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2025-2026 Catalog

2025 Academic Calendar

Winter Quarter

 
Winter Quarter Begins Monday, January 6
Add/Drop Period Monday, January 6–Monday, January 13
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (University Closed) Monday, January 20
Financial Aid Census Date* Monday, January 27
Last Day to Drop without Academic Penalty Friday, February 21
Winter Quarter Ends Monday, March 24
Mini-Session I Monday, January 6–Monday, February 10
Mini-Session II Monday, February 17–Monday, March 24

Spring Quarter 

 
Spring Quarter Begins Monday, April 7
Add/Drop Period Monday, April 7–Monday, April 14
Financial Aid Census Date* Monday, April 28
Last Day to Drop without Academic Penalty Friday, May 23
Memorial Day (Observed – University Closed) Saturday, May 24–Monday, May 26
Juneteenth (University Closed)  Thursday, June 19 
Spring Quarter Ends Monday, June 23
Mini-Session I Monday, April 7–Monday, May 12
Mini-Session II Monday, May 19–Monday, June 23

Summer Quarter

 
Summer Quarter Begins Monday, July 7
Add/Drop Period Monday, July 7–Monday, July 14
Independence Day (University Closed) Friday, July 4 
Financial Aid Census Date* Monday, July 28
Last Day to Drop without Academic Penalty Friday, August 22
Labor Day (Observed – University Closed) Saturday, August 30–Monday, September 1
Summer Quarter Ends Monday, September 22
Mini-Session I Monday, July 7–Monday, August 11
Mini-Session II Monday, August 18–Monday, September 22

Fall Quarter

 
Fall Quarter Begins Monday, October 6
Add/Drop Period Monday, October 6–Monday, October 13
Financial Aid Census Date* Monday, October 27
Veteran's Day (No Classes)  Tuesday, November 11
Last Day to Drop without Academic Penalty  Friday, November 21
Thanksgiving (Observed – University Closed) Thursday, November 27–Sunday, November 30
Fall Quarter Ends Monday, December 22
Mini-Session I Monday, October 6–Monday, November 10
Mini-Session II Monday, November 17–Monday, December 22

*The census date is the date the university uses to determine enrollment status when either recalculating Federal Pell Grant awards or assessing satisfactory academic progress (SAP).

Note: President's Day and Columbus Day are not Strayer University holidays. Any scheduled classes will be held on those days.

Please visit commencement.strayer.edu for commencement dates and deadlines.