Tuition and Fees: Students who must withdraw from a class or classes during the semester may receive a refund of a percentage of the semester’s tuition and fees charges. To receive a refund, students must withdraw online or, in extenuating circumstances, complete a drop form found online at my.jessup.edu. The date of withdrawal for refund purposes is determined by the date the student withdraws from the course online, or in some cases, the last date a student has attended an academically-related function (typically the last date they attended class or submitted a paper or final). Refunds indicated are percentages of total tuition charges, not of amounts paid to date of withdrawal. The student may be required to pay unpaid charges.
Financial aid eligibility is ‘earned’ based on how many days a student is enrolled in the term/payment period. When a student withdraws from all courses, the percentage of aid earned is calculated and ‘unearned aid’ is returned to the appropriate funding agency. Once a student has attended 60% of the term/payment period, financial aid is considered to be 100% earned in full.
NOTE: Dropping a partial number of units will result in your financial aid eligibility being recalculated. Jessup takes a conservative approach on recalculating eligibility and will recalculate all forms of financial aid up to the 60% point of a term/payment period. Our Pell recalculation date is the last day of the term.
Federal Title IV Financial Aid (Pell Grant, SEOG, Direct Loan, and Parent PLUS Loan) is refunded based on Return to Title IV regulations using the Federal R2T4 software.
State Financial Aid (Cal Grant) is typically refunded when a student withdraws. However, in certain circumstances, it may be beneficial for a student to use Cal Grant eligibility despite withdrawing from school. Those situations will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Jessup Institutional Aid is earned similar to the tuition refund policies below. For example, if a student withdraws and receives an 80% refund of tuition, then the student will also have 80% of Jessup institutional aid debited/refunded.
Military Students: A student who must withdraw for military purposes shall be refunded 100% of fees and tuition paid, regardless of the date of withdrawal. Documentation is required.
