Withdrawals and Financial Aid
Dropping classes, making a full withdrawal, or simply not attending, can have a negative impact in your financial aid. The impact will depend on how and when you drop.
- Dropping a class before census will cause your financial aid to be adjusted, and you may or may not be eligible for a tuition refund, depending on how long you attended the class.
- Dropping a class after census will generally not change your financial aid and tuition charges. If your tuition is refunded, awards that are specific for tuition will be adjusted accordingly. Dropping classes may also cause you to not meet satisfactory academic progress requirements.
- Making a full withdrawal requires our office to calculate the amount of federal financial aid that corresponds to the time you attended classes and return the rest to the Department of Education. This may leave you with a balance for tuition and fees.
If you register for a class and never attend, the class will be considered dropped, and you will not be eligible for the part of financial aid that corresponds to that class. This may leave you with a balance for the tuition and fees.