Tuition Payment Options

Pay in person at the Cashier’s office on the first floor of Building 6. (Note: Cashiers only accept cash or checks for tuition payments.)

Pay tuition and fees online with a Credit/Debit, MasterCard, Visa, and Discover are all accepted through your ctcLink account. ctcLink is the student online system, and you must be an enrolled student in order to access the student portal. Use your ctcLink ID and login password to access your account. 

Pay Tuition in ctcLink

• Access your ctcLink account in a browser or on your mobile device.
• Select the ctcLink Login tile.
• From the menu on left, select Full Site at the bottom.
• From the ctcLink Gateway webpage, select Student Homepage on the left menu.
• From the Tile Screen, select the Financial Account tile.
• Next on the upper left menu, select Payments to open the drop-down menu.
• Select the Make a Payment option.
• Next, enter your payment information and click Submit.

If you would like to pay with a check or money order, please make the check out to Highline College, and include your ctcLink number. Visit the cashier window in building 6, lower level or mail to address below.

Highline College
Attn: Cashier Office
P.O. Box 98000  MS 6-4
Des Moines, WA  98198

Scholarship check - Drop off the scholarship check at the cashier window in building 6, lower level, and make sure the check is presented to the cashier window before the tuition deadline. (It must be payable to Highline College).

Tuition payment plans are available each quarter with a choice of installments. See the payment quarters below to view installment options.

How to sign up for Payment Plan

Sign up through your ctcLink account. Remember to click the Nelnet button in ctcLink, not the payment plan button.

• Log into ctcLink with your ctcLink ID and Password.
• Click on Financial Account.
• Click on Nelnet Payment Plan.
• Click on Nelnet Button.
• Click on Setup Payments with Nelnet.