UC Davis Financial Aid Office Return of Title IV Funds and Refund Policies

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The Financial Aid Office is required by regulation to calculate a Refund of Fees and a Return to Title IV Funds amount for all students who withdraw, are dismissed, or who take a Planned Educational Leave (PELP) during a quarter/semester. The policy applies to students who discontinue enrollment in all classes, on or after the first day of the term. The Return to Title IV Funds is the amount of unearned aid you received at the beginning of the term that must be returned to the federal aid programs. Any aid received in excess of the earned amount is considered unearned. The earned portion is calculated on a daily basis using calendar days from the first day of instruction. Read the UC Davis General Catalog for information about officially withdrawing.

Fee Refunds

The Office of the registrar is the office responsible for refunds of registration fees. The effective date for determining a refund of fees is the date you file a completed Notice of Cancellation/Withdrawal form with the Office of the Registrar. The percentage of fees that may be refunded is determined by the number of calendar days (not school days) elapsed, beginning with the first day of instruction. If you enrolled in classes, you will be dropped from all of your courses automatically as of the date the Notice of Cancellation/Withdrawal is received. This refund will not affect the Return to Title IV Funds calculation, but does affect the amount of money you may owe back to the university for withdrawing.

Starting with the first day of class, the Refund Policy will refund fees based upon the number of days elapsed when the withdrawal is filed for the quarter/semester as follows: