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Notice to Students

Return of Title IV Financial Aid

If you withdraw or are dismissed from the University up through the 60 percent point in any payment period and received federal financial aid in the form of grants or loan funds, federal law requires that the University, and in some cases you, the student, return funds you did not earn to the U.S. Department of Education. In these situations, please refer to the Purdue Global Financial Aid Information Guide. The last date of attendance is used in calculating any refund amount.

All refunds due will be made within 45 days of the University determining you are no longer enrolled.

Return of Unearned Tuition Assistance

Military Tuition Assistance (TA) is awarded under the assumption that you will attend school for the entire period for which the assistance is awarded.

If you withdraw or are dismissed, you may no longer be eligible for the full amount of TA funds originally awarded. The University will return any unearned TA funds on a proportional basis through at least the 60 percent point of the period for which the funds were provided, with unearned funds returned based upon your last date of attendance (LDA).

If you stop attending due to a military service obligation, and notify the University of that obligation, the University will work with you to identify solutions that will not result in a debt balance for the returned portion.

Calculation

When you officially withdraw or are administratively withdrawn from a course, the LDA will be used as the date of withdrawal. The LDA is the last date of academic attendance.

Once LDA has been determined, the University will recalculate your TA eligibility based on days attended in accordance with the Military Tuition Assistance Refund Chart.

Return of Funds

Determining eligibility for TA is course specific. The start and end dates will be used for each course to determine eligibility. Using the Military Tuition Assistance Refund Chart, the University will be required to return some or all of the TA awarded to you if you did not complete at least 60 percent of each course, possibly creating a debt balance on your Purdue Global ledger.

Tuition Refund Chart

If you have completed the Purdue Global Commitment period or are a continuing student, you are subject to the Purdue Global Refund Policy and the Tuition Refund Chart. 

This policy applies to all students, including military students using tuition assistance, with the exception of deployed or mobilized servicemembers and their spouses with dependent children residing in Iowa. Iowa resident deployed or mobilized servicemembers and their spouses with dependent children should refer to the applicable policy below.

The institutional refund (tuition) is based on the same formula as the Title IV (R2T4) formula, which is based upon the actual daily percentage of the term attended: days completed (LDA) divided by the length (days) of the term. Days within the winter break are not counted toward the term period.

Students Withdrawing Refund
Through the first 7 calendar days of the term 100% tuition for the term
With attendance posted after the first 7 calendar days of the term Tuition will be prorated/refunded based upon the number of calendar days attended in the term/total days in the term. Attendance greater than 60% is considered fully earned tuition for that term, and no refund will be given.
With attendance posted after the first 7 calendar days of the term and an academic grade has been received for a traditional course or a passing grade has been received for a module course within the term No tuition refund

For Iowa Servicemembers and Their Spouses With Dependent Children

Any Purdue Global student residing in the state of Iowa who is a military servicemember (active duty, guard, or reservist) who gets deployed or mobilized, or is a spouse with a dependent child of a servicemember who gets deployed or mobilized, may request a full refund of tuition and fees for all classes attended in the term for which the deployment or mobilization occurred.

Students Withdrawing From an Independent Model Program Refund
Prior to or within the first 6 days of the first payment period 100% tuition
1 day prior to the start of any subsequent month 100% tuition for the next month
On or after the first day of any subsequent month 0% tuition for that month