Finishing Your Degree

We Know Finishing Your Degree is Challenging.
We’re Here to Assist You.

According to the Census Bureau, over an adult’s working life, high school graduates earn an average of $1.2 million; associate degree holders earn about $1.6 million, $400,000 more than someone with a high school diploma – a return on investment of over 4000 percent!

Are you juggling home, family and work? Are finances, your job, or life in general keeping you from finishing your degree? Contact Guided Pathways Advising and we can help you tackle the barriers to your finishing your coursework.

Did you know that individuals who attain an associate degree earn more over their lifetimes and experience lower unemployment rates than those who have a high school diploma? In turn, those who go on to get a bachelor’s degree achieve more, and are more likely to be employed, than individuals with an associate degree.

Plus, studies show that students who complete an associate degree before transferring to a 4-year institution (public or private college or university) are more successful academically than those students who transfer before completing an associate degree.

You’ve begun your degree; now is the time to complete it. At Capital Community College, we want to help you finish what you started.

Here are some things that might help.

You Need Help Paying for College

CCC offers financial aid, scholarships, and payment options in order to make completing your degree more affordable. Even if you don’t think you will qualify, be sure to fill out a federal financial aid application at www.fafsa.gov. If you owe the college money, contact the Bursar’s office to make arrangements for payment.

You Have Pressures at Work

CCC has full-semester and accelerated (6-, 8- and 12-week) classes, both online and on campus; some courses even combine both. Classes are offered days, evenings and occasionally weekends, so they can fit your home and work schedule. If finishing your degree is not possible at this time, we may be able to help you choose a short-term or non-credit certificate that will give you the credentials you need.

You Want to Transfer

Students who earn an associate degree before transferring are more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree, and often perform better academically than those students who attend all four years at a university. That’s why we want you to stick around. CCC has transfer agreements with many of the local colleges and universities, and the CSCU Transfer Tickets are Connecticut’s most affordable bachelor’s degree.

You Are Struggling With Your Classes

Has Advising contacted you? They are ready to help you go over your transcript and past classroom performance, and to work with you on an educational plan that will help you achieve your goals. They can set you up with an Academic Coach, connect you with a Advisor, and work with your program advisor to get you on track. Once you are back at CCC, there are mentoring programs, tutoring (Academic Support Center) and other services that will help keep you there.

Your Life is Just Getting in the Way

Maybe its childcare issues, uncertainty about your housing, an unreliable car. Sometimes when life hands you lemons, you just want to throw them back. All credit students will be eligible for free, in-state bus and rail transport. CCC has an accredited childcare center and plans for expanded services. We can provide you with a list of properties that welcome CCC students, and our Food Pantry can assist you when times are tough.

We want you to finish your degree. Capital Community College provides a welcoming and supportive learning environment. Take just one class a semester or as many as four or five – you decide. We can work with your schedule, the demands on your time and your dreams to craft a college experience that will help you successfully reach your educational, personal and professional goals. You just have to ask.

Contact Guided Pathways Advising at [email protected] for more information.

We’re here to help.