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Refund Policy and Dates

Refund Policy: Refunds are granted only in limited cases as explained below. All refunds will be delivered through your HigherOne card by your chosen preference. If tuition and fees have been paid by federal or state funds, the refund will be made first to the issuing agency.

  • Refunds for cancellation of registration or reduction in hours prior to the first class day of the semester. Any student who has registered and paid will receive a full or proportional refund of fees paid (except for those identified above as non-refundable) if the student formally cancels his or her registration or reduces the number of hours taken prior to the first class day of the semester. (There is no refund for reduction of hours if the student remains enrolled in 12 or more hours since tuition caps at 12 hours.)
  • Refunds for reduction in hours during the official Drop-Add period. If the drop-add process results in a reduction of hours, the student’s billing for tuition and fees will be adjusted up or down to reflect the hours for which he or she is registered at the end of the Drop-Add period, and a refund will be issued if appropriate. If the student’s registration remains at 12 or more hours, no refund will be issued since matriculation fees cap at 12 hours. Please remember that certain fees are non-refundable.
  • After the end of the drop-add period, no refunds are issued for reduction in hours if the student remains enrolled in any course. After this point, refunds are issued only for complete withdrawal in accordance with Official Board of Regents' Policy as follows: “The refund amount for students withdrawing from the institution shall be based on a pro rata percentage determined by dividing the number of calendar days in the semester that the student completed by the total calendar days in the semester. The total calendar days in a semester includes weekends, but excludes scheduled breaks of five or more days and days that a student was on an approved leave of absence. The unearned portion shall be refunded up to the point in time that the amount earned equals 60%. Students that withdraw from the institution when the calculated percentage of completion is greater than 60% are not entitled to a refund of any portion of institutional charges.”

Fall Semester 2008 Full Semester Undergraduate Classes

Fall Semester 2008 1st Short Session Undergraduate Classes

Fall Semester 2008 2nd Short Session Undergraduate Classes


Refund Dates
Fall Semester 2008 - Refund Schedule
Full Semester
Undergraduate Classes

Date Days Attended Refund (%)
August 16 1 100%
August 17 2 100%
August 18 3 100%
August 19 4 100%
August 20 5 100%
August 21 6 100%
August 22 7 94%
August 23 8 93%
August 24 9 92%
August 25 10 92%
August 26 11 91%
August 27 12 90%
August 28 13 89%
August 29 14 88%
August 30 15 87%
August 31 16 87%
September 1 17 86%
September 2 18 85%
September 3 19 84%
September 4 20 83%
September 5 21 82%
September 6 22 82%
September 7 23 81%
September 8 24 80%
September 9 25 79%
September 10 26 78%
September 11 27 77%
September 12 28 76%
September 13 29 76%
September 14 30 75%
September 15 31 74%
September 16 32 73%
September 17 33 72%
September 18 34 71%
September 19 35 71%
September 20 36 70%
September 21 37 69%
September 22 38 68%
September 23 39 67%
September 24 40 66%
September 25 41 66%
September 26 42 65%
September 27 43 64%
September 28 44 63%
September 29 45 62%
September 30  46 61%
October 1 47 61%
October 2 48 60%
October 3 49 59%
October 4 50 58%
October 5 51 57%
October 6 52 56%
October 7 53 55%
October 8 54 55%
October 9 55 54%
October 10 56 53% - Midterm
October 11 57 52%
October 12 58 51%
October 13 59 50%
October 14 60 50%
October 15 61 49%
October 16 62 48%
October 17 63 47%
October 18 64 46%
October 19 65 45%
October 20 66 45%
October 21 67 44%
October 22 68 43%
October 23 69 42%
October 24 70 41%
October 25 71 40%
October 26 72 39%

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Refund Dates
Fall Semester 2008 - Refund Schedule
1st Short Session
Undergraduate Classes

Date Days Attended Refund (%)
August 16 1 100%
August 17 2 100%
August 18 3 100%
August 19 4 100%
August 20 5 100%
August 21 6 100%
August 22 7 88%
August 23 8 86%
August 24 9 84%
August 25 10 82%
August 26 11 81%
August 27 12 79%
August 28 13 77%
August 29 14 75%
August 30 15 74%
August 31 16 72%
September 1 17 70%
September 2 18 68%
September 3 19 67%
September 4 20 65%
September 5 21 63%
September 6 22 61%
September 7 23 60%
September 8 24 58%
September 9 25 56%
September 10 26 54%
September 11 27 53%
September 12 28 51% - Midterm
September 13 29 49%
September 14 30 47%
September 15 31 46%
September 16 32 44%
September 17 33 42%
September 18 34 40%
September 19 35 39%

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Refund Dates
Fall Semester 2008 - Refund Schedule
2nd Short Session
Undergraduate Classes

Date Days Attended Refund (%)
October 13 1 100%
October 14 2 100%
October 15 3 95%
October 16 4 93%
October 17 5 92%
October 18 6 90%
October 19 7 89%
October 20 8 87%
October 21 9 85%
October 22 10 84%
October 23 11 82%
October 24 12 80%
October 25 13 79%
October 26 14 77%
October 27 15 75%
October 28 16 74%
October 29 17 72%
October 30 18 70%
October 31 19 69%
November 1 20 67%
November 2 21 66%
November 3 22 64%
November 4 23 62%
November 5 24 61%
November 6 25 59%
November 7 26 57%
November 8 27 56%
November 9 28 54%
November 10 29 52%
November 11 30 51%
November 12 31 49%
November 13 32 48%
November 14 33 46%
November 15 34 44%
November 16 35 43%
November 17 36 41%
November 18 37 39%

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