Credit Refunds
A credit refund results when your account has a credit balance due to an overpayment from the deposit of excess financial aid or student/parent loans. Anticipated financial aid is not considered definite until it has disbursed to your account.
Credit balances will show as a negative amount on your statement. Students who have a credit due to Title IV funding (including credit due to Parent Plus loans) will receive a refund of their credit balance the third week of classes for fall and spring semesters. Thereafter, refunds of any new credit balances will be processed every two weeks except during the holiday shutdown.
Refund amounts are subject to review.
We recommend students choose Direct Deposit as their preferred refund method. By
How To Register Your Account for Direct Deposit
- Open Colleague Self-Service and Sign In.
- Click the Banking Information box on the home page.
- Click + Add an Account.
- Click the Activate button for Refund, Reimbursement & Payment Deposit
- Click next.
- Fill in bank account details and submit.
- Follow instruction to the end to complete your Direct Deposit information
- It will say your account is not verified. Once you enter your information and submit it, it will be verified by the Business Office
Should a credit balance result from an overpayment of personal funds, a refund will not be processed until the personal payment has cleared (10 business days).
Withdrawal Refunds
A student who wants to withdraw after classes have started for the semester initiates the process with the Office of Student Affairs. The official date of withdrawal is the date the student contacted the Office of Student Affairs OR the midpoint of the semester (please refer to Withdrawal Process in the Student Catalogue). Students who withdraw from the University entirely according to the process described above are eligible for a partial refund of tuition and fee charges according to the following schedule. Please note that a week is measured by Sunday through Saturday.
Fall and Spring Semester Withdrawals
Week Number | Refund Percentage | Charge Percentage |
Week 1 | 100% | 0% |
Week 2 | 75% | 25% |
Week 3 | 50% | 50% |
Week 4 | 25% | 75% |
Week 5 and after | 0% | 100% |
Room and board charges are refunded based on a pro-rata basis. Application fees, laboratory fees, and other course fees are not refundable after the add/drop period.
Summer Session Withdrawals
Refund Percentage | Charge Percentage | |
Week One | 100% | 0% |
Week Two | 50% | 50% |
Week Three | 0% | 100% |