State Refund Policy
Tuion Refunds:
(1) A refund shall not be made except under the following circumstances:
(A) A 100 percent refund shall be made if the student ocially withdraws prior to the rst day of class (es) of the academic semes-
ter or term as noted in the college calendar. Also, a student is eligible for a 100 percent refund if the class in which the student
is ocially registered is cancelled due to insucient enrollment.
(B) A 75 percent refund shall be made if the student ocially withdraws from the class (es) prior to or on the ocial 10 percent
point (census date) of the semester.
(C) For classes beginning at mes other than the rst week (seven calendar days) of the semester a 100 percent refund shall be
made if the student ocially withdraws from the class prior to the rst class meeng. A 75 percent refund shall be made if the
student ocially withdraws from the class prior to or on the 10 percent point of (census date) the class.
(D) A 100 percent refund shall be made if the student ocially withdraws from a contact hour class prior to the rst day of class of
the academic semester or term or if the college cancels the class. A 75 percent refund shall be made if the student ocially
withdraws from a contact hour class on or before the 10th calendar day (census date) of the class.
(2) To comply with applicable federal regulaons regarding refunds, federal regulaons supersede the state refund regulaons stated in
this Rule.
(3) Where a student, having paid the required tuion for a semester, dies during that semester (prior to or on the last day of examina-
ons of the college the student was aending), all tuion and fees for that semester may be refunded to the estate of the deceased.
(4) For a class (es) which the college collects receipts which are not required to be deposited into the State Treasury account, the col-
lege shall adopt local refund policies. (The State refund policy is followed.)
Military Tuion Refund. Upon request of the student, each college shall:
(1) Grant a full refund of tuion and fees to military reserve and Naonal Guard personnel called to acve duty or acve duty personnel
who have received temporary or permanent reassignments as a result of military operaons then taking place outside the state of
North Carolina that make it impossible for them to complete their course requirements; and
(2) Buy back textbooks through the colleges' bookstore operaons to the extent possible. Colleges shall use distance learning technolo-
gies and other educaonal methodologies to help these students, under the guidance of faculty and administrave sta, complete
their course requirements.
Other fees, such as shop/lab/clinic fees, physical educaon fee, campus access/parking/security fee, computer use/technology fee,
student acvity fee, student accident insurance fee, and malpracce insurance fees are not refundable aer classes start. The census
date (10 percent point) of each secon may vary and may be obtained from logging into WebAdvisor and clicking on My Class Sched-
ule. No refunds will be given to students who drop a secon aer the census date of the secon.
The college refund policy is established by state legislave acon and therefore, is subject to change without prior noce to students.
Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for refunds.
Financial Aid Refund Policy
The Higher Educaon Amendments of 1998 prescribes the requirement for calculang the amount of aid a student and school can retain
when the student totally withdraws from all classes. Students who withdraw from all classes prior to compleng 60% of the semester
will have their eligibility for aid recalculated based on the percent of the semester completed. For example, a student who withdraws
compleng only 30% of the term will have "earned" only 30% of any Title IV aid received. The remaining 70% must be returned by the
school and/or the student. The Financial Aid Oce encourages you to read a complete copy of this policy carefully. It is available on our
website. If you are thinking about withdrawing from all classes PRIOR to compleng 60% of the semester, you should contact the
Financial Aid Oce to see how your withdrawal will aect your nancial aid.
It is very important that you ask quesons, examine your schedule carefully, and TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for your schedule!
Check campus locaon where your classes are oered— be sure it is where you want to be.
If you schedule classes on more than one campus— make sure you have me between classes to travel between campuses.
If you need to DROP and ADD during the schedule adjustment period, you must do so in one registraon session. That is the only
way, your new class and your old class (if the number of credit hours is the same) will not result in you owing the addional money.
Please make sure to ask quesons and carefully examine your schedule. Failing to assume responsibility for your schedule could
result in unwanted nancial penales.
Important Notes:
Do not sign up for more classes than wanted with the intent to drop some aer aending the rst day of class.
Dropping on or aer the rst day of class will result in a 25% tuion refund penalty.
Accounts referred to a third party for collecon are subject to applicable collecon fees. Rev. 10/2016
