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FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Section Five
A. FEES AND COSTS
All fees are payable before the beginning of each semester, and registration is not
complete until these fees have been paid. Payment must be made by cash, check, money
order, or credit card (cash advance to which bank will add interest and service charge).
Registration is complete for students paying by check when the check clears the bank.
FEES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE PRIOR TO EACH SEMESTER
Application Processing Fee -
A fee of $20 must accompany each application for
admission to credit and Learning Support courses. This fee is not refundable and does not
apply toward registration or matriculation fees. No application fee is required for non-credit
continuing education and community service courses. Online applications have a fee of
$25.00.
Matriculation Tuition -
The tuition for 15 or more semester hours of credit or Learning
Support courses is $1,298.00 in addition to other fees. For less than 15 hours it is $86.54
per semester hour. The cost to audit a course is the same as the cost to enroll for credit.
Persons enrolling in a non-credit continuing education or community service course will
pay tuition as appropriate for the course.
Online-Only Tuition –
For Online-only students the tuition for 15 or more semester
hours of credit is $1,875 in addition to other fees. For less than 15 hours, it is $125 per
semester hour in addition to other fees. Online-only students are exempt from Non-
Resident Fees, Student Activity Fees, and Athletic Fees. Students who do not attend any
classes on the main campus or at any off-campus class site and who reside outside the
College’s 14 county service area, including out-of-state students, are eligible for
classification as Online-Only.
Non-Resident Fee –
Students who attend classes on the main campus – or at an off-
campus site -
and who are not residents of Georgia will be charged a non-resident fee
tuition. Non-resident students registering for 15 or more credit hours will be charged a non-
resident fee tuition of $4,911 per semester in addition to all other fees. Those registering for
less than 15 hours will pay $327.40 per semester hour in addition to all other fees. Online-
Only students residing outside the Darton State College service area are exempt from the
non-resident fee – regardless of Legal Residence Status. (See Definition of Legal Resident
in this catalog.)
Board of Regents Fee –
Students will pay $200.00 for the Board of Regents fee.
Late Registration Fee -
Students who do not register and pay fees at the time
designated for registration in the College Calendar will be charged a late registration fee of
$35.
Applied Music Fee -
A fee of $150 per semester is charged for each one hour per week
of private instruction in voice, organ, piano, or orchestral instrument for regularly enrolled
part-time or full-time college students. A fee of $75 per semester is charged for each 1/2
hour per week of private instruction in voice, organ, piano or orchestral instrument.
