2. Special Fees
Special fees are only charged if required.
- Out-of-District
$50 per semester credit hour will be charged if your legal residence is outside the Del Mar College District. However, out-of-district tuition/fee is not applicable to noncredit courses.
- Laboratory
$8 to $72 will be charged for selected courses in subjects such as art, engineering, foreign languages, kinesiology, sciences, business administration, business technology, health sciences, technology programs, and occupational (industrial) programs.
- $55 to $165 will be charged for selected courses offered in the music program.
- $8 to $60 will be charged for selected courses offered by Workforce and Personal Enrichment.
- Dual Credit
$33.33 per semester credit hour will be charged for Dual Credit students.
- Late Registration
$10 will be charged if you register after the official registration date.
- Credit Card Processing
A fee for credit card use may be authorized by the Board of Regents.
- Returned Check
$25 will be charged on any personal check returned unpaid by the bank. If you place a Stop Payment notice on a check issued to Del Mar College for payment of tuition and/or fees, you will be dropped from the College without further notice. The returned check fee of $25 will be assessed. If your check is returned unpaid by the bank, you may not pay future financial obligations to the College using a personal check.
- Testing and Evaluation
Various fees will be charged to help defray costs of administering, scoring, recording, reporting, and processing of tests and evaluation-rated services. Those services include but are not limited to:
- College Placement Testing
- Departmental Examinations
- Evaluation of Credentials
- High School Equivalency Exams
- Specialized Tests for Credit, Certification, or Licensure
- Correspondence and End-of-Course Examinations
- Special Record
$50 will be charged to establish a transcript at Del Mar College if you wish either to:
- convert to semester hours previous noncredit bearing studies in which the applicants have appropriate professional certification, or
- take examinations to receive credit for courses offered in the current Catalog.
- 3-Peat Fee
$50 per semester hour will be charged if a student is attempting a class for the third time.
Tuition and fees shown are correct as of the date of printing but are subject to change by the Board of Regents. A schedule of currently approved fees is available in the Student Enrollment Center at Heritage. Oso Creek, and Windward Campuses.