Withdrawals and Charge Adjustments

 

Withdrawals and Charge Adjustments 

If a student notifies the university at the end of a term that they will not be enrolling for the following term and are withdrawing from FPU, all pending financial aid will be canceled and the student will receive notice of federal loan exit requirements if they have utilized federal loans. If a student withdraws from FPU, while enrolled in an active term, adjustments may be made to their charges as outlined below. If recalculation of aid is necessary per the return to Title IV (R2T4) guidelines, these calculations will be made as described in the R2T4: Return of Title IV (federal aid) funds section of this catalog.  

Withdrawal without notice 

A student who leaves the University without completing the withdrawal form or who is suspended or dismissed from the University, will not be entitled to a refund of charges. This includes any student who is removed from the University as the result of a judicial matter or permanent expulsion from the University. Federal Financial Aid recipients will have financial assistance prorated according to the schedule referred to in the R2T4: Return of Title IV (federal aid) funds section of the catalog.  

Administrative withdrawal 

Students who are administratively withdrawn from the University will have tuition and administrative fee fully refunded and be charged prorated housing/meal plan as applicable.  

Returning after prior withdrawal – Rindge Undergrad 

Students who withdraw, take a leave of absence, or are administratively withdrawn from the University and who seek readmission to Franklin Pierce will lose 100% of their previously awarded Franklin Pierce sources of financial assistance. The OSFS will evaluate the student’s financial aid for need-based sources of financial assistance. Withdrawal will automatically forfeit merit-based sources of aid. Students may appeal to the Vice President, Student Financial Services.  

Returning after prior withdrawal – DPT, MPAS & MEPN 

The DPT, MPAS, and MEPN programs are full time, cohort-based programs and have full-time charges associated with them. Students in the DPT, MPAS, or MEPN programs who have withdrawn or taken a leave of absence must seek approval from the University to return. Students approved to return to these programs must pay a new seat deposit before they will be permitted to enroll.  

There are instances when the student will join a different cohort (for the cohort they originally enrolled in has progressed without them) and the student will be required to enroll and/or repeat in a class or classes that were missed due to withdrawal. Classes that are considered audits will be billed at the per course audit rate. Classes that will receive a letter grade will be billed as follows: 

• The student will be charged at the per-credit rate for the current term of enrollment for 1-6 credits of graded coursework. 

• If the student is enrolled in more than 6 credits of graded coursework for that term, the student will be charged the full-time rate. 

• Graded coursework is considered non-audited courses. 

• The student must provide notification to the Student Financial Services Office, in writing, of their enrollment variance. This notification must be made 30 days prior to the start of the term of enrollment. 

• Failure to notify the Student Financial Services Office 30 days prior to the start of the term of enrollment will result in the student being billed at the per term rate.  

Extension of Program Length for DPT and MPAS students 

Please note that the Doctorate of Physical Therapy and Master of Physician Assistant programs are lock-step programs meant to be completed in a particular order, in a ascribed period of time provided at the time of acceptance, deposit, or enrollment. Students who step out of that pattern for any reason, including but not limited to delaying some clinical rotations, will have their program duration extended. Additional time in program will result incur additional course charges above and beyond those estimated as standard programmatic cost. Please contact Student Financial Services for additional information/guidance.   

Dropping and Withdrawal from Individual Courses 

A course drop indicates removing a course from the student schedule prior to the end of add/drop. If the drop causes the student to fall below full-time enrollment, their tuition will be adjusted accordingly. No adjustments are made when a student withdraws from individual courses after the end of the add/drop period for the enrolled term, they are still considered enrolled in the course, receiving a grade of “W.”  

Withdrawal Prior to Fall Registration 

The $400 commitment deposit required of new and readmitted students is refundable until May 1; after that date it will be forfeited. Commitment deposits for any term other than the Fall semester are non- refundable.  

Withdrawal from Summer and Winter Terms 

Students who withdraw from summer or winter terms before the end of the add/drop period of the term will receive 100% refund of tuition charged. No charge or aid adjustments will be made after the end of the add/drop period for summer and winter term enrollment.    

Withdrawals Fall or Spring– Undergraduate Rindge  

The effective date on a withdrawal form is the date upon which the tuition charge is determined. The effective date on the withdrawal form or move-out date, whichever is later, will be used to prorate housing/meal plan charges. A withdrawal during the 100% refund period will be subject to a daily rate charge for housing/meal plan calculated from the first day of class through the effective date on the withdrawal form or move-out date, whichever is later. See the period of withdrawal & percent of credit schedule below.   

Tuition charges for traditional undergraduate students are refunded according to the following schedule. The refund calculation will be based upon the effective date listed on the withdrawal paperwork and is counted from the first day of classes.  

 

Tuition charge adjustment schedules