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A Wide Variety of Support Services

American River College (ARC) offers a wide array of services, programs, and opportunities to help you succeed. If you are new to college, know you are not alone. We will work with you to support you and help make your dreams and goals a reality. At ARC, student support services and academics go hand in hand. Take time to learn more about the many programs we offer to support students.

Our support services are designed to help you get the assistance you need to reach your academic and professional goals. We are here to support you on every step of your journey. Whether you are just getting started or ready to complete your academic program, we will provide the support you need.

Academic Support Services Here For You

ACE Program

ACE Program

The Accelerated College Education (ACE) program was designed to put working adults on the fast track toward a bachelor's degree.

Accelerated College Education (ACE) Program

Admissions Office

Admissions Office

We provide assistance to complete the college application, verify California residency, register for classes, interpret policies pertaining to enrollment, send and receive college transcripts, maintain student admissions and records, and process petitions to graduate. Find Office Hours and more.

Admissions and Records

Beaver Cares

Beaver Cares

We serve the basic needs of our students, addressing issues ranging from food insecurity to homelessness.

Beaver Cares Basic Needs Center

Black Student Success Center

Black Student Success Center

Inspiring and empowering Black students to pursue their educational goals while affirming their culturally unique identities.

Black Student Success Center

Business Services

Business Services

Pay tuition and fees, buy semester parking permits, request refunds, and more.

Business Services

CalFresh

CalFresh

CalFresh (formerly known as Food Stamps) is a nutrition program that helps students and their families buy healthy foods. Learn how to apply for CalFresh benefits.

CalFresh

CalWORKs

CalWORKs

The CalWORKs program provides support services to help students achieve their educational goals.

CalWORKs

Campus Tutoring Programs

Campus Tutoring Programs

We offer free tutoring for students, including online tutoring.

Campus Tutoring Programs

Career and Pathways

Career and Pathways

Find resources in choosing career options, planning for college, preparing for employment, and researching current job openings.

Career and Pathways

Center for Leadership and Development

Center for Leadership and Development

The Center for Leadership and Development creates a sense of community that promotes equity, social justice, self-discovery, student achievement, diversity, and pluralism.

Center for Leadership and Development

Child Development Center

Child Development Center

We offer child care programs for student parents, staff, and the community at large.

Child Development Center

Counseling and Transfer Services

Counseling and Transfer Services

ARC Counselors are available to support students with academic, career, personal, and crisis counseling necessary to successfully reach their goals. Counselors can help students develop an educational plan of courses towards an Associate's degree, transfer to a four-year institution, or completion of a certificate - even if you are unsure of your educational goal.

Counseling / Transfer Services

Crisis Assessment Support Team (CAST)

Crisis Assessment Support Team (CAST)

We support the health and well-being of our campus community. Students, community members, and faculty can make referrals.

Crisis Assessment Support Team (CAST)

Disability Services and Programs for Students (DSPS)

Disability Services and Programs for Students (DSPS)

We promote equal access at ARC, ensuring that students with disabilities can participate fully in campus activities. DSPS is specifically designed to open the doors to educational opportunity for students with disabilities.

Disability Services and Programs for Students (DSPS)

Dusty Baker Center

Dusty Baker Center

We offer advising, counseling, leadership, supervision, and follow- up intervention to ensure academic success for all student-athletes.

Dusty Baker Center

English as a Second Language Center

English as a Second Language Center

The ESL (English as a Second Language) Center is designed for ESL students who would like to improve their English skills.

English as a Second Language Center

EOP&S, CARE, and NextUp

EOP&S, CARE, and NextUp

EOP&S (Extended Opportunity Programs and Services) offers educational support services to eligible students historically excluded and/or underserved, including CARE students (single heads of households receiving CalWORKs cash aid) and NextUp students (current and/or former foster youth).

EOP&S, CARE, and NextUp

Family Resources

Family Resources

American River College provides resources for student-parents and embraces a family-friendly philosophy.

Family Resources

Financial Aid and Fees

Financial Aid and Fees

Money shouldn't get in the way of getting a college education. We are here to help you get the financial support you need to pay your tuition and fees and afford college.

Financial Aid and Fees

First Year Experience at ARC

First Year Experience at ARC

ARC is committed to ensuring new students have a smooth transition to the college and successfully complete their first year.

First Year Experience at ARC

Google Apps and Preferred Email

Google Apps and Preferred Email

Students have limited access to a suite of Google tools. Learn about Los Rios Gmail, Google Apps, and preferred email.

Google Apps and Preferred Email

HomeBases

HomeBases

A HomeBase pathway community is a dedicated, welcoming space where students in a particular major or area of interest can get the support they need to complete their academic program while also enjoying a sense of community and belonging.

HomeBases

Honors Program Office

Honors Program Office

The ARC Honors Program is a community of students and faculty who are dedicated to the pursuit of intellectual nd personal enrichment in a diverse and challenging academic environment.

Honors Program Office

International Student Program

International Student Program

The International Student Program serves students attending ARC on an F-1 visa.

International Students

Learning Resource Center

Learning Resource Center

The LRC provides classrooms, a quiet learning environment, and instructional support services, including tutoring. It's also home to the English as a Second Language Center, LRC computer lab, Reading across the Disciplines (RAD) and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), the tech center, and the tutorial center.

Learning Resource Center

Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement (MESA)

Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement (MESA)

Find academic support, industry involvement, a supportive community environment, and enrichment activities related to science, technology, engineering, and math. MESA helps educationally-disadvantaged students become engineers and scientists, and pursue other math-based careers.

Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement (MESA)

Math Learning Center (MLC)

Math Learning Center (MLC)

The MLC provides students with a mastery-based, independent study approach to learning math under the guidance of an instructor.

Math Learning Center

 Native American Resource Center

Native American Resource Center

The center is a physical area on the campus that aids Native American and Alaskan Native students and serves as a sanctuary where Native traditions are upheld and celebrated.

Native American Resource Center

Office of Student Conduct

Office of Student Conduct

We help students, faculty, and staff understand the college's expectations of student behavior and conduct.

Office of Student Conduct

Outreach and Recruitment

Outreach and Recruitment

Outreach Services strives to make a connection with prospective students; educating them on the programs and services available at American River College and ensuring they have the tools that will aid them in completing the matriculation process.

Outreach and Recruitment

Placement and Assessment Services

Placement and Assessment Services

Welcome to Placement and Assessment Services. Placement and Assessment Services provides a variety of testing services.

Placement / Assessment Services

Pride Center

Pride Center

This space celebrates LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff. We foster an awareness of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, and provide a safe and welcoming campus environment for all.

Pride Center

PRISE Learning Community

PRISE Learning Community

To overcome disparities in educational opportunities, we assist and mentor Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students with dedicated ARC courses and learning cohorts.

PRISE: Pacific Islander / Asian American Resilience Integrity & Self Determination through Education

PREP students graduating

Prison and Reentry Education Program

The Prison and Reentry Education Program (PREP) proudly supports college students in correctional facilities and upon their return to our community.

Prison and Reentry Education Program

Puente Project

Puente Project

Puente integrates rapid learning, intense academic counseling, and community mentorship. The Puente Project enables students from low-income backgrounds to enroll in 4-year colleges and complete degrees.

Puente Project

Reading Across the Disciplines (RAD)

Reading Across the Disciplines (RAD)

RAD works with students in small group sessions to help them improve their classroom performance. R.A.D. focuses on application of inferential and critical reading strategies and study skills to specific content.

Reading Across the Disciplines

What Is Rising Scholars?

What Is Rising Scholars?

This program is designed to facilitate the transition from the criminal justice system to receiving a college degree or certificate. This program helps end recidivism.

Rising Scholars

Science Success Center

Science Success Center

We offer individualized instruction in reading and study skills geared to support students' efforts in various science classes.

Science Success Center

Student Health and Wellness

Student Health and Wellness

The Los Rios colleges Student Health & Wellness Centers integrate physical and mental health care into one cohesive team and location allowing us to serve the "whole" student.

Health and Wellness Center

Student Support Center

Student Support Center

The Student Support Center helps students navigate the community college experience and identify and achieve their academic and career goals.

Student Support Center

Student Technology Center

Student Technology Center

We are excited to offer a virtual lab environment to support ARC courses.

Student Technology Center Online Resources

Transfer Center

Transfer Center

The Transfer Center helps students learn of the many options available for them to continue their studies at four-year colleges and universities.

Transfer Center

Technology Resources

Technology Resources

Learn how to access the tech resources you need, including apps for your classes, computers, and internet and WiFi. You can also reset your password, set up security questions, or contact Tech Support if you have additional questions.

Technology Resources

TRIO Student Support Services

TRIO Student Support Services

First-generation, low-income, and disabled students receive academic advice, financial aid info, tutoring, and more.

TRIO Student Support Services

TRIO Educational Talent Search

TRIO Educational Talent Search

We prepare and inspire low-income, first-generation college students to succeed in college.

TRIO Educational Talent Search

TRIO Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math & Science

TRIO Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math & Science

We encourage low-income and potential first-generation college students to complete high school and go on to college.

TRIO Upward Bound

UndocuScholar Resource Connection

UndocuScholar Resource Connection

We empower students, employees, and community members who are undocumented, of mixed-status family, or allies, to reach their academic, personal, and professional goals.

UndocuScholar Resource Connection

UNITE Logo

UNITE Center

U.N.I.T.E. creates collective spaces in which students, staff, faculty, and administrators share lived realities, stories, and histories as equity education for the campus community.

UNITE Center

Umoja Sakhu Learning Community

Umoja Sakhu Learning Community

The Umoja Sakhu Learning Community is open to all students and is specifically designed to increase retention, success rate, graduation and transfer rates of African ancestry students.

Umoja Sakhu Learning Community

Veterans Resource Center Office

Veterans Resource Center Office

We are dedicated to assisting Veteran students and their families with their ARC educational and VA-related needs.

Veterans Resource Center Office

Work Experience and Internship Program

Work Experience and Internship Program

We offer an experiential academic program that allows students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to a work environment while earning college credit.

Work Experience and Internship Program

WorkAbility III

WorkAbility III

The WorkAbility III (WAIII) program helps students with disabilities explore career opportunities, connect to internships, and find a job.

WorkAbility III

WEAVE Confidential Advocate

WEAVE Confidential Advocate

The WEAVE confidential advocate is available for students and employees who have experienced any form of sexual harassment or violence and want support or information.

WEAVE Confidential Advocate

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)

We serve all students, including those who have little or no experience with college writing, as well as students who are already skilled writers.

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)