COVID-19 Refunds
- Check your SWORDS account – Check your Student Account within SWORDS to verify the refund amount you received.
- Reference the COVID 19 refund plan (below) for refund amount specifics
- Student accounts with balances due had refund amounts applied to those balances first.
- Make sure you are set up to receive payments through BankMobile:
- BankMobile is the vendor we used this year to issue financial aid refunds. They were used to process these refunds as well. The preference you selected in BankMobile determined your payment method.
- If you already have a BankMobile account - Log in to your BankMobile account and ensure you have an active refund preference and verify all other info is current.
- If you do not have a BankMobile account - Contact the Bursar's Office at bursar@mga.edu to receive a personal code that will allow you to set up your refund preference.
- Some students did not receive refunds- Students that were exempt from paying fees (USG’s Tuition Assistance Program and Age 62+ waivers for example) or students in a few other unique categories did not receive refunds.
March 16 will be used as the last date of services provided; refunds were issued for the seven weeks remaining in the Spring Semester.
Refund plan:
- Mandatory and housing fee refund schedule:
|
Refund Rate |
|||
|
Regular Session |
1st Session |
2nd Session |
|
|
Athletic Fee |
39.6% |
No Refund |
78.4% |
|
Rec & Wellness Fee |
39.6% |
No Refund |
78.4% |
|
Health Fee |
39.6% |
No Refund |
78.4% |
|
Parking Fee |
39.6% |
No Refund |
78.4% |
|
Graduation Fee - Undergrad |
50.0% |
50.0% |
50.0% |
|
Graduation Fee - Graduate |
50.0% |
50.0% |
50.0% |
|
Applied Music Fee |
39.6% |
No Refund |
78.4% |
|
Housing Lease |
39.6% |
- |
- |
- Meal Plan refunds:
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- Cochran Meal Plans will refund 40.03% of amount paid, based on dining facilities in Cochran offering 7 day/week service.
- Macon Meal Plans will refund 40.17% of amount paid, based on dining facilities in Macon offering 5 day/week service.
- Declining-balance Meal Plans will refund the entire remaining balance.
- Course fees will be refunded in full or on a prorated basis depending on the fee and the course. Course fees will not be refunded if the service/materials covered by the fee have already been provided to the student.
- General fees will be refunded based on whether or not the service in question has been provided to the student.
- Testing Center fees will be refunded if the test has not already been taken.
- Student Activity fee funds will support the continuation of student programming via online means, including live-streaming events, online social programs, and other remote activities, and will not be refunded.
- MGA will not provide refunds for tuition, the Special Institutional Fee, or the Technology Fee, as these remain critical in supporting continuity of instruction and associated support.
Students who choose to withdraw entirely from their courses will be refunded in accordance with MGA’s normal refund schedule, which can be found at https://www.mga.edu/bursar/refunds/index.php
We ask for your patience as we work to get these refunds to you, and please know this is our office’s top priority. As we continue to practice social distancing, our staff are teleworking; however, we are available to answer questions about your refund through email at bursar@mga.edu
