Tuition and Fee Responsibility When Dropping a Course
Dropping a course means you are unenrolling from a course(s) but remaining enrolled in at least one other course in a session. Tuition and fees assessment for dropping a course is based on the length of the course and the timing of the drop. The days to be counted for drops are business days. If a course meets on a weekend, weekend days are included in the course length calculation.
Course Length Calculation
- If the course length is less than 15 days (excluding weekends and holidays), the last day to drop the course and have it removed from tuition and fee assessment is the first day of the course.
- If the course length is greater than or equal to 15 days (excluding weekends and holidays) and less than or equal to 35 days (excluding weekends and holidays), the last day to drop the course and have it removed from tuition and fee assessment is the fifth weekday of the course.
- If the course length is greater than 35 days (excluding weekends and holidays), the last day to drop the course and have it removed from tuition and fee assessment is the tenth weekday of the course.
Course Deadlines
It is recommended to use the Course Deadline tool to review deadlines for specific courses.
Note: Professional MBA students should review program-specific instructions.
Tuition & Fee Responsibility When Withdrawing Entire Registration
After a session begins, if you decide to remove all your coursework (even if you are only registered for one course), you must process a Withdrawal of Registration. Tuition and fees assessment for withdrawing is based on the timing of the withdrawal. For withdrawals, a week is Monday through Sunday, regardless of the course start day. If you are enrolled in a combination of session-length (i.e., full semester) and off-cycle courses, the tuition responsibility may be adjusted. Withdrawals can be completed online in MyUI once the required permissions have been obtained.
Tuition & Fee Responsibility by Session
The following tables are general deadlines by session, specific deadlines can be found on the Academic Calendar by selecting session and keyword "withdraw".
| Course Week Withdrawal | Tuition Percentage Responsible |
|---|---|
| During 1st Week | 10% |
| During 2nd Week | 25% |
| During 3rd Week | 50% |
| During 4th Week | 75% |
| After 4th Week | 100% |
| Course Week Withdrawal | Tuition Percentage Responsible |
|---|---|
| During 1st Week | 10% |
| During 2nd Week | 25% |
| During 3rd Week | 50% |
| After 3rd Week | 100% |
| Course Week Withdrawal | Tuition Percentage Responsible |
|---|---|
| During 1st Week | 10% |
| During 2nd Week | 50% |
| After 2nd Week | 100% |
| Course Week Withdrawal | Tuition Percentage Responsible |
|---|---|
| During 1st Week | 10% |
| After 1st Week | 100% |
Summer Session Withdrawals
The tuition responsibility for a withdrawal in summer from courses that fall into more than one sub-session (or that include off cycle courses) will be an average based on the date of the withdrawal and the deadlines of the sub-sessions.
Off-cycle courses in summer that do not fit in any of the sub-sessions follow the 12-week sub-session tuition responsibility regardless of when they start and end. If you are only enrolled in off-cycle courses during the summer session and choose to withdraw, please drop any off-cycle courses that have not started yet. Your withdrawal tuition responsibility will be based on the week we are in for the 12-week sub-session.
Withdrawals When Only Enrolled in Off Cycle Courses
Off-cycle courses in fall, winter, and spring follow the fall, winter, and spring regular session tuition responsibility chart above, regardless of when they start and end. If you are only enrolled in off-cycle courses and choose to withdraw, please drop any off-cycle courses that have not started yet. After that, you can proceed with a withdrawal. Your withdrawal tuition responsibility will be based on the week we are in for the regular fall, winter, or spring session.
Withdrawals and Financial Aid
If you have a financial aid award, there may be additional adjustments to your tuition assessment for a withdrawal. It may take four to six weeks for your withdrawal information and U-Bill to be finalized.
If you have questions on how withdrawing will impact your financial aid please contact the Office of Student Financial Aid.
- Email: financial-aid@uiowa.edu
- Phone: 319-335-1450
Tuition Appeal
Students who have experienced extenuating circumstances for which they could not control the timing, severity, and how they may have been affected by the situation may appeal assessed tuition by submitting a tuition appeal to the Office of the Registrar.
For questions about tuition appeals, contact reg-tuition-appeals@uiowa.edu.