Enrollment Changes

Initial financial aid offers are made assuming full-time enrollment. The Office of Financial Aid will review and adjust your cost of attendance and financial aid based on your actual enrollment prior to the term's first disbursement.

If you reduce your enrollment after your financial aid has been disbursed, please hold on to any refunds you have received and regularly monitor SIS (Student Information System) as those funds might be owed back to the Department of Education or State Organizations.

Financial Aid Adjustments

Monitor SIS, as your financial aid award may be adjusted during these periods:

Pell Grant Adjustments

The Department of Education requires institutions to determine a student’s Pell Grant eligibility based on their actual enrollment at the time of disbursement. Pell Grant will be adjusted through the end of the 100% Tuition Refund Period each semester, according to Student Billing’s Refund Schedule.  

• Summer: 100% refund period for 8-week session
• Fall & Spring: 100% refund period for 14-week session

Federal Direct Loan Adjustments

Federal Direct Loan require at least half-time enrollment for disbursement. A Schedule of Reduction may be performed to reduce your loan based on your actual enrollment status.

Enrollment Changes After the 100% Refund Period

• Pell Grant: Courses added after the adjustment period will not result in an increase to Pell Grant funding.
• Direct Loans: Your loan eligibility may be evaluated for an increase while the term is in session and you are enrolled at least half-time.

If you drop, withdraw from, or fail to establish attendance in a course(s) for which you received financial aid, your offer may be impacted under the following circumstances:

• Partial Enrollment Changes: Dropping or not establishing attendance in a course may require an adjustment to your cost of attendance and financial aid (including state grants and Federal Direct Loans), which could result in a repayment of funds.
• Complete Withdrawal: If you fully withdraw from the term, or cease attendance, a calculation must be performed under Return to Title IV (R2T4) regulations to determine how much aid was earned and how much must be returned to the Department of Education.