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Financial Aid

Financial Aid helps you and/or your parents to meet basic educational expenses for an academic degree, a professional technical degree, or a certificate program. While the primary responsibility for paying for college rests with you and your family, Cascadia offers many resources to help you.

The Welcome Desk (Enrollment Services) can assist you with general financial aid questions and collect basic financial aid forms.

Go to your ctcLink account to check your financial aid status online and view what is required to complete the financial aid process, check updates or additional information requested, or to view your financial aid award.

Launch your ctcLink account in the Firefox browser or on your mobile device.

For in depth information about your financial aid record, you may email finaid@cascadia.edu  or check in to see the financial aid on duty counselor during Virtual Assistance service hours.

Cascadia administers Financial Aid in accordance with established state and federal regulations and policies.

Cascadia School Code:  034835

Cascadia Tax ID#: 91-2010540 


CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act  or “CARES Act” Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) provides funding to institutions to provide emergency financial aid grants to students who lives have been disrupted due to campus classes/operations going online and who are facing financial challenges.

 

Winter 2022 Financial Aid Services Update

Winter Quarter: January 3rd - March 18th

Winter 2022 Class Modalities: 

Winter Break Services: December 17th - January 2nd

Virtual Zoom Drop-in sessions are available on:

Winter 2022 Quarter Services: January 3rd - March 18th

In-Person Drop-in sessions are available on:

  • Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Virtual Zoom Drop-in sessions are available on:

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

 

Processing Timelines
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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
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2021 - 2022 Important Dates
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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.

2021 - 2022 Academic Calendar Tuition Deadline
 Classes Begin
Summer Quarter 2021
 June 2, 2021 July 6, 2021
Fall Quarter 2021 September 1, 2021 September 29, 2021
Winter Quarter 2022 December 1, 2021 January 3, 2022
Spring Quarter 2022 March 2, 2022 March 28, 2022
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2020 - 2021 Important Dates
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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.

2020 - 2021 Academic Calendar Tuition Deadline
 Classes Begin
Summer Quarter 2020
 June 24, 2020 July 6, 2020
Fall Quarter 2020 August 26, 2020 September 28, 2020
Winter Quarter 2021 December 2, 2020 January 4, 2021
Spring Quarter 2021 March 3, 2021 March 29, 2021
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2019 - 2020 Important Dates
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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.

 

2019 - 2020 Academic Calendar Tuition Deadline
 Classes Begin
Summer Quarter 2019
 June 5, 2019 July 1, 2019
Fall Quarter 2019 August 28, 2019 September 23, 2019
Winter Quarter 2020 December 4, 2019 January 6, 2020
Spring Quarter 2020 March 4, 2020 March 30, 2020   ** now April 6, 2020 **

 

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Office Information
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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.  

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