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Refunds and Disbursements

​​Dallas College has partnered with TouchNet to process and distribute refunds and disbursements to our students. This can include refunds from dropping courses, withdrawing from Dallas College, financial aid disbursements, and other miscellaneous payments you may be owed.

Most financial aid disbursements, refunds from cash and check payments, disbursements or refunds from older semesters and other miscellaneous refunds are disbursed to you via TouchNet based on the refund method you have selected. Refer to the “Set Up or Change My Refund/Disbursement Preference” section below.

If you paid with a credit/debit card and did not receive financial aid, your refund should be credited back to the card that was used for payment, up to the amount originally paid.

The software that connects Dallas College to TouchNet is called Heartland/TouchNet, and the refund processor and student support lines are called Heartland/ECSI. You may see any or all of these names as you use the various TouchNet Payment Center functions.

Refunds and disbursements are handled differently depending on whether you are a credit student or a continuing education student.

Learn about refunds for credit students

Learn about refunds for continuing education students

Set Up or Change My Refund/Disbursement Preference

You can select your refund/disbursement preference and change or update it at any time (options are direct deposit or check).

If you do nothing, your account will default to receiving a check in the mail. Checks will be mailed to the current address on file with Dallas College. It is the student’s responsibility to update their address and personal information via eConnect. Learn how to update your address in eConnect.

You can change your preference to direct deposit or confirm that you would like to continue receiving checks by mail.

  1. To Access the TouchNet Payment Center
    • Go directly to the TouchNet Payment Center. Use your Dallas College ID and password to log in. or
    • Access the TouchNet Payment Center in eConnect. Log in select the Credit or CE Student Menu, then select TouchNet Payment Center under the Payment and Disbursements heading.
  2. If it is your first time logging in or you have not selected your preference, you may see the following:

    eRefunds Method Selection you are currently set up to receive your refund via paper check by default. if you would like to change your refund method, click choose your refund delivery method. green button says choose your refund delivery method.
  3. Or, click on the “Refunds” tab at the top and you will see the following:

    erefunds plus puts money in your account fast. purple navigation banner at the top. green button says choose your refund delivery method.
  4. Click the green box and you will be taken to the Heartland/ECSI refund method setup page. Select your option and follow the instructions. You will need your bank name and account number as well as the routing number if you are selecting direct deposit.

    heartland ecsi logo at top left. select your refund delivery method. direct deposit option on the left and paper check option on the right.
  5. Once you have set up your preference, you can view it along with any refunds and disbursements that have been sent to you by clicking on the “Refunds” tab.

    purple top navigation banner with items left to right: my account, my profile, make payment payment plans, refunds, help

Need to Petition for an Exception to the Refund Policy?

New: Students may petition for an exception to the refund policy in a separate process through student services.

Updated August 28, 2025