Dual Enrollment

Dual enrollment is an opportunity for eligible high school students to earn lower-division college credit during their regular high school classes. The credits students earn through dual enrollment are treated the same as regular college credit, i.e. they can be transferred to other Maricopa Community Colleges, Arizona’s state universities, and even some out-of-state colleges.

Dual enrollment isn’t the same as AP credit. A student can spend the whole year in an AP class, but receiving college credit is dependent upon earning an adequate score on the AP test at the end of the year, and the requirements to get college credit on these tests are sometimes higher than what the student may expect. Dual enrollment classes are based on the grade the student receives in the class; if they pass (usually with a grade of C or better), they get credit.

Dual enrollment classes meet at the high school during the regular high school day and are taught by college certified high school instructors using a college curriculum and text. The high school agrees to accept these courses toward a student’s high school completion, if needed. Concurrent enrollment classes meet at the college or online and are not affiliated with the high schools. Students need prior approval from their high school counselor if they want these college courses to help satisfy high school requirements.

Dual enrollment students must be attending one of the participating high schools, and meet the prerequisite criteria for the course or have a qualifying placement score by taking an appropriate assessment test. Classes with no prerequisites require students to qualify for college admissions.

Tuition is $76 per credit hour for those students qualifying for in-state tuition. There are additional charges for students classified as out-of-state. There is a $15 registration fee once per semester for each community college the student does dual enrollment through. (Tuition is subject to change)

Chandler-Gilbert will drop off registration packets at participating high schools at the beginning of the semester, then the teachers will distribute the packets during the first week of classes. Students will turn in their completed packets 1-2 weeks after school starts, after which CGCC staff will come to the school to conduct on-site registration. If a student's packet is not submitted in that time, it is up to them to drop it off at our Admissions and Records office. Some classes require placement testing, which is administered on-site at the high school or at the CGCC Testing Center.

Students are allowed to take the placement test again 24 hours after the original test, but after that they must wait one year before they can take the test a third time.

Yes, students can submit the Dual Enrollment Tuition Assistance application by Thursday, May 24, 2012 for priority qualification. Eligibility for this is based on financial need, so there is extra documentation that is required to be submitted with the application. More information can be found by clicking here.

Tuition can be paid in these ways:

• Pay with cash, check, money order, or credit card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover) in person at CGCC's Pecos campus or Williams Field campus cashier's office.
• Call the CGCC fiscal office at 480-732-7312 with your student number ready and provide a credit/debit card number to charge.
• Pay online at my.maricopa.edu by logging in with your MEID and password, then clicking the “Payment Options” button under the Finances section. This option allows you to pay all at once or sign up for a monthly payment plan (currently, separate payment plans must be set up for each semester of dual enrollment classes).
• Attach a check to your dual enrollment registration packet when you turn it in at your high school.

It is the student’s responsibility to drop the class, either through the Dual Enrollment office or Admissions and Records (480-732-7320). Note that simply telling the instructor you no longer wish to take the course for dual enrollment is not enough, and if you drop the class after the refund date, you will not be eligible to receive a refund.

One solution is to only fill out the information marked as required: Social Security Number, Date of Birth, First Name, and Last Name. You can leave the Middle Name blank or just use your middle initial. If you are still having trouble, contact our Admissions and Records office at 480-732-7320 for information on other options.

Think of your MEID as your user name to access online services with the college. You’ll use this to log in to my.maricopa.edu and access your student email. Your college ID number is used to identify your unique student account: if you call us about issues, or call our Cashier’s Office to make a payment, this is the number you should have on hand so we can access your account as fast as possible. Here’s how to tell the difference between the two:

• Your MEID will usually start with the first three letters of your first name, followed by seven numbers.
• Your college ID number is eight digits long, contains no letters, and will always begin with a 3.

Log in to my.maricopa.edu, scroll to the bottom of the screen to the Personal Information section, and click “Demographic Data”. The first item listed next to ID is your college ID number.

All students under 18 have to have a parent/guardian sign off on any enrollment, so dual enrollment students automatically have a hold placed on their account preventing them from enrolling in classes online. Dual enrollment classes also have special restrictions which only college staff can bypass. This is why we require all students to fill out a registration form.

Go to google.maricopa.edu and log in with your MEID and password. Once logged in, follow the steps outlined at Google Mail Forward Instructions to have your college email forwarded to any other email address you’d like. Since official correspondence from the college is only emailed to your @maricopa.edu email, make sure the forwarding email address is one that you check often!