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 the 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).

The Nelnet Payment Plan will not be available for Highline College students in the Summer 2025 quarter because of a system upgrade.

We are offering a Payment Plan that looks a little different for Summer 2025 only.

How to Sign up for the Summer 2025 Payment Plan

Summer 2025 Payment Plan Enrollment Google Form will be available May 8-June 26, 2025.

1. To sign up for the Summer 2025 Payment Plan, you must be registered for classes and have charges on your ctcLink account.
2. After submitting the Google Form, the payment plan office will email you to confirm the $30.00 enrollment fee and the total amount needed to secure your classes, which is 50% of your charges plus the fee.
3. This email will come from payplan@highline.edu.
4.  After paying the amount we send you via email, please email payplan@highline.edu to confirm so we can hold your classes.