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Oregonians are served by 17 community colleges with campuses and centers throughout the state providing open access to advance their education and training. Community Colleges provide certificates, two-year degrees, and training programs. Please click the link below for more information.

COCC offers amazing trade and certificate programs and transfer programs for those of you interested in moving on to a 4 year college.  Here is more information about their outstanding programs:

Transfer Programs

Health Careers link and programs video

All Trade Programs

The FAFSA opens each year on October 1st. We recommend all families applying to 4 year colleges to have this complete by January 15th. Students planning on attending COCC we recommend having this complete by March 1st. 

The first step is for the student to create an FSA ID which can be done HERE

Oregon Promise is a state grant that helps to cover tuition costs at any Oregon community college for recent high school graduates and GED® test graduates. 

Filling out an Activities Chart is a great way to organize your high school activities in one place. This will help you not only when constructing college applications, but is also a great resource to share with teacher and staff you have requested a letter a recommendation as well as scholarship application. Please click here to start tracking your activities: Activities Chart.

The ORSAA is an Oregon-developed application for students who are not eligible to complete the FAFSA. It is a confidential application that is used solely by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) to qualify students for financial aid in Oregon.