Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar 2025-2026
For the most up-to-date Academic Calendar, visit www.lorainccc.edu/calendar.
Lorain County Community College’s academic year consists of 30 weeks of instruction and 30 semester credit hours. (Fall and spring terms are 15 weeks each with a 16th week exam period.) The Summer Session is a header to the academic year for financial aid purposes.
University Partnership colleges and universities follow the academic calendar of their institution found in their individual college catalog and website.
Fall Semester 2025-2026 – August 25 to December 14, 2025
| Convocation Day limited services available | Wednesday | August 20 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for fall semester courses | Sunday | August 24 |
| Fall semester full-term, first eight-week and first five-week term classes begin | Monday | August 25 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for fall semester first five-week classes2 | Tuesday | August 26 |
| Senior adult learner registration fall semester first five-week classes1 | Wednesday | August 27 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for fall semester first five-week classes | Wednesday | August 27 |
| Senior adult learner registration fall semester full-term and first eight-week classes2 | Wednesday | August 27 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments first eight-week classes | Wednesday | August 27 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for fall semester first eight-week classes | Thursday | August 28 |
| Last day to choose audit option for fall semester first five-week classes3 | Thursday | August 28 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for fall semester first five-week classes | Friday | August 29 |
| Last day to choose audit option for fall semester first eight-week classes3 | Friday | August 29 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for fall semester full-term2 | Sunday | August 31 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for fall semester first eight-week classes | Sunday | August 31 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for fall semester full-term classes | Monday | September 1 |
| Labor Day Holiday – no classes, campus closed | Monday | September 1 |
| Campus re-opens – classes resume | Tuesday | September 2 |
| Annual Campus Cookout | Thursday | September 4 |
| Last day to choose audit option for fall semester full-term classes3 | Friday | September 5 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for fall semester full-term classes3 | Monday | September 8 |
| Financial Aid Fall Term Census Date | Monday | September 8 |
| Midterms for 5A Classes | Tuesday | September 9 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for fall semester first five-week classes4 | Friday | September 12 |
| Fall Semester financial aid ends in the bookstore | Monday | September 15 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for fall semester first eight-week classes4 | Friday | September 19 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for fall semester first five-week classes5 | Friday | September 19 |
| Midterms for 8A Classes | Tuesday | September 23 |
| Fall semester (first five-week term) classes end (including final examination) | Sunday | September 28 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for fall semester 10-week and second five-week classes | Sunday | September 28 |
| Fall semester 10-week and second five-week classes begin | Monday | September 29 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for second five-week classes2 | Tuesday | September 30 |
| Senior adult learner registration fall semester, 10-week and second five-week terms1 | Wednesday | October 1 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for fall semester second five-week classes | Wednesday | October 1 |
| Last day to choose audit option for second five-week classes3 | Thursday | October 2 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for 10-week classes2 | Thursday | October 2 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for fall semester first eight-week classes5 | Friday | October 3 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for fall semester 10-week classes | Friday | October 3 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for fall semester second five-week classes | Friday | October 3 |
| Last day to choose audit option for fall semester 10-week classes3 | Monday | October 6 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for fall semester 10-week classes | Tuesday | October 7 |
| Registration for spring semester begins (credit) | Monday | October 13 |
| Midterms for 5B Classes | Tuesday | October 14 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for fall semester full-term and second five-week classes4 | Friday | October 17 |
| Last day to appeal previous semester academic dismissal | Friday | October 17 |
| Last day to apply for fall semester graduation | Friday | October 17 |
| Fall semester first eight-week term ends (including final examination) | Sunday | October 19 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for fall semester second eight-week classes | Sunday | October 19 |
| Fall semester second eight-week classes begin | Monday | October 20 |
| Midterms for Full-Term Classes | Tuesday | October 21 |
| Senior adult learner tuition-free registration for second eight-week classes1 | Wednesday | October 22 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for second eight-week classes2 | Wednesday | October 22 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for fall semester second eight-week classes | Thursday | October 23 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for fall semester second five-week classes5 | Friday | October 24 |
| Last day to choose audit option for second eight-week classes3 | Friday | October 24 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for fall semester second eight-week classes | Sunday | October 26 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for fall semester 10-week classes4 | Friday | October 31 |
| Fall semester second five-week term ends (including final examination) | Sunday | November 2 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for third five-week classes | Sunday | November 2 |
| Fall semester third five-week classes begin | Monday | November 3 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for third five-week classes1 | Tuesday | November 4 |
| Midterms for 10-Week Classes | Tuesday | November 4 |
| Election Day | Tuesday | November 4 |
| Senior adult learner registration fall semester for third five-week term1 | Wednesday | November 5 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for fall semester third five-week classes | Wednesday | November 5 |
| Last day to choose audit option for third five-week classes3 | Thursday | November 6 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for fall semester third five-week classes | Friday | November 7 |
| Veteran's Day Observed (Campus Closed) | Tuesday | November 11 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for fall semester full-term classes5 | Friday | November 14 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for fall semester second eight-week classes4 | Friday | November 14 |
| Midterms for 8B and 5C Classes | Tuesday | November 18 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for fall semester (10-week classes)5 | Friday | November 21 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for fall semester third five-week classes4 | Friday | November 21 |
| Thanksgiving Holiday – no classes – campus closed | Thursday-Sunday | November 27 - 30 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for fall semester second eight-week and third five-week classes5 | Friday | November 28 |
| Campus re-opens – classes resume | Monday | December 1 |
| Fall semester full-term, 10-week, second eight-week and third five-week classes end (follow final examination schedule) | Sunday | December 7 |
| Final examination period | Monday-Sunday | December 8-14 |
| Last Day of fall semester | Sunday | December 14 |
| Holidays – campus closed | Wednesday-Friday | December 24 - 26 |
| Holidays - campus closed | Thursday | January 1 |
| Spring semester financial aid begins in the bookstore | Friday | January 2 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for spring semester full-term, first eight-week and first five-week courses | Monday | January 19 |
- 1
Instructional fees are waived for qualified older adults when they register for credit classes on an audit (no credit received) basis. Students must be at least 60 years old and have lived in Ohio for at least one year. Tuition fee waivers on credit courses for qualifying older adults are processed on a space-available, first come, first served basis.
- 2
Schedule adjustment and add/drop for a given course must be completed prior to the second meeting of that course but before the end of the schedule adjustment period.
- 3
Audit means to take a course without receiving college credit or a grade. Courses taken on this basis are not included in the computation of cumulative grade point average and are not applicable to graduation requirements. An audit cannot be reversed once the semester is in session. Courses taken for audit are not covered by Financial Aid or used for calculating course load.
- 4
A student may elect the S/U grading option in no more than three courses for the associate degree and not more than one course a semester. The S/U option cannot be reversed to a letter grade once the semester is in session. The S/U option for credit may be used only for electives within a degree or certificate program. S means satisfactory and indicates credit was earned. U means unsatisfactory and indicates no credit was earned.
- 5
Failure to withdraw from a course or courses will result in FAW (failing) grade(s).
University Partnership colleges and universities follow the academic calendar of their institution found in their individual college Catalog and website.
Spring Semester 2025-2026 – January 20 to May 15, 2026
| Last day for 100% refund for Spring Semester full term, first eight-week, and first five-week courses | Monday | January 19 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – campus closed | Monday | January 19 |
| Spring semester for full-term, first eight-week and first five-week classes begin | Tuesday | January 20 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for first five-week classes2 | Wednesday | January 21 |
| Senior adult learner registration spring semester full-term, first eight-week and first five-week classes1 | Thursday | January 22 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for spring semester first five-week classes | Thursday | January 22 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for first eight-week classes2 | Thursday | January 22 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for spring semester first eight-week classes | Friday | January 23 |
| Last day to choose audit option for spring semester first five-week | Friday | January 23 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for spring semester first five-week classes | Saturday | January 24 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for full-term classes2 | Monday | January 26 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for spring semester first eight-week classes | Monday | January 26 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for spring semester full-term classes | Tuesday | January 27 |
| Last day to choose audit option for spring semester full-term classes3 | Saturday | January 31 |
| Financial aid census date | Monday | February 2 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for spring semester full-term classes | Tuesday | February 3 |
| Midterms for 5A Classes | Tuesday | February 3 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for spring semester first five-week classes4 | Friday | February 6 |
| Spring semester financial aid ends in the bookstore | Monday | February 9 |
| Financial Aid release aid | Thursday | February 12 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for spring semester first eight-week classes4 | Friday | February 13 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for spring semester first five-week classes5 | Friday | February 13 |
| Midterms for 8A Classes | Tuesday | February 17 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for spring semester 10-week and second five-week classes | Sunday | February 22 |
| Spring semester first five-week classes end (including final examination) | Sunday | February 22 |
| Spring semester 10-week and second five-week classes begin | Monday | February 23 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for second five-week classes2 | Tuesday | February 24 |
| Senior adult learner registration for spring semester ten-week and second five-week terms1 | Wednesday | February 25 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for spring semester second five-week classes | Wednesday | February 25 |
| Last day to choose audit option for spring semester second five-week classes3 | Thursday | February 26 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for 10-week classes2 | Thursday | February 26 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for spring semester first eight-week classes5 | Friday | February 27 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for spring semester 10-week classes | Friday | February 27 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for spring semester second five-week classes | Friday | February 27 |
| Last day to choose audit option for spring semester 10-week classes3 | Monday | March 2 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for spring semester 10-week classes | Tuesday | March 3 |
| Midterms for 5B Classes | Tuesday | March 10 |
| Last day to appeal previous semester academic dismissal | Friday | March 13 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for spring semester full-term and second five-week classes4 | Friday | March 13 |
| Last day to apply for spring semester graduation | Friday | March 13 |
| Spring Break – no classes – campus open | Sunday-Saturday | March 15-21 |
| Campus re-opens – classes resume | Sunday | March 22 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for spring semester second eight-week classes | Sunday | March 22 |
| Spring semester first eight-week classes end (including final examination) | Sunday | March 22 |
| Spring semester second eight-week classes begin | Monday | March 23 |
| Registration for summer and fall semesters begin (credit) | Monday | March 23 |
| Midterms for Full Term Classes | Tuesday | March 24 |
| Senior adult learner registration spring semester second eight-week term2 | Wednesday | March 25 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for second eight-week classes2 | Wednesday | March 25 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for spring semester second eight-week classes | Thursday | March 26 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for spring semester second five-week classes5 | Friday | March 27 |
| Last day to choose audit option for second eight-week classes3 | Friday | March 27 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for spring semester second eight-week classes | Sunday | March 29 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for spring semester 10-week classes4 | Friday | April 3 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for spring semester third five-week courses | Sunday | April 5 |
| Spring semester second five-week classes end (including final examination) | Sunday | April 5 |
| Spring semester third five-week classes begin | Monday | April 6 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for third five-week classes2 | Tuesday | April 7 |
| Midterms for 10-Week Classes | Tuesday | April 7 |
| Senior adult learner registration spring semester third five-week term1 | Wednesday | April 8 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for spring semester third five-week classes | Wednesday | April 8 |
| Last day to choose audit option for spring semester third five-week classes3 | Thursday | April 9 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for spring semester third five-week classes | Friday | April 10 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for spring semester full-term classes5 | Friday | April 17 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for spring semester second eight-week classes4 | Friday | April 17 |
| Midterms for 8B and 5C Classes | Tuesday | April 21 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for spring semester third five-week classes4 | Friday | April 24 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for spring semester (10-week classes)5 | Friday | April 24 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for spring semester second eight-week classes and third five-week classes5 | Friday | May 1 |
| Spring semester full-term, 10-week, second eight-week, and third five-week classes end (follow regular examination schedule) | Friday | May 8 |
| Final examination period | Saturday-Friday | May 9-15 |
| Spring semester ends | Friday | May 15 |
| Commencement | Saturday | May 16 |
| Summer semester financial aid begins in the bookstore | Thursday | May 21 |
- 1
Instructional fees are waived for qualified older adults when they register for credit classes on an audit (no credit received) basis. Students must be at least 60 years old and have lived in Ohio for at least one year. Tuition fee waivers on credit courses for qualifying older adults are processed on a space-available, first come, first served basis.
- 2
Schedule adjustment and add/drop for a given course must be completed prior to the second meeting of that course but before the end of the schedule adjustment period.
- 3
Audit means to take a course without receiving college credit or a grade. Courses taken on this basis are not included in the computation of cumulative grade point average and are not applicable to graduation requirements. An audit cannot be reversed once the semester is in session. Courses taken for audit are not covered by Financial Aid or used for calculating course load.
- 4
A student may elect the S/U grading option in no more than three courses for the associate degree and not more than one course a semester. The S/U option cannot be reversed to a letter grade once the semester is in session. The S/U option for credit may be used only for electives within a degree or certificate program. S means satisfactory and indicates credit was earned. U means unsatisfactory and indicates no credit was earned.
- 5
Failure to withdraw from a course or courses will result in FAW (failing) grade(s).
Note: Registration schedule may be staggered to allow easy access for all students.
University Partnership colleges and universities follow the academic calendar of their institution found in their individual college Catalog and website.
Summer Semester 2025-2026 – May 26 to August 2, 2026
| Summer semester financial aid begins in the bookstore | Thursday | May 21 |
| Memorial Day – no classes – campus closed | Monday | May 25 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for summer first-term courses (5A, 10–week and 12-week) | Monday | May 25 |
| Campus re-opens | Tuesday | May 26 |
| First five-week, 10-week and 12-week summer semester classes begin | Tuesday | May 26 |
| Schedule adjustment ends for summer semester first five-week classes2 | Wednesday | May 27 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for summer semester first five-week classes | Thursday | May 28 |
| Senior adult learner registration summer semester first five-week classes, 10-week and 12-week classes1 | Thursday | May 28 |
| Last day to choose audit option for summer semester first five-week classes3 | Friday | May 29 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for summer semester 10-week classes2 | Friday | May 29 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for summer semester 12-week classes2 | Saturday | May 30 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for summer semester first five-week classes | Saturday | May 30 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for summer semester 10-week classes | Saturday | May 30 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for summer semester 12-week classes | Sunday | May 31 |
| Last day to choose audit option for summer semester 10-week classes3 | Tuesday | June 2 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for summer semester 10-week classes | Wednesday | June 3 |
| Last day to choose audit option for summer semester 12-week classes3 | Thursday | June 4 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for summer semester 12-week classes | Friday | June 5 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for summer semester eight-week classes | Sunday | June 7 |
| Summer semester (8A) classes begin | Monday | June 8 |
| Financial aid census date | Monday | June 8 |
| Midterms for 5A Classes | Tuesday | June 9 |
| Senior adult learner registration summer semester eight-week (8A) classes1 | Wednesday | June 10 |
| Schedule adjustment end for summer semester eight-week (8A) classes2 | Wednesday | June 10 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for summer semester eight-week (8A) classes | Thursday | June 11 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for summer semester first five-week classes4 | Friday | June 12 |
| Last day to choose audit option for summer semester (8A) classes3 | Friday | June 12 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for summer semester eight-week classes | Sunday | June 14 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for summer semester seven-week classes | Sunday | June 14 |
| Summer semester seven-week classes begin | Monday | June 15 |
| Senior adult learner registration summer semester seven-week classes1 | Wednesday | June 17 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for seven-week classes2 | Wednesday | June 17 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for seven-week classes | Thursday | June 18 |
| Summer semester financial aid ends in the bookstore | Thursday | June 18 |
| Juneteenth Holiday - Campus Closed | Friday | June 19 |
| Last day to choose audit option for seven-week classes3 | Friday | June 19 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for summer semester first five-week classes5 | Friday | June 19 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for seven-week classes | Sunday | June 21 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for summer semester 10-week classes4 | Friday | June 26 |
| Summer semester first five-week classes end | Sunday | June 28 |
| Last day for 100 percent refund for summer semester second five-week classes | Sunday | June 28 |
| Classes begin – summer semester second five-week classes begin | Monday | June 29 |
| Last day for schedule adjustments for second five-week classes2 | Tuesday | June 30 |
| Midterms for 10 Week Classes | Tuesday | June 30 |
| Financial aid release aid | Wednesday | July 1 |
| Senior adult learner registration second five-week classes1 | Wednesday | July 1 |
| Last day for 80 percent refund for summer semester second five-week classes | Wednesday | July 1 |
| Last day to choose audit option fer semester second five-week classes3or summ | Thursday | July 2 |
| Last day for 40 percent refund for second five-week classes | Friday | July 3 |
| Indepence Day Holiday Campus closed | Friday | July 3 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for eight-week and 12-week classes4 | Friday | July 3 |
| Midterms for 12-Week and Eight-Week Classes | Tuesday | July 7 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for seven-week classes4 | Friday | July 10 |
| Midterms for Seven-Week and 5B Classes | Tuesday | July 14 |
| Last day to apply for summer semester graduation | Friday | July 17 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for summer semester eight-week and 10-week classes5 | Friday | July 17 |
| Last day to choose S/U option for second five-week classes4 | Friday | July 17 |
| Last day to complete withdrawal from classes and receive a W for summer semester 12-week, seven-week and second five-week classes5 | Friday | July 24 |
| Summer semester eight-week, 10-week, seven-week and second five-week classes end | Sunday | August 2 |
| Summer semester 12-week classes end | Sunday | August 16 |
- 1
Instructional fees are waived for qualified older adults when they register for credit classes on an audit (no credit received) basis. Students must be at least 60 years old and have lived in Ohio for at least one year. Tuition fee waivers on credit courses for qualifying older adults are processed on a space-available, first come, first served basis.
- 2
Schedule adjustment and add/drop for a given course must be completed prior to the second meeting of that course but before the end of the schedule adjustment period.
- 3
Audit means to take a course without receiving college credit or a grade. Courses taken on this basis are not included in the computation of cumulative grade point average and are not applicable to graduation requirements. An audit cannot be reversed once the semester is in session. Courses taken for audit are not covered by Financial Aid or used for calculating course load.
- 4
A student may elect the S/U grading option in no more than three courses for the associate degree and not more than one course a semester. The S/U option cannot be reversed to a letter grade once the semester is in session. The S/U option for credit may be used only for electives within a degree or certificate program. S means satisfactory and indicates credit was earned. U means unsatisfactory and indicates no credit was earned.
- 5
Failure to withdraw from a course or courses will result in FAW (failing) grade(s).