Concurrent Enrollment for High School Students
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As a high school student, you have a unique opportunity to begin your college education for FREE, when enrolled in less than 12.0 units per semester. Every college class you take while in high school will provide you with college units toward completing your bachelor's degree. Here at City College, you have access to hundreds of fun and challenging college classes ranging from Chicano/a and Black Studies, art, dance, science, and more that are absolutely FREE!
San Diego City College offers two different ways for high school students to earn college credit for free. It's important to know whcih one applies to you:
Concurrent Enrollment
- Where classes are held
- On the City College Campus (or online)
- Who Teaches
- City College faculty alongside college students
- How to enroll
- Complete application materials within the enrollment period
- Available to
- Eligible high school student with guardian and high school counselor approval
CCAP (Colleges and Career Access Pathways)
- Where classes are held
- At your high school campus
- Who Teaches
- City College faculty in a class just for high school students
- How to enroll
- Connect with your high school counselor for enrollment steps
- Available to
- Only at partner high schools listed below
Concurrent Enrollment allows high school students to enroll in college-level courses and receive college credit. These courses are typically offered at San Diego City College (SDCC) and are open to the public. Concurrent Enrollment serves two kinds of participants: individual high school students seeking to take a college course on their own, and high schools or organizations looking to offer college courses to their students on-site, often scheduled before or after the standard high school day.
How to Enroll in Concurrent Enrollment:
- Complete a San Diego City College application to receive a student ID number.
- Submit the Supplemental Application and Certification of Special Part-Time High School Diploma Student form online. It will be automatically forwarded to your parent/guardian and high school counselors for electronic signatures.
- Check your MySDCCD portal to review enrollment status.
Guardians and students are encouraged to first review the concurrent enrollment guide.
CCAP brings the college class to your high school. City College faculty teach the course on your high school campus, during the regular school day, alongside your other classes so you earn high school and college credit at the same time, at no cost.
CCAP is only available if your high school has a partnership agreement with City College. Ask your high school counselor whether a CCAP course is offered on your campus and how to enroll; enrollment is coordinated through your high school.
City College currently partners with these high schools for CCAP:
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- City Heights Preparatory Charter School
- Crawford High School
- e3 Civic High
- East Village Middle College High School
- Garfield High School
- Hoover High School
- Lincoln High School
- Logan Memorial Educational Complex
- Monarch School
- Morse High School
- O'Farrell Charter School
- San Diego Community High School
- San Diego High School
- San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
Guardians and students are encouraged to first review the concurrent enrollment guide.
- Fall 2026 - May 26, 2026
- Spring 2027 - December 1, 2026
- Summer 2027 - TBD
San Diego City College is committed to creating educational opportunities by waiving tuition fees for eligible local high school students, when enrolled in less than 12.0 units.
High school students requesting concurrent enrollment may be admitted as "special part-time" students subject to the following criteria:
- High school students must satisfy course prerequisites and eligibility requirements.
- Enrollment in Physical Education classes will not be permitted.
- The course is advanced scholastic or technical (college degree applicable). Contact Lana Kapchinsky
- The course is not available at the school of attendance.
- Students will be given college credit for all courses. Grades will be part of the student's permanent college record.
- Students must maintain a 2.0 grade point average each semester in all college work.
- If the number of units of W, I and NP exceed 40%, in any semester or session, the student will be academically disqualified.
- Students whose grade point average falls below a 2.0, or who do not complete 60% of all units attempted, will not be permitted to re-enroll without approval from a college counselor.
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