Financial Aid Disbursements/Refunds

Students whose financial aid offer is large enough to cover tuition, books and supplies will be able to charge against their financial aid offer at the CSI bookstore. The same is true for CSI housing, food service, and CSI Child Care Center. Students with large enough financial aid offer can start charging against their accounts the week before schools starts.

CSI can apply excess federal financial aid funds (amount left over after paying tuition/fees and housing) toward other educationally related charges. CSI needs your permission to use leftover federal financial aid money (Title IV credit balance) for these charges: traffic/parking fines, child care fees, library fines, late fees, and returned check charges, etc. Students can fill out an Authorization for the Deduction of Miscellaneous Charges form to have miscellaneous charges deducted from their federal financial aid.

For additional information on financial and scholarship disbursements or refunds, visit the financial aid website at www.csi.edu/FinancialAid.