Pay Tuition  

Students are not officially enrolled in classes until tuition and fees have been paid in full to the college or if contracted for full payment through a deferred payment plan. Payments must be received prior to the posted tuition deadline.

Students are dropped from classes for non-payment on an ongoing basis, however, if you do not wish to attend, you are responsible for dropping your classes to avoid debt or unsatisfactory grades. Learn more about the Drop for Non-Payment process.

Account Balance

Before paying your tuition, see how much you owe by viewing your account balance in ctcLink. Log into ctcLink then follow the instructions below:

Learn more about tuition, fees, and the charges applied to your account

Payment Due Dates

Payment Methods

Credit Card

Pay your tuition and fees online through ctcLink using Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover. In order to use the ctcLink online payment system, you must pay the entire amount owed on your student account.

Unable to Make a Payment in ctcLink?

Please clear your browser’s Internet history, try a new browser, use a different device, or log into an incognito window. If you continue having trouble making a payment in ctcLink, visit our ctcLink Troubleshooting Guide or visit the Support Center and submit a request.

Financial Aid

• Students who completed their files by the Financial Aid deadline and are offered financial aid are exempt from the tuition payment due dates
• If offered financial aid, your tuition and fee payment should be made automatically as long as you have enough funds to cover your tuition. You can check your financial aid status online anytime
• If you have any funds remaining, the balance, also known as a refund, will be disbursed to your selected refund preference with BankMobile

Learn more about accessing Financial Aid

Nelnet Payment Plan

• An interest free payment option available to students who need to pay tuition and course fees not covered by financial aid or other sources
• Conveniently set up and managed within ctcLink
• Flexible, monthly payments

Set up a payment plan

In Person

• In-person transactions are available in the FOSS (5000) Building, Room 5227. See the Hours of Operation for availability
• The Cashier can accept payment via Cash, Check, Visa or MasterCard

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By Check

Checks can be mailed to the Cashier:

• Please note the students ctcLink ID on the memo line of the check
• Make sure all checks are payable to Shoreline Community College
• Address and mail checks to:

Shoreline Community College
Attn: Cashier, Rm 5227
16101 Greenwood Ave N.
Shoreline, WA 98133

Automated Clearing House (ACH)

• ACH transfers are a way to move money between accounts at different banks electronically
• Enables you to send or receive money conveniently and securely
• More cost-efficient and user-friendly than writing checks or paying with a credit or debit card
• Payment via ACH can be accommodated through Nelnet

Learn more about ACH

Drop for Non-Payment

If a student fails to resolve their outstanding balance by the tuition deadline as posted in the calendar—or in the reminder letter they receive if they have an outstanding balance—they will be dropped for non-payment. There are up to 5 Drop for Non-Payment (DNP) events per term. The first DNP is typically two weeks prior to the start of the term, and students who have an outstanding balance are notified of such by their preferred email as set up in ctcLink.

If a student receives this email reminder, and cannot see their outstanding balance, please contact our Accounts Receivable / Cashiering department to resolve this issue in ctcLink. Please do not assume that if you cannot see a balance that you do not have one if you are receiving these reminder emails.

Students dropped prior to the start of the term:

• If the student is dropped for non-payment prior to the start of the term and the course from which they were dropped is:
  • Not Full/Waitlisted – the student is able to reenroll themselves back into the course via ctcLink.
  • Is Full/Waitlisted – the student must contact the Drop for Non-Payment email (dropnonpayment@shoreline.edu) on the day of the drop itself to be reenrolled. If the student responds AFTER the day of the DNP and the course is full/waitlisted, they will need to get approval from the faculty to be reenrolled (potentially over-filling the course roster).

Students dropped after the start of the term:

• If the student is dropped for non-payment during the period in which the automatic waitlist is turned on and the course from which they were dropped is:
  • Not Full/Waitlisted – the student is able to reenroll themselves back into the course via ctcLink.
  • Is Full/Waitlisted – the student must contact the Drop for Non-Payment email (dropnonpayment@shoreline.edu) on the day of the drop itself to be reenrolled. If the student responds AFTER the day of the DNP and the course is full/waitlisted, they will need to get approval from the faculty to be reenrolled (potentially over-filling the course roster).
• If the student is dropped for non-payment on the day or before the automatic waitlist is turned off, they will have the ability to enroll themselves into the course, regardless of whether there are open seats. As such, the student must contact the Drop for Non-Payment email (dropnonpayment@shoreline.edu) on the day of the drop itself to be reenrolled. If the student responds AFTER the day of the DNP, they will need to get approval from the faculty to be reenrolled (potentially over-filling the course roster).

Additional Rules and Regulations Pertaining to DNP Process:

3. Students who make partial payment outside of a Payment Plan (Nelnet) are not protected with a service indicator and are at risk of being dropped for non-payment if they have a balance of over $100 at the time of the tuition deadline. Students who are not able to pay for the entirety of their balance need to set up a payment plan with the Finance Department.
4. There is a limit to being dropped for non-payment and reenrolled on the same day of the DNP.
   1. A student can only be dropped and reenrolled on two (2) occasions for a given term.
   2. If they are dropped for non-payment a third time, they cannot be reenrolled a third time, unless they set up a payment plan or pay for the full tuition/fees balance immediately after being reenrolled a third time.
   3. A registration block will be put on the student’s account for the specific term, which will require them to connect with Enrollment Services and Cashiering to be reenrolled and resolve the outstanding balance. This must be done either by phone or in-person.
5. Students who pay for their tuition/fees and then registers for an additional course(s) thereafter are at risk of being dropped from ALL their courses if they do not resolve the additional balance of their added course(s).
   1. Students must be aware of their registration and should make sure that any additional charges are being resolved.
   2. Students are notified of being moved from the waitlist onto a course roster via ctcLink-generated emails, so if they no longer wish to have been registered for that particular course upon being moved from the waitlist onto the roster, they need to drop themselves.

Additional Payment Options for International Students

Flywire

• Shoreline partners with Flywire to accept payments from international students worldwide
• Easily and securely make tuition payments in your own currency, using local payment methods, including bank transfers, credit cards, and e-wallets

Make a payment through Flywire