Financial assistance means freedom to choose a college based on academic programs rather than on cost. Notre Dame College believes in the philosophy that all qualified students should have the opportunity to attend regardless of personal financial situation. A student and his/her family, of course, are expected to contribute to the cost of education to the extent that they are able.
Notre Dame College’s student financial assistance program is designed to help bridge the gap between direct cost and a student’s ability to pay. We offer both need-based and merit-based aid to our students. All financial assistance is awarded according to the eligibility requirements set forth for each type of aid. Eligibility requirements vary considerably from fund to fund and are established by the funding agency or source.
All financial assistance can be divided into two broad groups: grants or scholarships and self-help. Grants or scholarships are forms of financial assistance that do not have to be repaid and that are generally based on need, academic achievement or other special attribute. Self-help aid must be either repaid with interest or earned through on-campus employment. Within the context of these two broad groups, Notre Dame College awards student financial assistance from three general sources: federal programs, state programs and private aid.
Notre Dame College requires the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This need analysis report must be completed to determine a student’s need. To qualify for federal financial aid, a student must be a United States citizen, a permanent resident, or other resident alien. Additionally, a student must be enrolled at least halftime and be maintaining satisfactory academic progress.
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SOURCES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Federal Financial Assistance Programs
- Federal Financial Assistance Programs
- Federal Pell Grant
- Federal Subsidized Stafford Student Loan
- Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Student Loan
- Federal Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
- Federal Perkins Loan Federal Work Study (FWS
State Financial Assistance Programs
- Ohio Instructional Grant (OIG)
- Ohio Choice Grant
- Ohio Academic Scholarship
- Ohio War Orphans Scholarship
Private Financial Assistance Programs
- Valedictorian / Salutatorian Scholarship
- Presidential Honors Scholarship
- Sisters of Notre Dame Award
- Alumni Association Scholarship
- Notre Dame College Grant
- Family Plan Scholarship
Family Plan Scholarship
Endowed Awards
- Joseph M. and Aldemira Alfonso Award
- Notre Dame College Alumni Association Scholarship
- Arthur S. Armstrong Scholarship Fund
- Christopher Foundation Scholarship Fund
- Sister Mary Aquinas & Sister Mary Clotilda Award
- Daniel S. Connelly Scholarship
- Edward J. and Stella Gunn Corbett Award
- Sister Mary Cordilia Award
- Helen Adeline Corrigan and Marie Corrigan Scholarship Fund
- Sister Jeanmarie DeChant Award
- Helen Schaffer DeGulis Scholarship Fund
- Anne L. Deming International Student Fund
- Eleanor Durica Filak Endowment
- Sister Mary LeRoy Finn Scholarship
- Flynn Family Scholarship Fund GAR Foundation Scholarship
- H.C.S. Foundation Award
- Carl and Dorothy Harig English and Communication Award
- Hille-Sposet Scholarship Fund
- Sister Mary Patricia Hlivak Award
- Reverend Henry Hofer Award
- Elizabeth Cantillon Hruby Scholarship
- John Huntington Scholarship
- Jean G. and Joseph H. Keller Scholarship
- Laub Foundation Scholarships
- Joseph and Eleanore Loehr Scholarship
- Alice J. and Patricia A. McCann Endowment
- The Helen and Michael Earl McCloskey Award
- McHugh Award
- Catherine and F. Jerome McKeever Scholarship
- Ruth A. and Loretta E. Mersy Scholarship
- Joseph and Caroline Mersy Scholarship
- Dorothy and Eugene J. Murray Scholarship
- Frances A. Noetzel Endowed Scholarship Fund
- Sisters of Notre Dame Freshman Award
- Grace K. O’Donnell Scholarship
- OFIC Scholarship
- Corinne O’Neill Scholarship
- H.M. O’Neill Scholarship O’Neill Science Scholarship
- Pauline Palub Endowment
- Bishop Anthony M. Pilla Scholarship Fund
- Thomas Quinlan Award
- Quinlivan/Burke Award
- Dr. Robert & Rosemary Racek Scholarship Fund
- Regis and Leona Reinhard Award
- Sister Mary Marthe Reinhard Scholarship
- Stanley I. Roediger Award Gertrude Schaefer Award
- Marie M. Schoonmaker Scholarship
- Ruth M. Seegert Award
- Josephine Smutko Seymour Endowed Scholarship
- Frank J. & Helena M. Smith Award
- Mary Strassmeyer Scholarship
- Marianne Artino Taylor Scholarship
- John and Alma Tercek Award
- Monsignor Angelo J. Trivisonno Award
- TRW Foundation Scholarship
- University Suburban Health Center Annual Scholarship
- Elizabeth Unkefer Award and Scholarship
- John C. and Florence M. Wasmer Foundation Award
- Timothy & Marie Welch Award
- Jeanne Ann Woessner Award
- Stella Scarano Zannoni Endowed Scholarship
- Edward Brandon Scholarship Fund
- Frances P. Nelson Faith Friendship and Forever Award
- James C. Sennett Endowment Fund
- Monaghan-Maher Scholarship
- Charles Schell Foundation Scholarship
- F.J. Cole Scholarship
- F.J. O’Neill Scholarship
- Hoover-Takács Award for Excellence in English/Communication
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EMPLOYER REIMBURSEMENT
Many students who are employed full-time receive tuition
reimbursement from their employer. The benefits vary
from company to company. It is the student’s responsibility to inquire about his/her company’s benefit program.
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CONFIRMATION AND ROOM DEPOSITS
Upon acceptance by Notre Dame College, incoming fulltime students are required to make a confirmation
deposit of $125. The deposit is credited to the student’s
first semester charges and is not refundable after May 1.
If housing is desired, an additional $200 room/key/
damage deposit is required. The deposit is transferable
from year to year.
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PAYMENT
It is the policy of Notre Dame College that tuition and
fees for a given term are to be paid OR acceptable
arrangements made by August 1 for Fall Semester and
January 3 for Spring Semester. Students who register after
that deadline are expected to have acceptable payment
arrangements in place at the time of registration.
Registrations received without payment or acceptable
arrangements will be voided. Pending financial aid is not
an acceptable payment arrangement. Payment for
WECO terms is due prior to the first day of classes.
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REFUNDS
Tuition:
If a student withdraws from Notre Dame College during
the semester, no refunds except those indicated here will
be made, and any unpaid balance covering the period of
enrollment will become due. For students who withdraw
within the first four weeks of a given semester, refunds
will be made after written notification of withdrawal is
filed with, and approved by, the Office of Student
Records. The amount of refund will be figured from the
date appearing on the official Change of Schedule form:
• before the end of the first week of classes, 100%;
• before the end of two weeks, 80%;
• before the end of three weeks, 60%;
• before the end of four weeks, 40%;
• and after the fourth week, NO REFUND.
• For courses that meet once a week, one class equals
one week.
Refunds on non-credit courses will be made on the percentage basis listed above. Refunds will be made approximately one month after the date of withdrawal. Financial aid is adjusted on the same basis as tuition.
Room and Board:
If it is necessary for resident students to withdraw from
classes and from the residence hall, a refund of the
charges for room and board for the semester will be
made on the percentage basis listed above. No refund
will be made after the fourth week of class.
Federal Refund Policy:
A federal refund policy applies to students meeting all of the following criteria:
1. Students who receive federally supported financial
aid or loans
2. Students who are in their first term
3. Students who are completely withdrawing from
school during the first 60% of their first term.
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STANDARDS OF SATISFACTORY
ACADEMIC PROGRESS*
FOR FINANCIAL AID APPLICANTS
Federal regulations (HEA Sec. 484(a),34 CFR 668.16(e),
668.32(f),668.34) require that Notre Dame College
review the academic progress of all students who apply
and or receive federal financial assistance. This regulation
applies to each financial aid applicant, whether a
previous recipient or not. A student’s entire academic
record is included in the measurement. The
measurement consists of three areas: Credit Hour, Grade
Point Average, and Maximum Time Frame for eligibility
A. Credit Hour Requirement
First year undergraduate students (0-31 hours attempted) must complete successfully a minimum of 60% of the number of credit hours attempted in each award year (or part thereof). An award year includes any terms
* Please note that this policy is referred to in the Notre Dame College Catalog, and on the back of the Financial Aid Award Letter.
beginning with Summer/WECO 4 through the Spring semester/WECO 3. All other undergraduate students must complete successfully a minimum of 75% of the total number of attempted credits each academic year (or part thereof) at Notre Dame College. Students attending only one semester or WECO term will be evaluated on that term’s work. Students who leave the college for an awarding year (or years) will be evaluated on their performance during the most recent year of attendance at Notre Dame College.
Graduate Students must complete successfully a minimum of 75% of the total number of hours attempted each academic year (or part thereof) at Notre Dame College.
Successfully completing a course requires a grade of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D or P. All other grades including N, W, F, and I are considered unsatisfactory and are unacceptable.
B. Grade Point Average (GPA Requirement)
All students who have attempted 62 credit hours must maintain an accumulative grade point average of 2.0. Students will be measured at the end of each term of enrollment. Graduate Students must maintain a 3.00 GPA at all times.
C. Maximum Time Frame for Eligibility
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students may continue to be considered eligible for assistance as long as they have not attempted (or registered for) more than 160 credit hours and/or have not completed more then 140 undergraduate credit hours. Transfer hours will be counted in the number of attempted/earned hours. Additionally, remedial and/or repeated course work will also be included in the maximum permissible number of hours attempted and earned.
Graduate Students
Graduate Students may continue to be considered eligible for assistance as long as they have not attempted (or registered for) more than 60 graduate credit hours and/or have not completed (earned) more then 48 graduate credit hours. Transfer hours will be counted in the number of attempted/earned hours. Additionally, remedial and/or repeated course work will also be included in the maximum permissible number of hours attempted and earned.
Transfer Student
Transfer Students will not be measured against the Credit Hour Requirement or GPA Requirement until the end of the academic year in which they start. Transfer Students will be measured against maximum time frame for eligibility based on hours transferred. (See appeal process.)
Monitoring
Satisfactory academic progress will be measured at the end of each academic year. However, in some instances, an evaluation will be conducted after each semester EX: Students with 62 attempted hours will need a 2.00 GPA at the end of each term of enrollment. Evaluation will be done in a timely manner, however, the next term may be in progress at the time we are able to notify students of their ineligibility. Should the student be concerned that he/she may not have met the requirements, he/she may contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance during normal business hours. Students will be notified via their student mailbox if they have failed the measurement. Students may appeal the decision.
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APPEALS
Students may appeal their denial of assistance by completing the Appeal Form. The student and his/her advisor must sign the form. An appeal form will be mailed to students not meeting the requirement or may be obtained from the Office of Student Financial Assistance.
Financial Aid appeals must be based on undue hardship caused by the death of a relative, personal injury, illness, or other special circumstance supported with appropriate documentation.
A plan as to how the student will improve academic performance must be included in the appeal. An academic advisor must sign all appeals.
Appeals must be presented to the Office of Student Financial Assistance within 10 working days after the receipt of the denial letter. The appeal will be reviewed within 10 working days and written notification will be in writing.
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