A student may officially withdraw from the University by completing the official university withdrawal form.
Unofficial withdrawal results in 100 percent forfeiture of tuition. When officially withdrawing, the student may be eligible for a refund of payments depending upon the date of withdrawal. The date that will be used for calculation of a refund for drop/add or withdrawal will be the date on which enrollment services receives the official form.
All students who officially withdraw after the University’s first day of classes for that academic term will be charged tuition and room and board based on the time period of enrollment prior to the official withdrawal date and based on the end of residential occupancy respectively. Student activity and other fees are non-refundable, and residential students may be assessed a fee for early termination of their housing contract. The following table outlines the percentages of tuition NOT eligible for a refund for official withdrawals:
| Academic Term | Tuition Percentage Not Eligible for Refund |
| Fall or Spring 16-Week Session | 10% for each week or fraction thereof elapsed from the FDOC to the OWD |
| All Other Sessions | 25% for each week or fraction thereof elapsed from the FDOC to the OWD |
*A Monday through Friday period is considered one complete week for purposes of this table.
Students who receive federal financial aid and completely withdraw before completing 60% of a semester or term of enrollment will see a “Return to Title IV” calculation performed to determine the amount of the post-withdrawal federal financial aid that remains on their student accounts. If a student completes 60% or more of a semester, the student has earned 100% of financial aid for the semester.
If a student completely withdraws from all coursework before completing 60% of the semester, federal aid eligibility is determined by the percentage of the period of enrollment completed. This percentage is equal to the number of calendar days elapsed through withdrawal divided by the total number of calendar days in the semester. This percentage is then multiplied by the total amount of federal aid accepted by the student for the semester, resulting in the “Amount of Title IV Aid Earned by the Student.”
For example, if a student accepted $1,000 in federal financial aid for a semester and withdrew having attempted 30% of a semester, the “Amount of Title IV Aid Earned by the Student” would be $300 ($1,000 total federal aid x 30% of a semester attempted). In this example, $300 would remain on the student’s account, and the other $700 would be returned to the Department of Education. In this example, the $700 is referred to as “Aid to Be Returned.”
The institution will issue any Aid to Be Returned for which it is responsible within 45 days of the student’s withdrawal. Aid to Be Returned is repaid to the following sources, in order:
- Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
- Subsidized Stafford Loans
- Direct Grad PLUS Loans
- Direct Parent PLUS Loans
- Pell Grants
- Federal Supplemental Equal Opportunity Grants (FSEOG)
In certain scenarios, a student may be required to return a portion of the Aid to Be Returned to the Department of Education. Since a “Return to Title IV” calculation impacts the amount of aid a student is eligible to receive, please understand that a “Return to Title IV” calculation can also cause a student’s remaining balance to change.
Please direct any questions or concerns regarding a “Return to Title IV” calculation to the Office of Financial Aid at [email protected].