Changes in Hours and Withdrawals

Change in Enrolled Hours

Students who are considering dropping hours should contact the Financial Aid Office prior to dropping the hours to determine the effect on scholarship and financial aid eligibility. A reduction in hours may result in an adjustment to the award package and may also affect  satisfactory academic progress. It is the responsibility of the student to notify this office of any reduction in hours.

Withdrawing from McMurry and Refunds

REFUND POLICY – INDIVIDUAL COURSES DROPPED

Registration with the University is considered a contract binding students and their parents for charges for the entire semester. No refunds will be made on individual courses dropped after the closing date of official registration each semester. 

Credit Balance

A student may request a refund when their account indicates a credit balance. You may request a credit balance refund at the Business Office. Please allow one day to process a refund check.

REFUND POLICY – WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY

A student who desires to withdraw from the University must obtain the proper forms from the Student Retention Coordinator located in the Registrar's Office. Registrar's Office, McM Station Box 338, Abilene, TX 79697, phone: 325-793-3811.

REFUND OF TUITION ACCORDING
TO THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE.

May Term 2008

Tuition refund on the first day of class is 100% and no tuition is refunded after the first day of class.

Dates are tentative. Please see the 2008 - 2009 catalog to confirm the refund dates.

Classes at Dyess Air Force Base have a separate refund schedule. Please see the McMurry University Catalog.

Due to the requirements of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, students that are receiving Title IV* financial aid may be subject to a prorated return of that aid through sixty percent of the semester.

* Title IV financial aid includes, but is not limited to, Federal Pell Grant, Academic Competitive Grant (ACG), SMART Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Federal Perkins Loan and Federal Family Education Loans (Stafford and Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS). Texas Grant Funds are subject to refund policies set by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.