Tuition and fee refunds will be issued to eligible students who drop credit classes within the refund period. Your initial payment method determines how your refund will be processed.*
Upcoming Refund Dates
Fall 2024
Financial aid refunds have begun. Please refer to the Financial Aid refund page for more information.
Refunds for tuition and fees paid by cash, credit/debit, or ACH are in process. Please monitor your JCCC stumail or MyFinances for your refund status.
Spring 2025
Financial aid refunds will begin on February 5, 2025, for students signed up for Direct Deposit. Financial aid check refunds will begin on February 7, 2025. Please refer to the Financial Aid refund page for more information. Students cannot request an early refund of expected financial aid.
Refunds for tuition and fees paid by cash, credit/debit, or ACH will begin on January 23, 2025. Please monitor your JCCC stumail or MyFinances for your refund status.
Drop Deadlines
Before dropping classes, refer to the Drop Deadlines for Credit Courses to determine the last day to drop with 100% refund. When dropping classes after established deadlines, please review the tuition refund policy and appeal process.
Refund Timing & Processing*
Credit card, debit card, and direct deposit refunds are processed daily Monday through Thursday. Check refunds are mailed on Fridays. Check refunds are issued in the student’s name.
Please allow two weeks to receive your refund after dropping classes. Generally, we do not process refunds before the established refund date listed on this page. If you would like to request an early refund for tuition and fees already paid for by cash, check, credit/debit, or ACH please submit an Early Refund Request Form.
The early refund request process cannot be used to request an early refund of financial aid. A refund for any remaining financial aid, including any book advance funds not used, is sent to students approximately 3-4 weeks after the start of the semester.
Your refund may be used to reduce or pay off any balance owed to JCCC.
If you paid by credit or debit card
- Any refund will be issued to the original card(s) used for payment. If we are unable to issue the refund to the card used, the refund will be issued to the student, regardless of who paid, via direct deposit or check mailed to the address JCCC has on file.
If you paid by cash, check or ACH
- Any refund will be issued to the student, regardless of who paid, via direct deposit or check mailed to the address JCCC has on file. Check refunds are issued in the student’s name.
- Refunds for payments made with a check or ACH will not occur until sufficient time has passed to ensure the transaction has cleared the bank. This can take up to two weeks.
To sign up for direct deposit:
- Log in to My Finances with your JCCC username and password
- Select the “Refunds” tab
- Follow the prompts to complete “Two-Step Verification”
- Select “Set up a New Account.”
- Complete all of the information and select “Continue”
- Read the agreement and if you agree, select “I Agree” and select “Continue”
The routing number and account number to a savings or checking account are required to sign up for direct deposit.
If we are unable to issue a refund to your direct deposit account for any reason, your refund will be issued via check to the mailing address on file. If a refund check is returned as undeliverable, you will be required to update your mailing address before we re-issue your refund, even if you have signed up for direct deposit.