Enrollment Services
Frequently Called Numbers
253.566.5144 |
Adult Basic Skills |
253.566.6091 |
Advising |
253.566.5093 |
Assessment/GED Testing |
253.566.5158 |
Assessment Information Line (24 hours) |
253.566.5122 |
Counseling |
253.566.5325 |
Enrollment Services (Registration and Records) |
253.566.5080 |
Financial Aid |
253.566.5086 |
Fresh Start Program |
253.460.2424 |
Gig Harbor Campus |
253.566.5229 |
I-BEST Programs |
253.566.5190 |
International Student Services and Programs |
253.566.6042 |
Outreach Services |
253.566.6061 |
Running Start |
253.566.5081 |
Veterans Services |
253.566.5188 |
Worker Retraining Program |
Get Started at TCC
Get on the inside
InsideTCC is a service that can give you the information you need to get started at TCC. Just go to https://insidetcc.tacomacc.edu and sign up. TCC will instantly build you a personalized TCC web site that links directly to each of your interests and guides you through the process of starting college.
Apply
- Online by selecting Start Here at www.tacomacc.edu.
- On campus in Enrollment Services in Bldg. 7 or at the Gig Harbor Campus
- Call the TCC Outreach office at 253.566.6042 to have an application sent to you.
Research financial aid options
- Complete your FAFSA at www.FAFSA.gov.
- Go online at www.tacomacc.edu/costsandaid/ for financial aid and scholarship information.
- Visit the Financial Aid office in Bldg. 14 at the Tacoma campus.
Assess your college skills
If you are a first-time college student, you will be required to take an assessment test. If you have attended TCC and tested within the past two years, your tests are still valid. If you have previously attended another college you may be able to skip assessment based on a transcript review of your previous course work.
- For hours and information, go to www.tacomacc.edu/assessment
- Call 253.566.5093 or 253.566.5158, or the Gig Harbor Campus at 253.460.2424
Sign up for orientation and advising
New students who have not completed classes at TCC or other colleges must attend New Student Orientation.
- To reserve your seat at an on-campus orientation, sign up at www.tacomacc.edu/newstudentorientation
- If you are taking online classes only, follow the enrollment process steps. Step 6, get oriented has a link to our Online Orientation under Distance-Learning Students. Be sure and complete the form at the end of the orietation to be assigned to an advisor who you will contact for any further assistance..
- Returning students who have not attended classes at TCC for one year or longer must reapply to the college. They are also advised to complete an on-campus or an online orientation session. Students should complete the NSO form at the end of the Online NSO to update their advisor and receive their registration PIN.
- Gig Harbor students, call the Gig Harbor Campus at 253.460.2424 for an orientation appointment.
Register online & pay tuition and fees
Go to www.tacomacc.edu/theenrollmentprocess. Use the quarterly registration PIN you received at orientation. Tuition and fees must be paid by the published deadline. Unpaid tuition may result in cancelled enrollment.