Students who decide not to enroll should notify CIU immediately, because the amount of refund, if any, depends upon the day notification is made. A room advance deposit is required of all students living in campus residences. For entering students this fee is to be paid at the same time the enrollment deposit is paid, within 24 days following the acceptance. It is refunded upon the student's departure from the dormitory. The room and board fee should be paid in full at the beginning of each term.
Any student lining on campus is to participate in one of the meal plans offered.
The 21 meal plan includes all meals Monday through Sunday. The 14 meal and 10 meal plans include any 14 or 10 meals of the student's choice during the one week period from Monday breakfast through Sunday dinner. Thus tuition pays only a part of instruction costs, including use of the Learning Resource Center, Field Education, use of the academic computing lab, and facilities privided for students not included in the cost of room and board. The Student Activitiy fee, paid each semester, includes all the needed funds for each of the classes, Grad Life Council, the Dormitory Councils, Student Missions Fellowship, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses for student organizations. Also, entering students who do not report for the Welcome Week advising and testing programs at the time scheduled are assessed a late registration fee.