Financial Aid

Check Your Financial Aid Status 

The Student Financial Services staff is dedicated to processing files timely. Files are processed in date order by your file complete date, which can be viewed on the ctcLink Student Self Service Portal. Our processing time frame is 6-8 weeks from your file complete date, or the time in which we begin awarding for the academic year (July 1 – June 30), whichever date is later. During peak processing times (typically Summer and Fall quarters) when there is a high volume of students to award, processing time increases. During these time periods, please allow 8-10 weeks for your file to be processed.

**Please note that our office typically begins to process files for each new academic year in approximately mid-June.

We encourage you to check the ctcLink Student Self Service Portal frequently for any updates or information we may ask or need from you, or to review your financial aid awards once your file has been awarded. We ask that you limit your emails to our office as much as possible to allow us more time to process your file. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work diligently to process your financial aid requests!

To login, the username for the ctcLink Student Self Service Portal is your SSN (not your SID#) and the password is your six digit birth date (MMDDYY). 

The resources available within the ctcLink Student Self Service Portal are:

• Find out what is required to complete the Financial Aid Process
• View and print your awards
• Determine whether you have a Financial Aid check

Apply for admission to Cascadia

You can apply any time up to the first day of the quarter (see calendar), but the sooner you apply, the better your chances of getting into the classes you want.

If a class you want to take has a math prerequisite, you must have completed the Accuplacer Placement or advanced placement test in the last 24 months.

Apply for admission to Cascadia

You can apply any time up to the first day of the quarter (see calendar), but the sooner you apply, the better your chances of getting into the classes you want.

If a class you want to take has a math prerequisite, you must have completed the Accuplacer Placement or advanced placement test in the last 24 months.

Apply for admission to Cascadia

You can apply any time up to the first day of the quarter (see calendar), but the sooner you apply, the better your chances of getting into the classes you want.

If a class you want to take has a math prerequisite, you must have completed the Accuplacer Placement or advanced placement test in the last 24 months.

Located in the Kodiak Corner at CC1 First Floor

Office Hours

Email finaid@cascadia.edu

Phone: 425.352.8860 / Fax: 425.352.8564

Student Services Virtual Assistance available.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please email finaid@cascadia.edu.

The Financial Aid Office is closed every Wednesday for processing high volumes of financial aid applications.

*Please note the following exceptions: The Financial Aid Office is open on Wednesdays during the first week of the quarter and the week of tuition deadline.

Check the Kodiak Corner page for more closure dates and info.