Financial Aid
Important: Financial Aid and COVID-19
Furloughs will be initiated by Highline College starting October 16. Employees and administrators do not work on Furlough days. Although our services will not take place, all instructional classes will be held at their usual scheduled times and places.
The eight (8) furlough days planned are: Friday, October 16, Wednesday, November 25, Thursday, December 24, Monday, January 4, 2021, Friday, February 5, Friday, March 12, Friday, April 23 & Friday, May 28.
- Financial Aid Repayments & COVID-19: If you are unable to complete the quarter due to hardships as a result of COVID-19 and have questions or concerns about Financial Aid repayments, please contact us for further information.
- Document Upload Form: You can securely upload documents to us using our Document Upload Form.
- Notice about mailing documents: Due to COVID-19, our office is unable to accept any documents mailed to us. Please use our Document Upload Form if you need to submit documents to us.
Due to COVID-19, our office is unable to accept any documents mailed to us. Please use our Document Upload Form if you need to submit documents to us.
How to submit your documents:
- Document Upload Form: Students can now upload documents securely to us using our Document Upload Form. You must log in using your Highline account to access this form.
- Note: Your portal will not immediately reflect any documents you have uploaded. Any document you send will be updated in your portal after it has been reviewed by a Financial Aid staff member.
How to contact Financial Aid:
- Email: financialaid@highline.edu
- Note: Due to the current situation, emails and messages can take up to 2 business day for a response. Please be sure to use your student email account as we are unable to provide student information to personal email accounts. If you need to send us a file, please use the Document Upload Form.
- Financial Aid Message Line: (206) 592-3358
- Note: It is important for students to provide their Student ID (SID) Number when leaving voicemails.
Please remember to check your student portal and student email account for updates regarding your file.
Financial Aid Refunds/Disbursements via BankMobile
The Financial Aid staff provide necessary tools and education to our students and the community to assist in the financial aid and employment process. We provide grants, loans, scholarships and work study employment opportunities in accordance with federal and state regulations.
Apply for Financial Aid: Get Started
To receive consideration for financial aid, all materials and completed applications must be submitted no later than the deadline.
Financial Aid Portal: Check Your Status
We use paperless notifications and all correspondence will be available through the Financial Aid Portal. Check it and your student email often for updates. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder as well, sometimes financial aid correspondence will go to junk mail.
Career and Student Employment (CASE)
Career and Student Employment is available to help with work study, career exploration, job search, campus employment, and resume writing.
Highline College Student Email Account (myHighline)
Our office sends all email notifications to the student email account on record. Please be sure you are checking your student email account. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder as well, sometimes financial aid correspondence will go to junk mail.
For myHighline assistance, please contact HelpDesk at (206) 592-4357 or email helpdesk@highline.edu.
Highline College:
- Does not require the use of any particular lender or limit the choice of lenders offering Private or Alternative student loans (Education Loans)
- Does not recommend particular lenders to students.
- Processes Alternative student loan applications through any lender a student chooses.
- Does not solicit or accept anything of value from any lender in exchange for any advantage sought by the lender to make education loans to students.
- Prohibits employees of the financial aid office from taking from any lender any gift worth more than nominal value, and strictly adheres to Washington State guidelines pertaining to gifts to state employees.
- Prohibits employees of the financial aid office from entering into any type of consulting arrangement or other contract to provide to a lender services relating to education loans.
- Prohibits employees of the financial aid office who may serve on an advisory
board relating to education loans established by a lender or group of lenders from receiving anything of value from the lender(s) in connection with serving on such advisory board (or committee or group). - Prohibits employees, representatives or agents of lenders from providing staffing services to the financial aid office.
- Prohibits employees, representatives or agents of lenders from identifying themselves to students of the College or their parents as employees, representatives or agents of the financial aid office.
- Does not assign a particular lender for any borrower, through award packaging or other methods, and does not refuse to certify or delay certification of any loan
based on the borrower’s selection of a particular lender or guaranty agency. - Does not offer any student loan program where any form of revenue sharing
with the lender is involved, also referred to by several attorneys general as
“Opportunity Loans.”
Updated April 2011
Contact Information
Email: Send a Message Message Line: (206) 592-3358 Fax: (206) 592-4856 Online Services Hours of Operation Locations and Directions Office Location: We are located in the upper lobby of Building 6.Highline College
Financial Aid M/S 6-5
PO Box 98000
Des Moines, WA 98198-9800