TUITION AND FEES

TUITION AND FEES FOR 2025-2026

The exact amount you will spend on college expenses will depend on your class schedule (textbooks needed, fees, etc.) and your housing and meal arrangements. Below is an estimate of the costs per semester, based on enrollment in 15 credit hours.

*These are estimated costs and subject to annual change.
**Meal Plan C: $500 declining balance, double occupancy room (least expensive option).

REFUNDABLE TUITION AND FEES FOR 2025-2026 (100 & 200 LEVEL COURSES)

Notes:
(1) Total general tuition and fees charge is $98 a credit hour up to a maximum of $1,470.
(2) Tuition may be charged at $49 per 1/2 credit or less. Additional out of state at $150 per 1/2 credit or less.
(3) Misc fees as may be necessary to meet special program requirements.
(4) Proposed rate targets O/S tuition at not less than 100% of actual 2022-23 operating cost per FTSE, less general tuition at 2022-23 rates.
(5) Fee is in addition to general tuition and fees.
(6) In addition to general tuition and fees, O/S tuition and fees charge is $300/CH up to a maximum of $4,500.
(7) In addition to general tuition and fees, charged in lieu of O/S for students from WUE states and Texas.
**Per credit hour, in addition to General Tuition.
***No maximum credit hour cap

REFUNDABLE TUITION AND FEES FOR 2025-2026 (300 & 400 LEVEL COURSES)

Notes:
(1) Total general tuition and fees charge is $147 a credit hour up to a maximum of $2,205.
(2) Tuition may be charged at $73.50 per 1/2 credit or less. Additional out of state at $150 per 1/2 credit or less.
(3) Misc fees as may be necessary to meet special program requirements.
(4) Proposed rate targets O/S tuition at not less than 100% of actual 2022-23 operating cost per FTSE, less general tuition at 2022-23 rates.
(5) Fee is in addition to general tuition and fees.
(6) In addition to general tuition and fees, O/S tuition and fees charge is $300/CH up to a maximum of $4,500.
(7) In addition to general tuition and fees, charged in lieu of O/S for students from WUE states and Texas.
**Per credit hour, in addition to General Tuition.
***No maximum credit hour cap

NONREFUNDABLE FEES FOR 2025-2026

HOW AND WHEN DO I PAY MY TUITION AND FEES?

1. Online via the MyEAC Student Portal (Recommended).

2. By Phone. Dial (928) 428-8221 Option 2 to speak to a cashier.

3. By mail via check or money order (if received after tuition due date, classes may purge).

4. At the Business Administration Office.

You may pay with your Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover card online, over the phone and at the Business Administration Office.

You may also mail a check or money order to the following address:

Attn: Cashier
Eastern Arizona College
615 N. Stadium Ave
Thatcher, AZ 85552

Please make checks payable to Eastern Arizona College.

Cash payments can be made at the Business Administration Offices located in Thatcher, but are discouraged due to the inherent risks involved in students carrying large sums of money on their person.

Students may also choose to enroll in an online payment plan. Those choosing the payment plan option pay an enrollment fee of $25 which enables them to spread their tuition, dorm and declining meal plan expenses over several months. Payment plans are only available online through MyEAC. Choose the "My Billing and Payments" link located on the home screen then click the “Payment/Payment Plans” option. Payment plan options include ACH (E-Check) and debit/credit card.

Registration is not complete until all tuition and fees and outstanding debts or balances are paid, or one is successfully enrolled in an online payment plan.

If you expect to receive financial aid, you need to work closely with the Financial Aid and Veterans Services Office. If you are seeking aid for the fall semester, you are advised to begin the application process early the previous spring.

Classes will be automatically cancelled if tuition and fees are not paid by the fourth Monday in July for fall semester and the third Monday in December for spring semester. The Academic Calendar in the catalog specifies the dates by which all fees or financial aid arrangements are due. If payment is not received by these dates, your registration will be cancelled. If your registration is cancelled, you may not be able to get back into all your classes. Don’t let this happen to you! Be sure all financial arrangements are made by the date due.

TUITION WAIVERS

NEW MEXICO

A tuition reciprocity agreement is made by and between the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education and Eastern Arizona College (and other community colleges in Arizona). The purpose of the agreement is to enable selected students from New Mexico to enroll at designated institutions of higher education in the State of Arizona with authorization to pay Arizona resident undergraduate tuition rates, and to enable an equal number of selected students from the State of Arizona to enroll at Western New Mexico University in New Mexico with authorization to pay New Mexico resident undergraduate tuition rates.

There are a limited number of tuition fee waivers for residents of New Mexico who wish to attend Eastern Arizona College. To be eligible for consideration, you must:

• Be a resident of New Mexico.

• Declare a Program of Study/Major

• Fill out a New Mexico Out-of-State Tuition Waiver Application

• Maintain full-time student status while on the waiver, completing at least 12 credit hours at a minimum 2.0 GPA per semester

• For priority consideration, students should register for classes as soon as possible prior to the semester of attendance.

All students must fulfill Prop 300 and residency to be eligible.

Valid and current supporting documentation from your state of residence must accompany your New Mexico application:

• Drivers license

• Motor vehicle registration

• State income tax return for previous year

• High school transcript

• Property ownership document

• Dependency status indicated on parent’s federal income tax return from previous year

• Bank statement addressed to your state of residency

New Mexico students are not eligible to establish Arizona Residency to in-state tuition purposes until one year after discontinuing the New Mexico Waiver.

SENIOR CITIZEN

Senior Citizens who are at least age 55 are eligible for a tuition waiver. To receive the waiver, proof of continuous Arizona residency must be provided to the Admissions and Registration Office. You may not have a domicile established in another state pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute §15-1802. All students must fulfill Prop 300 and residency to be eligible. Valid and current supporting documentation include (must be dated at least 1 year ago):

• AZ Driver’s license

• AZ Motor vehicle registration

• AZ State income tax return for previous year

• Bank statement or utility bill addressed to your Arizona residence

Senior citizens from out-of-state are eligible to have their in-state portion of tuition waived.

WESTERN UNDERGRADUATE EXCHANGE (WUE)

WUE is the Western Undergraduate Exchange, a program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Through WUE, students in western states may enroll in many two-year and four-year college programs at a reduced tuition level: 150% of the institution’s resident tuition. To be eligible for consideration, you must:

• Be a legal resident of participating states–Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming - American Samoa, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.

• Texas residents, while not officially included in the WICHE consortium, are also invited to attend Eastern Arizona College as WUE eligible.

• Declare a Program of Study/Major

• Maintain full-time student status while on the waiver completing at least 12 credit hours at a minimum 2.0 GPA per semester

• Fill out a WUE Application. All students must fulfill Prop 300 and residency to be eligible.

Valid and current supporting documentation from your state of residence must accompany your WUE application:

• Drivers license

• Motor vehicle registration

• State income tax return for previous year

• High school transcript

• Property ownership document

• Dependency status indicated on parent’s federal income tax return from previous year

• Bank statement addressed to your state of residency

WHAT IS EAC’S REFUND POLICY?

Tuition and Fees: Refundable tuition and fees are defined as general tuition and out-of-state tuition. All students who officially withdraw from the College or individual semester-length or short-term courses before the close of registration for the course will receive a full refund. Students who withdraw from classes after the close of registration will not receive a refund. Fees including class, lab and other special or miscellaneous fees are not refundable.

All refunds and deposits that may be due a student will first be applied to debts that the student owes the College. When federal student aid is used to pay for tuition and fees, the refund will be made to the federal fund, not to the student.

Federal regulations require that if you are a federal financial aid recipient and you totally withdraw from the College on or before the 60% point in the enrollment period, you must return a percentage of the federal aid funds disbursed. For example: if you withdraw at the 30% point of the enrollment period, you earn 30% of all aid that could be disbursed. The remaining 70% of the aid is unearned aid and a portion of the 70% may have to be returned. Further information is available at the Financial Aid and Veterans Services Office and/or their web page at https://eac.edu/current-students/ repayment-policy/ or in the disclosures section of this catalog.

Cancelled Courses: When the College cancels a course, a full refund will be made for the cancelled course.

Special Provision Refunds: Students with extenuating circumstances may petition the Admissions and Academic Standards Appeals Committee for a prorated tuition refund. Petitions are submitted via MyEAC. Extenuating circumstances shall be limited to the following:

1. Serious illness or injury: Illness or injury qualifies for a Special Provisions Refund when the condition impeded the student’s ability to attend class, submit assignments, or complete scheduled exams in a timely manner and causes the student to fall behind to the extent that the student’s performance and grade will be impaired as a direct result of the illness or injury. Written verification is required from the student’s physician, on the physician’s letterhead, verifying that illness or surgery prevents the student from being able to attend classes, or that attending classes would jeopardize the health of other students in class.

2. Death of the Student or an immediate family member: Qualifying family members shall include immediate family members i.e., father, mother, siblings, son, daughter, or spouse. The student must provide a death certificate or an obituary indicating the relationship to the deceased.

Any request for Special Provisions refund must be made in the same academic term as the withdrawal. Requests made after the academic term will not be considered.

Any Special Provisions refund granted will be prorated as follows:

The final withdrawal occurs within the first 25% of the academic term, 75% of tuition refunded.

The final withdrawal occurs within the first 50% of the academic term, 50% of tuition refunded.

The final withdrawal occurs within the first 75% of the academic term, 25% of tuition refunded.

The final withdrawal occurs after 75% of the academic term, no refund shall be made.

The student transcript will continue to show the classes registered for with a grade of “W”. “Withdrawal Without Record” (WOR) will not be awarded as this may cause EAC to be out of compliance with Federal Financial Aid.

In the event any federal financial aid monies are to be returned to the government, those returns will be deducted from the refund and the student receives only what may be remaining.

Other Refunds: Students who wish to appeal the refund policy may do so by petitioning the Admissions and Academic Standards Appeals Committee. Petitions are submitted via MyEAC.

A student in the Armed Forces or the Arizona National Guard who is called to active duty and assigned to a duty station, verifiable by a copy of the orders, will be allowed to withdraw and receive a full refund of tuition provided courses have not been completed.

A student who receives a Special Provision Refund or Active Duty Refund may also be granted a prorated refund for residence hall and meal ticket expenses.

Residence Halls Refunds: For refunds of reservation deposits or room costs, please refer to the “Housing and Dining Facilities” section of this catalog on page 27.

Meal Plan Refunds: For refunds of meal plans, please refer to the “Housing and Dining Facilities” section of this catalog on page 28.

Refund Petitions: Petitions for waiver of refund policies for residence halls and meal plans may be filed with the Dean of Students. Petition forms can be picked up in the Student Life Office located in the Gherald L. Hoopes Jr. Activities Center, Room 114, or by calling (928) 428-8354 to have a copy sent to you.