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1. Withdrawal exemption for graduates/completers
   • A student who completes all the requirements for graduation from his or her program before completing the days or hours in the period that he or she was scheduled to complete is not considered to have withdrawn
   • This exemption applies to all types of programs (with or without modules)
2. Withdrawal exemptions for programs offered in modules
3. A student is not considered to have withdrawn if the student successfully completes a combination of modules that when combined contain 49 percent or more of the number of days in the payment period, excluding scheduled breaks of five or more consecutive days and all days between modules
4. A student is not considered to have withdrawn if the student successfully completes coursework equal to or greater than the coursework required for the institution's definition of a Half-Time (Undergraduate = 6 hours, Graduate = 5 hours) student for the payment period

A module is any course that does not span the entire length of the payment period (semester). An example of courses offered in modules would be the accelerated online program.

For example: The spring semester consists of 15 weeks of instructional time. Jim is enrolled in an online program that contains three 5-week courses within the Spring semester, none of which span the entire 15 weeks. Because Jim's courses do not span the entire length of the Spring semester, he is considered enrolled in modules.

To determine if a student enrolled in modules has withdrawn, we will ask the following questions:

• Did the student cease to attend, or fail to begin attendance in a scheduled course that was included in the institution's calculation of the student's Title IV awards for the payment period of enrollment?
  • If yes, go to question 2
  • If no, student is not a withdraw
• When the student cease to attend or failed to begin attendance in a scheduled course, was the student attending other Title IV eligible courses in the period?
  • If yes, student is not a withdrawal, but Pell recalculations may apply
  • If no, go to question 3
• When the student ceased to attend or failed to begin attendance in a scheduled course, did the student complete all the requirements for graduation?
  • If yes, student is not a withdrawal, but Pell recalculations may apply
  • If no, go to question 4
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There are two types of withdraws, Official and Unofficial.

• You are considered an "Official Withdrawal" if you provide official notification of your intent to withdraw.
• You are considered an "Unofficial Withdrawal" if you stop attending without providing official notification of your intent to withdraw.

For a student who officially withdraws, the withdraws date is either the date is either the date the student begins the official withdrawal process or the date the student provides the notification.

For a student who unofficially withdraws, the withdrawal date is:

• For circumstances beyond the students control, the withdrawal date used is the date ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ determines is related to the circumstances beyond the student's control
• For circumstances when the student withdraws without providing official notification but a last date of attendance past the 60% date is documented, the last date of attendance is used
• For circumstances when the student withdraws without providing official notification attendance past the 60% point is not documented, the midpoint of the payment period

Once the R2T4 calculation has been completed, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University will return all unearned aid the school is responsible for returning to its federal program. Aid is returned in the following order:

• Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan
• Federal Direct Subsidized Loan
• Federal Perkins Loan
• Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan
• Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan
• Federal Pell Grant
• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
• Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant (TEACH)
• Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant 

You will receive an email notifying you once the return has been made. The email will instruct you to view your Self-Service Banner account to view the amount of funds that have been returned. 

Any Federal Grants that you are responsible for returning is called a Federal Overpayment. Federal regulations provide that 50% of the unearned amount of all federal grants is protected by the federal calculation. If determined that you owe a federal grant overpayment, the University will make this return on your behalf. If the amount is less than $50, then no repayment is required. 

Any loan funds that you (or parent for PLUS Loan), are responsible for returning must be repaid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Mastery Promissory Note.

If you withdraw before receiving all the funds you have earned, you may be due a post withdrawal disbursement. Post withdrawal disbursements will be confirmed within 30 calendar day of the date you withdraw. If your post withdrawal disbursement includes loan funds, we must first get your permission in writing before we can disburse these loan funds to you. Failure to receive written notification will result in the cancellation of the loan funds.

The Return of Title IV Worksheet can be found .