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Refund Guidelines

 

Summer 2009

Unit Load Change For International and Out-of-State Students: Non-Resident Tuition Refund

 

Schedule of Non-resident Tuition Refund:
Registered Session/s
100% Refund Deadline $339/unit
Pro-Rata Refund Period
No Refund
Length of Sessions
Single Session
R1
June 5
June 8 - June 19
After June 19
33 days
R2
June 19
June 22 - July 6
After July 6
54 days
R3
July 10
July 13 - July 24
After July 24
33 days
Multiple Sessions
R1 and R2
June 5
June 8 - June 19
After June 19
68 days
R1, R2 and R3
June 5
June 8 - June 19
After June 19
68 days
R1 and R3
June 5
June 8 - June 19
After June 19
68 days
R2 and R3
June 19
June 22 - July 6
After July 6
54 days

 

Eligibility: A nonresident tuition paying student who drops units on or before the published drop date shall be entitled to a pro-rata refund of applicable tuition less an administrative fee of $20. The pro-rata refund is determined on the basis of the drop date that results in a lower tuition charge and the length of the session is calculated from the first day of instruction through the final exams and excludes any breaks of five days or more.

 

Calculation: Students will receive a pro-rata refund less administrative fee of $20. Refund checks are processed and forwarded to the student's address within 2 - 3 weeks from published drop date. A refund request form is not required unless students want to expedite the refund process. Allow 2 - 3 weeks from the date the refund request form is received and stamped by the Bursar's Office for checks to be processed.

 

Example 1

An undergraduate international student enrolls for 12 units in session R2, paying $1,524 State University Fee, $4,068 Non-resident Tuition, and $121 Local Fees (total fees paid: $5,713). The student drops a 3-unit course in session R2 (3 units x $339 = $1,017) 15 days into the 54-day session. The student was enrolled for 27.8% of the 3-unit course and receives a refund of 72.2% of the non-resident tuition for the 3 units, $714.27 ($734.27 less $20 administrative fee).

 

Refund Rate:
54 days - 15 days
 
 
----------divided by----------
= 72.2%
 
54 days
 

 

Refund Amount:
72.2%
>>>Refund Rate
 
X $1,017
>>>1,017 Non-resident Tuition Fees
 
$734.27
 
- $20
>>>Administrative Fee
$714.27

 

Example 2

An undergraduate international student enrolls for 12 units, 6 units in Session R1 and 6 units in Session R2, paying $1,524 State University Fee, $4,068 non-resident tuition, and $121 Local Fees (total fees paid: $5,713). The student drops a 3-unit course in session R2 (3 units x $339 = $1,017) 43 days into the 68-day combined sessions of R1 and R2. The student was enrolled for 63.2% of the combined sessions, however the drop deadline of the earliest session was June 19th, 12 days into the combined sessions of R1 and R2. The student receives NO REFUND.

 

Note: Student will not be eligible for Nonresident Tuition refund for unit load change that results in a lower nonresident tuition charge after the published drop date unless a total withdrawal or cancellation of all classes takes place before 60% period of the session/s.

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