Admissions & Aid

Start smart at SC4.
Attending SC4 is a smart decision. It’s one that will help you go anywhere. You’ll benefit from affordable tuition, flexibility, a high-quality education, a vibrant campus community, and faculty and staff dedicated to maximizing your success.
First Step: Apply to SC4
SC4 has a different application depending on what type of student you are.
- Click on the link below that best describes you and follow directions to apply.
- Be sure to scroll down on this page for next steps!
Next Steps

Are you 25 years of age or older?
You may qualify for free or reduced tuition at SC4 through Michigan Reconnect.
Take our tour of campus
Watch a short flyover of SC4’s campus, in the heart of beautiful downtown Port Huron. Then, schedule a tour to see more of what this college campus has to offer!
A successful alumni community
SC4 alumni are health care leaders and professionals, teachers and professors, engineers, doctors, lawyers, welders, scientists, government officials, public safety officers, designers, managers, entrepreneurs, artists and much more. They come from all walks of life and positively shape our local and global communities every day.

“SC4 was the first place I had any real success in an academic setting. That success gave me the confidence and motivation to continue my education and eventually graduate college. I hope to at some point get my master’s and teach at SC4.”
– Josh Chapman, President and CEO, YMCA of the Blue Water Area, Transferred from SC4 to Central Michigan University

“As the oldest daughter of five children, attending SC4 made it affordable for me to attend college and reach my dream job as CFO. I’ve now been employed by VNA for 31 years.”
– Mary Krestik, Vice President of Finance/CFO, Visiting Nurse Association and Blue Water Hospice
(VNA), Transferred from SC4 to Baker College

“SC4 gave me a great start to life that I could build upon. Academia can be elitist and exclusive. SC4 offers every student the opportunity to be more than they are and all that they hoped to be by laying the foundation for future opportunities.”
– Gerry Mason, law firm owner, venture capitalist, community volunteer and advocate, Transferred from SC4 to the University of Michigan, then went on to Michigan State University College of Law

“Attending SC4 was the perfect start to a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. It provided an opportunity to economically fulfill many of the prerequisite coursework requirements and pursue a dream of playing baseball at the collegiate level.”
– Philip Porte, President/Senior Project Engineer, BMJ Engineers & Surveyors, Inc., Transferred from SC4 to
Michigan Technological University





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