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Tuition
Your tuition is base on the total number of semester hours and your residence (permanent address). There are four basic residency categories with associated General Use Fees and Out-of-District Fees outside of Cooke County.
Dual Credit students either do not have to pay tuition (though they do still pay fees) or receive discounted tuition depending on residency.
Residency
NCTC is a public institution which draws a portion of its funding from the State of Texas. Therefore, your tuition rate will be higher if your permanent legal residence is not in Texas and will be lower if you're a resident of Texas (or Oklahoma). This means your tuition rate will depend upon which of the following four categories you fit into.
In-District — Residents of Cooke County
In-District Branch Campus — Resident of Graham ISD Service Area
In-State — All other Texas residents as well as residents of Oklahoma counties contiguous with Cooke County who, due to reciprocal agreement, pay the same tuition rate as Texas residents.
Out-of-State — In addition to residents of states other than Texas, this also includes international students; citizens of any country other than the United States.
Verifying Residency
To verify residency for tuition purposes, you are required to complete a Residency Questionnaire form and may also be required to furnish documentary proof (such as a valid Texas driver's license) to prove your resident status. Residency status must be verified prior to the official date of record of a given semester.
If you’re classified as a non-resident when first enrolled, you’re presumed to be a non-resident as long as you’re enrolled, regardless of number of hours taken. To be reclassified to resident tuition status, you must provide proof of residing in Texas for one calendar year in which you didn’t attend an institution of higher education.
Determination of a student's legal residence for purposes of establishing the appropriate tuition rates is made at North Central Texas College according to guidelines pursuant to Title 3, Texas Education Code: RULES & REGULATIONS FOR DETERMINING RESIDENCE STATUS, Fall 1995. Students should be aware that these guidelines are subject to further revision. Copies of these guidelines, as published by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, are available for inspection in the Office of the Director of Admissions/Registrar. Questions or disputes regarding interpretation of these guidelines should be directed to this office.
Credit & Semester Hours
You need to understand clearly what is meant by the term "credit hours." When you register for a course, that course will be worth a certain number of hours of college credit for a semester.
Most courses at NCTC are worth three (3) hours of credit. However, there are courses that are worth from one (1) credit all the way up to six (6) or more hours of credit for a semester. You can tell how many hours of credit a particular course is worth by looking at the course identification number. The second digit in this four-digit number gives the semester-credit-hour value of the course.
For example, the English course ENGL 1301 is worth three (3) hours of credit, and the French course FREN 1411 is worth four (4) hours of credit. So, if you register for four three-hour courses and one four-hour course, you’re enrolled for a total of sixteen (16) semester credit hours.
Tuition Rates for Fall 2023 & Spring 2024
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In-District
Cooke County Residents
Tuition: $57.00
General Use Fee: $48.00
Out-of-District Fee: N/ATotal per Semester Hour: $105.00
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In-District Branch Campus
Graham ISD
Tuition: $57.00
General Use Fee: $48.00
Out-of-District Fee: $20.00Total per Semester Hour: $125.00
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In-State
Tuition: $115.00
General Use Fee: $48.00
Out-of-District Fee: $32.00Total per Semester Hour: $195.00
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Out-of-State
Tuition: $206.00
General Use Fee: $48.00
Out-of-District Fee: $46.00Total per Semester Hour: $300.00
Tuition Rates for Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
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In-District
Cooke County Residents
Tuition: $57.00
General Use Fee: $55.00
Out-of-District Fee: N/ATotal per Semester Hour: $112.00
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In-District Branch Campus
Graham ISD
Tuition: $57.00
General Use Fee: $55.00
Out-of-District Fee: $20.00Total per Semester Hour: $132.00
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In-State
Tuition: $57.00
General Use Fee: $55.00
Out-of-District Fee: $100.00Total per Semester Hour: $212.00
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Out-of-State
Tuition: $57.00
General Use Fee: $55.00
Out-of-District Fee: $205.00Total per Semester Hour: $317.00
Dual Credit Tuition Rates for Fall 2023, Spring & Summer 2024
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In-District
Cooke County Residents
Tuition Total per Semester Hour: $25.00
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In-District Branch Campus
Graham ISD
Tuition Total per Semester Hour: $35.00
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All Others
Tuition Total per Semester Hour: $55.00
Dual Credit Tuition Rates for Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
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In-District
Cooke County Residents
Tuition Total per Semester Hour: $25.00
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In-District Branch Campus
Graham ISD
Tuition Total per Semester Hour: $35.00
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All Others
Tuition Total per Semester Hour: $55.00
Tuition for CEU Credit Option
Students may opt to enroll in selected semester credit-hour courses for Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credit (rather than for conventional semester-hour credit). Tuition for these CEU courses is as follows:
1-2 Semester Hours for CEU — $97.00 (minimum)
3 or more Semester Hours for CEU — $46.00 per semester hour
NOTE: Lab fees are charged in addition to rates above. All other deposits and fees are not applicable.
Tuition Refund Policy
A 100% refund will be given only when a class is canceled by NCTC or if a student completely withdraws before the first class day*. For a class dropped after the first day*, refunds will follow the state approved refund schedule. Please see refund schedules below for information on long semester refunds as well as flex entry classes, summer semesters, and mini-mesters.
* First class day is defined as the official start date of the term the class is in. The official start date for each class can be found on the student's schedule next to the course details.
Please note that “class day” is ANY day that the College is having classes. This does not represent each individual class meeting days.
For example, a class that only meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays, does not get to count Tuesdays and Thursdays only as “class days” for the refund period. Since the college has classes on Saturdays, all Saturdays are also included in the calculation of the refund period (Saturdays count as a “class day”) except for the Winter-mester.
Labor Day does not count as a “class day.”
Spring 2024
Regular 16 Week Session
Classes begin January 16th.
Before first class day — 100% Refunded through Jan 15th
1st-15th day — 70% Refunded Jan 16th-Feb 1st
16th-20th day — 25% Refunded Feb 2nd-Feb 7th
After 20th day — 0% Refunded beginning Feb 8th
First 8-Week Session
Classes begin January 16th.
Before first class day — 100% Refunded through Jan 15th
1st-8th day — 70% Refunded Jan 16th-Jan 24th
9th-10th day — 25% Refunded Jan 25th-Jan 26th
After 10th day — 0% Refunded beginning Jan 27th
Second 8-week Session
Classes begin March 18th.
Before first class day — 100% Refunded through Mar 17th
1st-8th day — 70% Refunded Mar 18th-Mar 26th
9th-10th day — 25% Refunded Mar 27th-Mar 28th
After 10th day — 0% Refunded beginning Mar 29th
May-mester
Classes begin May 13th. These classes follow the 3 week-class-length refund period.
Before first class day — 100% Refunded through May 12th
1st-3rd day — 70% Refunded May 13th-May 15th
4th day — 25% Refunded May 16th only
After 4th day — 0% Refunded beginning May 17th
Fall 2024
Regular 16 Week Session
Classes begin August 26th.
Before first class day — 100% Refunded through Aug 25th
1st-15th day — 70% Refunded Aug 26th - Sept 12th
16th-20th day — 25% Refunded Sept 13th - 18th
After 20th day — 0% Refunded beginning Sept 19th
First 8-Week Session
Classes begin August 26th.
Before first class day — 100% Refunded through Aug 25th
1st-8th day — 70% Refunded Aug 26th - Sept 4th
9th-10th day — 25% Refunded Sept 5th - 6th
After 10th day — 0% Refunded beginning Sept 7th
Second 8-week Session
Classes begin October 21st.
Before first class day — 100% Refunded through October 20th
1st-8th day — 70% Refunded Oct 21st - 29th
9th-10th day — 25% Refunded Oct 30th - 31st
After 10th day — 0% Refunded beginning Nov 1st
December Winter-Mester
Classes begin December 16th. These classes follow the 4 week-class-length refund period.
Before first class day — 100% Refunded through Dec 15th
1st-3rd day — 70% Refunded Dec 16th - 19th
4th day — 25% Refunded Dec 20th only
After 4th day — 0% Refunded beginning Dec 21st