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Refund & Withdrawal Policy

When you can get your tuition back, how to withdraw or take a leave, and how refunds are paid.

Status
Draft pending legal review
Published
October 24, 2026
Applies to
Students in Advanced Certificate programs and Open Academic Courses

1. Program tuition refunds

Full refund within 14 days of your enrollment date if you have not submitted graded work. After that, tuition for the current term is not refunded; withdrawing cancels any future scheduled payments.

Request withdrawal through Contact Berean within 14 calendar days of enrolling and before submitting graded work to receive a full tuition refund. Your request date determines eligibility, not the date we finish reviewing it. After that window, or once graded work has been submitted, tuition already paid for the current or completed term is not refundable. Withdrawal cancels future scheduled tuition payments. We return prepaid tuition attributable to terms that have not started. Required course materials included in tuition are not charged separately. We confirm your refund amount, cancelled payments and access end date in writing. If Berean cancels instruction it cannot provide, we refund the undelivered portion. Your statutory rights remain unchanged.

Enrollment date
The day Berean confirms your enrollment after your first payment.
Graded work
Any assignment, quiz, writing task, or assessment in a course that receives a grade.
Current term
The term you are enrolled in when you withdraw.

2. How to withdraw or ask for a refund

  1. Write to admissions@bereaninstitutes.org. Include your name and your program.
  2. Say whether you are asking for a refund, a withdrawal, or both.
  3. The date Berean receives your message is the date used for this policy.
  4. Admissions confirms your withdrawal by email and cancels any future scheduled payments.

3. Taking a leave instead

You may take a leave of up to one year. Tell admissions before your leave begins (Leave and withdrawal rules). Admissions tells you in writing how your leave affects any scheduled payments.

4. Open Academic Courses

Open Academic Courses follow the refund rule shown on each course page and at checkout: change your mind within 14 days of enrolling and Berean refunds you in full. See the course catalog.

5. Bookstore purchases

Books and downloads bought from the Bookstore follow the Bookstore refund policy.

6. If Berean cancels a term

If Berean cancels a term you have paid for, you get a full refund of the tuition for that term.

7. How refunds are paid

  • Refunds go back to the card or account you paid with, through Stripe.
  • Berean emails you when the refund is sent. Your bank decides how long it takes to show on your statement.
  • If a tuition waiver or grant paid part of your tuition, only the amount you paid is refunded.

8. If you disagree with a decision

Write to admissions@bereaninstitutes.org and explain why. A staff member who did not make the first decision reviews it and answers you in writing.

9. Contact

Email admissions@bereaninstitutes.org or use the Contact page.

Berean Institutes · A Colorado nonprofit corporation · Headquarters: Plano, Texas, United States

Berean Institutes · Refund & Withdrawal Policy · Published October 24, 2026 · Draft pending legal review

Want to withdraw or ask for a refund?

Email admissions@bereaninstitutes.org with your name and your program or course. Admissions confirms by email.