Withdrawing from all classes
Financial aid (Federal/State/Institutional/Private) is
awarded to the student with the assumption that they will attend
school for the entire term. When the student withdraws, they may
no longer be eligible for the full amount of funds that were
originally awarded.
If a student withdraws before completing 60% of the term, the
amount of financial aid earned must be determined. All unearned
federal aid must be returned (cancelled from the student's
account). The student will be notified in writing if any federal
aid must be returned and their total amount owed to the
university.
The amount of unearned aid is determined by a daily prorated
ratio. Once the student has completed more than 60% of the term,
they are considered to have earned all of their federal
assistance they were scheduled to receive.
If you are considering withdrawal from the University, please
contact Student Financial Services prior to completing the
withdrawal process.
Unofficial withdrawal
An unofficial withdrawal is when a student stops attending
school and does not notify the school of his or her withdrawal.
The following circumstances are classified as unofficial
withdrawals:
- The student did not initiate attendance or
academic activity in any of their registered
courses.
- Student ceased attendance after initiating
their course and is issued an "XF" grade.
- The student did not begin the withdrawal
process or otherwise notify the school of the
intent to withdraw due to illness, accident,
grievous, personal loss, or other circumstances
beyond the student's control.
In the event the university determines the student has
unofficially withdrawn, the withdrawal date will be the last
date of academic activity or if no consensus can be met it will
be the midpoint of the payment period. In the event a student is
considered to be an unofficial withdrawal, the student could be
subject to a 50% or higher loss of aid eligibility that could
result in an outstanding balance due.
Federal aid adjustments
The Student Financial Services Office has 30 days in which to
determine the amount of a student's federal aid was 'earned' and
'unearned' as defined in federal regulations, and then return
aid in the following order:
- Federal Direct Graduate PLUS loan
- Federal Direct PLUS loan
- Federal Unsubsidized Direct Stafford Loan
- Federal Subsidized Direct Stafford Loan
- Perkins Loan
- Federal Pell Grant
- Federal SEOG Grant
- Federal TEACH Grant
- Federal Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant
- Other Title IV Programs
*Work-study wages earned are not included in the return
of federal financial aid calculations.
Non-Federal aid adjustments
If the student received grant aid from the State of
Washington in the term they withdrew from, the amount that must
be returned to the state is based on percentage of the term
remaining.
If the last date of attendance occurs after 50% of the term,
the state grant award is considered 100% earned and no state
grant repayment is due.
Institutional aid
Student Financial Services will return institutionally funded
aid based on the amount of tuition costs refunded to the
student.