Undergraduate Tuition Refunds
If a student withdraws from school after the fifth day of the quarter, the following tuition refund policy will apply:
| Withdrawal during first five days of the quarter1
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100% refund |
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Withdrawal during second week of the quarter2
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75% refund
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Withdrawal during third or fourth weeks of the quarter2
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50% refund
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Withdrawal after the fourth week of the quarter2
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no refund
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1 Students dropping all classes during this period will be charged a processing fee of $75 or 5% of tuition, whichever is less.
2 Students adding or dropping classes after the first five days of the quarter will be charged a change-of-registration fee of $30 per change.
If a student drops a class and adds a class of the same number of credits on the same day, no tuition adjustment is made. This is called a "wash" and these classes are excluded from all calculations. However, if the student later drops the class that was added, this transaction is no longer considered a "wash" and may result in a tuition charge when the class is dropped. Note: dropping 2 two-credit classes and adding 1 four-credit class is not a "wash."
Tuition adjustments for class changes are processed based on the date each change is received in the Academic Records Office. Tuition is calculated by processing the adds and drops in date order, beginning with the 1st day of the quarter, using the date each change is received. For each class dropped or added, the tuition for the number of credits before the transaction is subtracted from the tuition for the number of credits enrolled after the transaction. Added classes are charged 100% tuition (tuition is not discounted for joining a class late), excluding “washed” classes.
Each time students change their class schedule, their tuition is completely re-calculated, based on all of their classes for the term, not just the current adjustment to the class schedule. The new Total Tuition Charges is compared to the student's previously charged tuition amounts, and a charge or credit is issued to their student account for the difference.
When dropped classes are processed, the refund percentage is applied against the difference of the two amounts: The tuition for the number of credits before the drop, and the tuition for the number of credits after processing the drop. Because of the way tuition adjustments are calculated, a student who started with 12-16 credits ("bracket" tuition) and ends with 12-16 credits may be charged additional tuition.