Registration - Fee Policy Information

Tuition and Fees
Tuition is established by the State Board of Community Colleges and the North Carolina General Assembly and is subject to change without notice. Current fees are listed below.

Tuition and Fee Chart

North Carolina Students*
* A legal resident of North Carolina who is at least 65 years old may register for curriculum classes at no cost up to six credit hours for any fall, spring, or summer term. Senior citizens will also be expected to pay all regularly-assessed special fees for any course in which they enroll.

Self-Supporting Registration Fees
The fee for self-supporting classes, denoted by an "S" at the end of the section number, is $60.00 per credit hour. There are no rate differences for in-state and out-of-state students and no waivers for senior citizens, dual enrollment students, staff, etc. No maximum cost based on a maximum number of credit hours, applies to self-supporting classes. For example, if you registered for 16 credit hours as an in-state student at the regular tuition rate, the tuition amount due would be $672. If you added a three-credit-hour class at the self-supporting rate, your tuition would be $672 plus $180 for the self-supporting registration fee.

Fees
Fees are established by the trustees of the college and are subject to change without notice. Current fees are listed below.

*All students, regardless of number of credit hours, are required to pay the Student Administration Fee, which combines student activities and accident insurance.

Graduation Fees (due when registering for final term)

Professional Liability Insurance

Facility Fees -- Community Schools
A facility fee of $25.00 per course is charged to students attending classes at Apex, Athens, Cary, East Wake, Enloe, Garner, Knightdale, Leesville, Millbrook, Sanderson, Southeast Raleigh and Wake Forest-Rolesville High Schools; and Fuquay, Leesville, Martin, and North Garner Middle Schools at the time of registration.

Facility Fees -- Ice Skating, Bowling and Golf
A facility fee of $85.00 is charged to students registering for PED 177. A facility fee of $80.00 is charged to students registering for PED 139. A facility fee of $40.00 is charged to students registering for PED 128.

Facility Fees -- State Personnel Development Center (SPDC)
A lab facility fee of $25.00 per course is charged to students attending classes at the State Personnel Development Center (101 W. Peace Street, Raleigh, NC).

Audits
Registration and tuition charges are the same as for courses taken for credit. Audit classes earn neither credit hour nor quality points. Requests to audit must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar by the last day of registration.

Refund Policy
Refunds are processed under the North Carolina Community College System (state) refund policy. Tuition refunds are automatically processed based on deadlines and drop dates and are mailed to the student address on file in our records. The deadlines for withdrawal and refund requests are shown on the academic calendar. It is very important that you submit address changes to the Office of the Registrar as soon as they occur.

Refund checks are only written and mailed once--after the 10 percent date in the term. This date is published in all class schedules and registration information each term. All refunds are done by check, including payments made by credit or debit card. All refund checks for classes that start the first week of the semester will be processed and mailed from the Business Office within the first six weeks of the term.

Tuition
Students will be eligible for refunds when course drops or withdrawals result in enrollment for less than maximum credit hours and meet the applicable conditions described in the drop deadlines section.

Cancelled Classes
A 100 percent refund will be made if the class in which the student is officially registered is canceled by the College.

Registration Fee- Self-Supporting Classes
The registration fee for self-supporting classes is charged separately from ("in addition to") the tuition charges. Therefore, refunds for these classes are also calculated separately. Otherwise, the following policies and deadlines also apply to self-supporting classes.

Drop Deadlines

A. Classes that begin the first week (seven calendar days) of the semester

1. A 100 percent refund shall be made if the student drops the class prior to the first day of the academic semester as published on the college calendar.
2. A 75 percent refund shall be made if the student drops the class on or after the first day of the semester and prior to or on the official 10 percent point of the semester, as published in the college calendar.

B. Classes that begin at times other than the first week (seven calendar day of the term)

1. A 100 percent refund shall be made if the student drops the class prior to the first class meeting.
2. A 75 percent refund shall be made if the student drops the class prior to or on the 10 percent point of the class.

Fee Refunds
When the student withdraws entirely and tuition refund is approved by the College as set forth above, student administration, community schools, and graduation fees will be refunded in total. Refund will be made for vehicle registration if the registration decal is returned with a written request for a refund of the vehicle registration fee.

Book Refunds
Books will be accepted for full refund when the student withdraws from College or drops a class on or before the 10 percent point in the semester, provided the books have not been marked in or otherwise defaced. Requests for book refunds are to be presented with the sales receipt by the student by the 10 percent point in the semester to the Bookstore Manager, who is authorized to accept or reject the request for refund.

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