Class Withdrawals/Refunds, Tuition and Fee Adjustments (Tuition and Fee Liability)
Important Information and Dates for Spring 2025
All students are required to read, understand and abide by the University deadlines.
The first day of Spring 2025 classes is Monday, January 27th, 2025. A $50.00 late registration fee applies to all students who are not enrolled in at least one course before Monday, January 27th, 2025. This includes students enrolling in Manhattan and West Campus classes
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Liability Period |
Tuition and Fee Liability |
Tuition and Fees Refund |
|---|---|---|
|
On or before 2/2/25 |
0% |
100% |
|
2/3/25 - 2/9/25 |
30% |
70% |
|
2/10/25 - 2/16/25 |
50% |
50% |
|
2/17/25 - 2/23/25 |
70% |
30% |
|
On or after 2/24/25 |
100% |
0% |
Refund Policy
Refunding of Title IV And Other Aid:
Credits resulting from Title IV and other aid disbursements are refunded via direct
deposit several times a week. Hard copy checks are issued every two weeks and mailed
home to the Student's home address. For hard copy checks an e-mail is sent to the
student's @stonybrook.edu e-mail account informing them of the refund.
Refunding of Title IV and other funds is done in compliance with Federal Student Aid
and SUNY regulations.
https://ifap.ed.gov/ifap/
https://www.suny.edu/sunypp/documents.cfm?doc_id=390
Refunding of Personal Payments
Students may have credit balances on their accounts as a result of a tuition, fee, room, apartment, meal plan or bookstore adjustment, or as a result of an overpayment of the amount due. Based on State University of New York Policy 057.1, no credit resulting from a personal payment (cash, credit, debit, check) shall be refunded until the end of the semester in which the payment was made unless a written request is submitted. The student must e-mail bursar@stonybrook.edu or submit in writing and send to:
Student Financial Services Office
Stony Brook Union, Suite 207
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3222
Refunds requests can also be emailed to bursar@stonybrook.edu. Refunds will not be made if student owes in any different semester. Approved refunds will be made in the same manner of payment received. Credit balances for $5.00 or less will not be refunded.
Click here for information about our refunding process.
UNDERGRADUATES:
Please consult the Tuition Liability dates above before withdrawing from a course. Students who wish to withdraw from the semester after the first day of classes must complete an official Undergraduate Withdrawal Request Form, which can be obtained from the Registrar's Office. If you reduce your number of credits or completely withdraw from the university after the specified date, you will be responsible to pay tuition and fees pertaining to the liability schedule above.
The last date to SWAP classes is available via the Registrar's Academic Calendar. A SWAP IS DEFINED AS ONE COURSE SWITCHED FOR ANOTHER OF EQUAL CREDITS IN THE SAME TRANSACTION. If you reduce the credits and do not add an equal number of credits you will be responsible to pay tuition and fees pertaining to the liability schedule above.
Undergraduate withdrawals are processed through the Registrar's Office. Graduate and East Campus students should contact their individual schools to complete the necessary paperwork for a Semester Withdrawal. There is a $20 processing fee for approved academic petitions.
Students having approved petitions to "late add" or "retroactive add" are required to (i) pay in full all outstanding balances due to the University (including library and parking fines); and (ii) pay in full the tuition and fees for the course(s) being added. No petition will be processed where (i) and (ii) are not satisfied. Authority: 8 NYCRR §302 (Tuition and fees at State-operated units of State University).
ALL GRADUATES (INCLUDING EAST CAMPUS, MBA, SPD & MANHATTAN GRADUATE STUDENTS):
ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH GRADUATE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS funded by their department are expected to know what class year they are in. G1, G2, G3, G4, & G5 students are required to register for 9 GRADUATE LEVEL credits for FULL-TIME status. It is the student's responsibility to properly register for his or her appropriate credit load.
G2, G4, and G5 graduate students with graduate tuition scholarships who have registered for more than 9 credits after the date specificed by the Graduate Finance Office will be held personally responsible to pay the additional tuition. These graduate students that drop down to their appropriate full-time credit load (as indicated in the above paragraph) after the specified date will be held financially liable for tuition liability and fees according to the tuition liability schedule below.
Please consult the Tuition Liability dates above before withdrawing from a course. SPD students can withdraw using the SOLAR System and are able to drop down to zero credits; Graduate students must contact the Graduate School to complete the necessary paperwork. If you reduce your number of credits or completely withdraw from the university after the specified date, you will be responsible to pay tuition and fees pertaining to the dropped credits according to the schedule below.
The last date to SWAP classes without a petition fornon-SPD online students is available via the Registrar's Academic Calendar. A SWAP IS DEFINED AS CLASSES SWITCHED FOR THE SAME NUMBER OF CREDITS IN THE SAME TRANSACTION OR PETITION. If you reduce the number of credits that you are taking after the specified date, you will be responsible to pay tuition and fees pertaining to the credits dropped according to the schedule below.
Please contact your individual school/program to complete the necessary paperwork for Semester Withdrawal. There is a $20 processing fee for approved academic petitions.
Students having approved petitions to "late add" or "retroactive add" are required to pay in full all outstanding balances due to the University (including library and parking fines); and (ii) pay in full the tuition and fees for the course(s) being added. No petition will be processed where and (ii) are not satisfied. Authority: 8 NYCRR §302 (Tuition and fees at State-operated units of State University).
EAST CAMPUS PROFESSIONALS (Medical, Dental, Postdoctoral Dental Certificate, Physical Therapy):
Please contact your individual schools to complete the necessary paperwork for Semester Withdrawal. For session code dates, please refer to the Health Sciences Academic Calendars.There is a $20 processing fee for approved academic petitions.
University Statement of Student Responsibility
Students are responsible for understanding enrollment deadlines and requirements. This can include Univeristy and Departmental deadlines. Please consult the Registrar's Academic Calendar as well as the calendar provided by your program/department.
Students themselves whether new, visiting, returning or continuing are responsible for reviewing, understanding, and abiding by the University´s regulations, procedures, requirements, and deadlines as described in all official publications. These include the Undergraduate Bulletin (and supplement), Summer Session Catalog, SPD Bulletin, Graduate Bulletin, Student Handbook, and Class Schedules.
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