Academic Calendar

Stay on track with important dates and deadlines by exploring the Gila Community College Academic Calendar, ensuring you never miss a key event or semester milestone.

Summer 2025 Academic Calendar Schedule

July 7, 2025 - August 8, 2025

March 2025
TBA – Registration opens

May 2025
5/19 – Tuition and fees due

June 2025
6/30 – Financial aid and scholarship funds available

July 2025
7/7 – Classes begin
7/8 – Last day to add classes *
7/9 – Last day to withdraw without record and receive a refund **
7/21 – Fall semester tuition and fees due
8/8 – Last day of classes
8/8 – Final exams are given on the last day of class
8/8 – Last day to withdraw with a “W” is the last day of class ***
8/8 – Last day of Summer semester
8/11 – Final grades due no later than 4:30 p.m.

Fall 2025 Academic Calendar Schedule

August 18, 2025 - December 11, 2025

March 2025
TBA – Registration opens

July 2025
7/21 – Tuition and fees due

August 2025 
8/12 – Financial aid and scholarship funds available
8/18 – Classes begin
8/22 – Last day to register and add classes (for regular term courses) * 
8/25 – Last day to withdraw without record and receive a refund (for regular term course) **

September 2025
9/1 – Labor Day Holiday (All offices closed)

October 2025
10/1 – 45th day
10/8 – Spring registration begins
10/13 – Columbus Day Holiday (All offices closed)

November 2025
11/11 – Veterans Day Holiday (All offices closed)
11/26 – 11/28 – Thanksgiving Holiday (All offices closed)

December 2025
12/5 – Last day to withdraw with a “W” (for regular term courses) ***
12/5 – Last day for regular classes
12/8 – 12/11 – Final exams week
12/11 – Semester ends for students
12/15 – Spring semester tuition and fees due
12/15 – Final grades due no later than 4:30 p.m.
12/19 – 12/26 – Christmas Holiday (All offices closed)

Spring 2026 Academic Calendar Schedule

January 12, 2026 - May 7, 2026

October 2026
10/8 – Registration opens

December 2026
12/15 – Tuition and fees due

January 2026
1/1 – New Year’s Day Holiday (All offices closed)
1/6 – Financial aid and scholarship funds available
1/12 – Classes begin
1/16 – Last day to register and add classes (for regular term courses) *
1/19 – Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day Holiday (All offices closed)
1/20 – Last day to withdraw without record and receive a refund (for regular term courses) **

February 2026
2/16 – President’s Day Holiday (All offices closed)
2/25 – 45th day

March 2026
3/2 – Graduation petitions due
3/16 – 3/20 – Spring Break
3/23 – Summer and Fall registration begins

May 2026
5/1 – Last day to withdraw with a “W” (for regular term courses) ***
5/1 –  Last day for regular classes
5/4 – 5/7  Final exams week 
5/7 – Semester ends for students
5/7 – Payson Campus commencement
5/8 – Gila Pueblo Campus commencement
5/11 – Final grades due no later than 4:30 p.m.
5/11 – Summer semester tuition and fees due

Summer 2026 Academic Calendar Schedule

January 12, 2026 - May 7, 2026

March 2026
3/23 – Registration opens

May 2026
5/11 – Tuition and fees due
5/19 – Financial aid and scholarship funds available (for first 5-week session and 10-week session)
5/25 – Memorial Day Holiday (All offices closed)
5/26 – Classes begin (for first 5-week session and 10-week session)
5/27 – Last day to register and add classes (for first 5-week session and 10-week session)
5/28 – Last day to withdraw without record and receive a refund (for first 5-week session and 10-week session)

June 2026
6/19 – Juneteenth Holiday (All offices closed)
6/23 – Financial aid and scholarship funds available (for second 5-week session)
6/26 – Last day of class (for first 5-week session)
6/26 – Final exams are given on the last day of class (for first 5-week session)
6/26 – Last day to drop with a “W” is the last day of class (for first 5-week session)
6/29 – Final grades due (for first 5-week session)
6/29 – Classes begin (for second 5-week session)
6/30 – Last day to add classes (for second 5-week session)

July 2026
7/1 – Last day to withdraw without record and receive a refund (for second 5-week session)
7/3 – Independence Day Holiday observed (All offices closed)
7/20 – Fall semester tuition and fees due
7/31 – Last day of class (for second 5-week session and 10-week session)
7/31 – Final exams are given on the last day of class (for second 5-week session and 10-week session)
7/31 – Last day to withdraw with a “W” is the last day of class
7/31 – Last day of Summer semester

August 2026
8/3 – Final grades due no later than 4:30 p.m.

 

* Last day to add a short term class is one day after the class start date.                          
** Last day to drop a short term class without record and receive a refund is two days after the class start date.
*** Last day to withdraw with a “W” for a short term class is the last day of class.

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