Tuition Refund Policy

Application Cancellation

The prospective student may cancel the enrollment agreement or application within five calendar days after the date of signing provided the College is notified of the cancellation in writing. The College shall promptly refund in full all tuition and fees paid pursuant to the enrollment agreement. Such refund shall be made no later than thirty days after cancellation. This provision does not apply where the student has already started classes.

Application Not Accepted

If the student is not accepted, all advanced tuition and the application fee shall be refunded.

Cancellation Prior to Registration

If the student is accepted, but cancels before registration, all advanced tuition shall be refunded.

Cancellation Prior to Commencement of Classes

If the student is accepted and registers for classes but fails to attend class, all advanced tuition shall be refunded. However, the application fee shall not be refunded.

Drop/Add Period

The Drop/Add Period for Start I of a term begins the first day of the term and ends after seven calendar days. The Drop/Add Period for Start II of a term begins the first day of the term and ends after three calendar days. Continuing students not attending classes during the Drop/Add Period risk being withdrawn from the College after the Drop/Add Period. In the event the student fails to attend the first two scheduled class meetings, the student may be administratively unregistered from the class(es) unless an exception is granted by the College. Please refer to the Academic Calendar for Drop/Add deadlines.

Institutional Refund Policy

The College’s refund policy is the same as the refund policy designated by the State of Ohio. State of Ohio refund policy for programs organized on a credit hour basis.

(a) A student who starts class and withdraws during the first full calendar week of the quarter or semester shall be obligated for twenty-five per cent of the tuition and refundable fees for that academic term plus the registration fee.

(b) A student who withdraws during the second full calendar week of the academic term shall be obligated for fifty per cent of the tuition and refundable fees for that period plus the registration fee.

(c) A student who withdraws during the third full calendar week of the academic term shall be obligated for seventy-five percent of the tuition and refundable fees for that period plus the registration fee.

(d) A student who withdraws beginning with the fourth full calendar week of the academic term will not be entitled to a refund of any portion of the tuition and fees. No refund is given upon withdrawal from individual courses. All institutions participating in the U.S. Department of Education Student Financial Aid Programs (SFA) are required to use a statutory schedule to determine the amount of SFA Program funds a student has earned when he or she ceases attendance based on the period the student was in attendance. The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 in general, require that if a recipient of SFA Program assistance withdraws from a school during a payment period or a period of enrollment in which the recipient began attendance, the school must calculate the amount of SFA Program assistance the student did not earn and those funds must be returned. Up through the 60% point in each payment period or period of enrollment, a pro-rata schedule is used to determine how much SFA Program funds the student has earned at the time of withdrawal. After the 60% point in the payment period or period of enrollment, a student has earned 100% of the SFA Program funds. The percentage of the payment period or period of enrollment completed is determined by the total number of calendar days in the payment period or period of enrollment (denominator) for which the assistance is awarded divided into the number of calendar days completed in that period as of the day the student withdrew (numerator). Scheduled breaks of at least five consecutive days are excluded from the total number of calendar days in a payment period or period of enrollment and the number of calendar days completed in that period. The College must return the lesser of the amount of SFA Program funds that the student incurred for the payment period of enrollment multiplied by the percentage of funds that was not earned. The student (or parent, if a Federal PLUS Loan) must return or repay, as appropriate, any SFA loan funds in accordance with the terms of the loan as well as the remaining unearned SFA Program grant (not to exceed 50% of the grant) as an overpayment of the grant.