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Prorated Tuition Calculator

Enter the full tuition and term days to find the prorated amount.

Result

$1,500.00
$3,300.00
31.25%

How it is calculated

Straight-line proration: fraction = days attended / total days, prorated charge = full tuition × fraction, and refund = full tuition − prorated charge. Full tuition is a money amount, and both day counts use the same unit (calendar days, school days or weeks, as long as both match). The refund line assumes the full tuition has already been paid, so if you paid a deposit or an instalment only, subtract what you actually paid from the prorated charge yourself. Days attended cannot exceed total days, total days must be above zero, and negative values give no result. Many schools use tiered refund tables instead, and those will differ from this linear figure.

Worked example

A term costs $4,800 and lasts 112 days; the student attends 35 days before withdrawing. Fraction attended: 35 / 112 = 0.3125, shown as 31.25%. Prorated charge: 4,800 × 0.3125 = $1,500.00. Refund if the whole $4,800 was paid: 4,800 − 1,500 = $3,300.00.

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Common mistakes

  • Counting attended days on one basis and total days on another, such as 35 school days against 112 calendar days. Both must be the same kind of day.
  • Assuming the school applies straight-line proration. Many use tiered schedules (for example a full refund in week one, less later), so check the withdrawal policy.
  • Reading the refund as money back when only part of the tuition was paid. It is full tuition minus the prorated charge, so it overstates the refund after a partial payment.
  • Entering days attended larger than total days (for example counting a late-ending term); the tool then returns no result.
  • Forgetting non-prorated fees such as registration or technology fees, which are often non-refundable and are not in this figure.

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About this calculator

Proration splits a fixed tuition charge according to the fraction of the term actually attended, so a student who withdraws partway through a term pays only for the portion of instruction they received rather than the full-term price. It's calculated as full tuition × (days attended ÷ total term days), with the refund being the full tuition minus the prorated charge. The tool assumes the full tuition has been paid; if you paid less, compare the prorated charge with what you actually paid to see the balance.

Institutional withdrawal policies vary — some prorate on a straight daily basis like this, others use tiered refund schedules (100% before week 1, 50% before week 3, and so on) — but the straight-line proration is the baseline most registrar's offices reference. School and university registrars, financial aid offices, and students withdrawing mid-term use this calculation to determine the refund owed or the balance still due.

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  • Editorial team

    Ask the registrar how the term is counted: calendar days or class days, and whether the day of withdrawal counts. With the default 12000 over 180 days, one day moves the prorated charge by 66.67, so the answer matters near any cut-off. Compare the figure with your school's written policy before disputing a bill. How does your school count the withdrawal day?

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