Withdrawal & Refund Policy
Federal regulations require that the university
have a fair and equitable refund policy for
recipients of federal student aid (including Federal
PLUS Loan) who withdraw on or after the first day of
a class for a period of enrollment for which the
student was charged.
If you withdraw or
go on leave during the semester, your institutional
charges, such as tuition, fees, and room and board,
will be reduced according to one of the three refund
policies:
- If you withdraw within the first 60% of your
first term at Tufts, your charges will be
reduced on a pro-rata basis, i.e., by the
percentage derived by dividing the number of
weeks remaining in the semester by the total
weeks in the semester.
- For all other students, your institutional
charges will be reduced according to the Tufts
refund policy published in the Arts and Sciences
Bulletin or the Federal Refund Policy, whichever
produces the larger reduction in charges. The
Federal Refund Policy call for a refund of 100%
of charges for withdrawal on or before the first
day of classes; 90% of charges through the first
10% of the semester through the first 25%; and
25% of charges from the first 25% of the
semester through the first 50%.
The refund is the amount paid for the semester by
financial aid and cash payments minus the amount
retained by Tufts. The refund will be used to pay
the following financial aid funds as follows:
- Unsubsidized Federal Direct Loan, Subsidized
Federal Direct Loan, Federal PLUS Loan, Federal
Perkins Loan, Federal Pell Grant, Federal SEOG, and
any other federal aid awards are reduced in this
order, up to the total amount of these aid programs.
If you received a portion of the award in cash to
cover non-institutional expenses, a partial
repayment may be required to the pertinent federal
program.
- Tufts Loans and Tufts Grants are reduced in this
order up to the amount of remaining credit.
- If additional credit remains, it will be
refunded to the student or outside sources.
Before withdrawing or taking a leave of absence,
you should consult with an aid officer to learn your
rights and obligations.
Federal Perkins
and Federal Direct Loan recipients who withdraw for one
or more semesters must have an exit interview at the
Student Loan Office and the Office of Financial Aid
(Federal Stafford Loan Exit Interviews may also be
done online). Federal Direct or Federal PLUS
borrowers are required to notify their lenders as
well as the Office of Financial Aid when they
withdraw.
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