Priority Registration | Diablo Valley College

Priority registration allows you to register earlier so you can get into courses before they fill up. To be eligible, you must participate in orientation, complete the placement process for math and English or ESL, and develop an educational plan.

This process will help you to clearly define your goals, stay on track, and take the most direct route from start to finish. If you are in a degree or certificate program or planning to transfer to a four-year university, achieving and maintaining priority registration is a crucial part of getting into the courses you need to reach your goals.

Find Your Registration Date

Your registration dates and times are listed in InSite under the Registration tile. A general list of dates can also be found in the list of Important Dates & Deadlines by term. Students may register for classes until midnight the day before the class begins.

Registration Groups

At DVC, students are eligible to register for classes in the following order.

Group 1: Priority registration:
1. EOPS
2. CalWorks
3. Foster Youth
4. Disabled Student Services
5. Veterans
6. Homeless Youth/Former Homeless Youth
7. Students with dependent children under 18
Group 2: Note takers, early graduation, athletes
Group 3A: Continuing students with 45-75 units
Group 3B: Continuing with 0-44.99 units and CCAP dual enrollment high school students
Group 3C: Recent high school graduates who have completed orientation, placement and educational planning
Group 3D: Continuing students with 75.01-99 units
Group 3E: New students who have completed orientation, placement and educational planning, and returning students with less than 100 units
Group 4: Continuing and returning students over 100 degree applicable units or on second semester probation/dismissal
Group 5: New students who have not completed orientation, placement and educational planning
Group 6: Concurrent high school students
Group 7: All regular college students open/walk-in registration