Tuition and Fees

All Fees are Subject to Change

All fees are payable before the beginning of each semester and registration is not complete until these fees have been paid. Payment may be made by cash, check, money order, or credit card. Fees are subject to change prior to each semester.

Online-Only students are exempt from Non-Resident 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.

Online Fees Only - For on-campus fees go to the Darton College Fees Page

Per Credit Hour $99
Hours	Matriculation	Technology Fee	Total
1	$99		$99
2	$198		$198
3	$297	$48	$345
4	$396	$48	$444
5	$495	$48	$543
6	$594	$48	$642
7	$693	$48	$741
8	$792	$48	$840
9	$891	$48	$939
10	$990	$48	$1,038
11	$1,089	$48	$1,137
12*	$1,188	$48	$1,236
Hope will pay for a maximum of $132 for fees.

* Credit hour rate is reduced

*Students taking 3 or more hours are required to pay the Technology Fee.

The Guaranteed Tuition Plan became effective Fall 2006. The following fee schedules are the implementation of the Guaranteed Tuition Plan.

2007-2008 Academic Year

Entering Freshmen 2007-2008 - Guaranteed Tuition Plan
Entering Freshmen 2006-2007 - Guaranteed Tuition Plan
Students enrolled PRIOR to Summer 2006
Online Students

2006-2007 Academic Year

Entering Freshmen 2006-2007
Students enrolled PRIOR to Fall 2006

Fees for auditing a course are the same as for credit enrollment. Other fees (laboratory fees, athletic fees, etc.) may also apply. Georgia Senior Citizens are exempt from general fees.

Senior Citizens -- Eligible Georgia Residents 62 years of age or older may enroll for resident academic credit on a space available basis without payment of matriculation fees.

For complete information on tuition and fees contact the Office of Admissions:

Darton College
Office of Admissions
2400 Gillionville Road
Albany, GA 31707
(229) 317-6740
admissions@darton.edu

Fee Payment
Distance learning students can access their fee assessment online at the time of registration, and at any time they log in to the BANNER system. All fees are payable before the beginning of each semester, and registration is not officially complete until these fees have been paid. Payment must be made by cash, check, money order, or credit card. Distance learning students may pay their fees by mail, or call the Business Office at (229) 317-6717 during regular business hours 8am –5pm EST to pay by phone. Registration is complete for students paying by check when the check clears the bank.

To pay by mail, send a check or money order payable to Darton College with the bottom section of your bill. Do not send cash. If the bank returns your check, your classes will be cancelled and a returned check fee will be assessed. If a student's schedule is purged, the next opportunity to register will be the opening of regular registration (see academic term calendar).

Mail Payments to:

Darton College
Business Office
2400 Gillionville Road
Albany, GA 31707

Refunds

The refund amount for students withdrawing from the institution shall be based on a pro rata percentage determined by dividing the number of calendar days in the semester that the student completed by the total calendar days in the semester. The total calendar days in a semester includes weekends, but excludes scheduled breaks of five or more days and days that a student was on an approved leave of absence. The unearned portion shall be refunded up to the point in time that the amount equals 60%.

Students that withdraw from the institution when the calculated percentage of completion is greater than 60%, are not entitled to a refund of any portion of institutional charges. No refunds are issued for dropping individual courses.

Please refer to the semester schedule for refund deadline dates. Refunds will be mailed weekly.

No refunds will be made to students who withdraw from the College without filing official withdrawal forms with the Registrar’s Office, nor will refunds be made to students dropping individual courses after the last day to register.

For further information, please contact the Registrar's Office at (229) 317-6742.

Definition of Legal Resident

For fee payment purposes, Darton College is required, under the guidelines established by the Regents of the University System of Georgia, to determine the residence classification of all applicants/students of Darton College. The following rules have been adopted by the Board of Regents for this purpose:

1.	If a person is 18 years of age or older, he or she may register as a resident student only upon showing that he or she has been a legal resident of Georgia for a period of at least twelve months immediately preceding the date of registration. No emancipated minor or person 18 years of age or older shall be deemed to have gained or acquired in-state resident status for fee purposes while attending any educational institution in this State, in the absence of a clear demonstration that he or she has in fact established legal residence in this State.
2.	If a person is under 18 years of age, he or she may register as a resident only upon showing that his or her supporting parent or guardian has been a legal resident of Georgia for a period of at least twelve months immediately preceding the date of registration.
3.	A full-time employee of the University System and his or her spouse and dependent children may register on the payment of resident fees.
4.	Non-resident graduate students who hold teaching or research assistantships requiring at least one-third time service may register as students in the institution in which they are employed on payment of resident fees.
5.	Full-time teachers in the public schools of Georgia and their dependent children may enroll as students in the University system institutions on the payment of resident fees.
6.	All aliens shall be classified as non-resident students provided, however, that an alien who is living in this country under a visa permitting permanent residence shall have the same privilege of qualifying for resident status for fee purposes as a citizen of the United States.
7.	Foreign students who attend institutions of the University System under financial sponsorship of civic or religious groups located in this State may be enrolled upon the payment of resident fees, provided the number of such foreign students in any one institution does not exceed the quota approved by the Board of Regents for that institution.
8.	If the parents or legal guardian of a minor change his or her legal residence to another state following a period of legal residence in Georgia, the minor may continue to take courses for a period of twelve consecutive months on the payment of resident fees. After the expiration of the twelve-month period, the student may continue his registration only upon the payment of fees at the non-resident rate.
9.	In the event that a legal resident of Georgia is appointed as guardian of a non-resident minor, such minor will not be permitted to register as a resident student until the expiration of one year from the date of court appointment, and then only upon proper showing that such appointment was not made to avoid payment of the non-resident fees.
10.	Career Consular officers and their dependants who are citizens of the foreign nation which their Consular office represents and who are stationed and living in Georgia under orders of their respective governments shall be entitled to enroll in University institutions on payment of resident fees. This arrangement shall apply to those Consular officers whose nations operate on the principle of educational reciprocity with the United States.
11.	Military personnel and their dependants stationed in Georgia and on active duty, except military personnel assigned to system institutions for educational purposes, shall pay the same fees assessed residents of Georgia.
12.	A nonresident who is financially dependent upon a parent, parents, or spouse who has been a legal resident of Georgia for at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of registration, shall pay the same fees assessed residents of Georgia, provided, however, that such financial dependence shall have existed for at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of registration.

The burden of proof of residency status rests with the student. The college reserves the right to require the documentation it deems necessary when a student feels that circumstances have changed to warrant reconsideration of residency status. It shall be the student's responsibility to submit a petition for review.

Students have the right to enter an appeal of residency classification. Such an appeal must state the nature of the grievance and the desired outcome in writing and must be directed to the President of the College.

Debbie Sawyer
Business Office Supervisor
Administration Building, Room A152
(229) 317-6717
debbie.sawyer@darton.edu

Current Students