Senior Discounts
Gold Card
Clatsop Community College students 62 or older may receive a 25% Gold Card discount on course tuition. Eligible recipients are responsible for all other course fees (rental fees, consumable fees, technology fees, etc.). Students must present proof of age. The college reserves the right to exempt courses from the Gold Card discount.
65+ Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver
- Seniors the age of 65 years and older get 100% free tuition, known as a tuition waiver, for selected credit classes at CCC when taken for an audit grading option. Auditing is taking a class without receiving a grade or credit.
- Seniors may register during the first week of the term if there are still seats available in the class. They must register for audit at that time.
- The tuition waiver does not cover lab or other class fees.
- This offer is made available through ORS 314.518.
ORS 314.518
Tuition waiver for students 65 years of age or older
(1) The board of education of a community college district shall direct each community college under its control to waive tuition for any course audited by an Oregon resident 65 years of age or older if:
(a) Space is available in the course for additional students to register after tuition-paying students have registered;
(b) The department in which the course is being taught approves;
(c) The auditing student is registered for eight credits or fewer per term; and
(d) The course is a lower-division collegiate course.
(2) Each community college may charge the student attending under subsection (1) of this section fees associated with the course being audited.
(3) The board of education of a community college district may develop rules for implementation of this section, including rules relating to registration, admission and fees. [Formerly 341.534]Note: 341.518 (Tuition waiver for students 65 years of age or older) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 341 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.