Spring 2025

Academic Calendar
Term Begins 1/13/2025 – Ends 5/11/2025

October 1

• Spring Registration Begins
  Currently enrolled students should make an appointment with their assigned academic advisor. Please contact the Advising Center at (270) 534-3349 or wkctcadvising@kctcs.edu if you have questions about your assigned advisor.
  *New students should contact the Office at (270) 534-3435 or wkctcenrollment@kctcs.edu.
• Spring tuition payment plans are available at http://mycollegepaymentplan.com/kctcs/.
• 2025-2026 Scholarship applications are available.

December 1

• Financial Aid priority deadline and 2025-2026 FAFSA Application is available.

December 13

• Last day to pay Spring 2025 tuition or make payment arrangements to avoid cancellation of Spring classes.  After December 13, students registering must pay or set up a payment plan at time of registration.

December 23 - January 5

• Institutional Closing (Campus closed).

January 6

• Registration continues for Spring 2025 courses. (Tuition or payment arrangements due at time of registration.)

January 10

• Last day to enroll at 0% down payment, 4 payments (January, February, March, April)

January 13

• Class work begins for Spring 2025.

January 19

• **For 16-week classes:
  Last day to drop a course without a grade.
  Last day to withdraw and receive 100% tuition refund.

January 20

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (KCTCS Holiday – Campus closed).

January 27

• Last day to enroll at 25% down payment, 3 payments (February, March, April).

February 1

• Last day to file an application in the Registrar’s Office for a May credential.

February 10

• ** For 16-week classes:
  Last day to withdraw and receive a 50% tuition refund.
• 12-week classes begin

February 17

• Presidents’ Day (KCTCS Holiday – Campus closed).

March 1

• Summer and Fall Registration Begins
  Currently enrolled students should make an appointment with their assigned academic advisor.  Please contact the Advising Center at (270) 534-3349 or wkctcadvising@kctcs.edu if you have questions about your assigned advisor.
  *New students should contact the Office at (270) 534-3435 or wkctcenrollment@kctcs.edu.
• Application deadline for academic scholarships for Fall 2025.

March 9

• For 16-week classes:
  Last day for students, at their discretion, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of “W.”
  Last day to change from credit to audit.

March 10

• 8-week classes begin

March 11

• Last day to enroll at 50% down payment, 1 additional payment (April)

March 31 - April 6

• Spring Break (Academic Holiday – No classes).

April 18 - 20

• Good Friday (KCTCS Holiday - Campus closes at noon).

May 2

• For 16-week classes:
  End of class work and last day for a student, at the discretion of the instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of "W.”

May 5 - 11

• Final exams for Spring 2025.

May 12 

• Spring commencement.

*Students must have submitted an application previously and met minimum assessment score requirements.

**Refer to the Refund Policies for withdrawal and refund policies for classes that meet for fewer than 16 weeks.

Published 9/27/2024; revised 11/11/2024