the dropped one-hour class and no adjustment is made. Then the three-hour class is added and a tuition charge of $709 is calculated (going from 14 credits to 17 credits puts the student outside of “bracket” tuition). Next, the two-hour drop is processed. The difference between the tuition before and after the drop is $709 This is multiplied by 75 percent to give a credit of $531.75. The difference between the $709 charge for adding the 3 credit class and the $531.75 refund for dropping the two-hour class results in a net tuition charge of $177.25.

Because these changes were made after the fifth day of the quarter, a change-of-registration fee of $30 per change is also applied to the student’s account.

Example 5

A student registers for 10 credit hours, drops two credit hours on the sixth day of classes, and adds three on the 10th day.

TUITION ADJUSTMENTS

Because the student did not make these changes on the same day, each change is processed separately, and the dropped credit hours cannot cancel out any of the added credit hours. Therefore, the student’s tuition must be adjusted as follows:

Also, because these changes were made after the fifth day of the quarter, a change-of-registration fee of $30 per change ($60 total) is applied to the student’s account.

Example 6

A student registers for 18 credit hours and drops 7 credit hours during the 50 percent period. After the last day to add a class, the student petitions to add 7 credit hours. The petition is approved.

TUITION ADJUSTMENTS

The student did not make these changes during registration, in a single day, or within the same refund period. Therefore, the changes are processed separately, and the dropped credit hours cannot cancel out the added credit hours. The student will be refunded 50% for the classes dropped, and when the petition is approved, the tuition will be completely recalculated, with the added classes included before the drop is recalculated. The student's tuition must be adjusted as follows:

Because these changes were made after the fifth day of the quarter, the student is charged a change-of-registration fee of $30 per change ($60 total).