Tuition Refund Policy

Withdrawal from the University (or all coursework) and housing adjustments:

Tuition, housing and miscellaneous fees, excluding the technology fee, will be adjusted according to the refund policy listed below. The Board of Governor's policy states that the technology fee is non-refundable. Dining is adjusted at a daily rate.

% Refunded	Fall 2023	Winter 2023	Spring 2024
100%	Aug 21 - Aug 28	Dec 11 - Dec 12	Jan 22 - Jan 29
80%	Aug 29 - Aug 31	Dec 13	Jan 30 - Feb 1
60%	Sept 1 - Sept 10	Dec 14 - Dec 17	Feb 2 - Feb 8
50%	Sept 11 - Sept 17	Dec 18 - Dec 19	Feb 9 - Feb 15
40%	Sept 18 - Sept 24	Dec 20	Feb 16 - Feb 22
No Refund	Sept 25 - Dec 7	Dec 21 - Jan 19	Feb 23 - May 9

Return of Title IV Federal Student Aid Policy

Students who withdraw from all classes prior to completing more than 60 percent of semester will have their Federal aid recalculated based on the percentage of the term completed, which shall be calculated as follows:

#days completed by student
total # of days in term

The total number of calendar days in a term excludes any scheduled break of five days or more.

Unearned Federal aid (the amount that must be returned to the appropriate program) will be returned in the following order: Unsubsidized Direct Loans, Subsidized Direct Loans, Perkins Loans, PLUS loans, PELL Grant, and SEOG Grant.

Direct Deposit

Direct Deposit for refunds is now available! Never worry about where your refund is being mailed! You can set up direct deposit of your refund to your bank account through Student Self Service, log into the portal, click on Student Self-Service (PROD) button>>Student Accounts on the left hand menu at the bottom>>Refunds at the top menu and set up your account from there. It's that easy!

Refund checks are mailed to the home address if Direct Deposit is not set up in Student Self-Service.

Fall 2023 - Refund Date Processed - August 31, 2023 (tentative)

Spring 2024 - Refund Date Processed - February 1, 2024 (tentative)

PLEASE do not contact the United States Postal Service concerning the delivery of your refund check. Questions regarding the delivery of refund checks should be directed to Julie Cimino at 570-662-4388 or jcimino@commonwealthu.edu.

Active-Duty Military Students - A full refund of tuition will be granted to students of any PASSHE universities who are military reservists or members of the National Guard and are ordered to active military service by the President of the United States or the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.