Steps to enroll for the Army

Step One: Complete the FTCC application

This also includes completing the Residency Determination System (RDS) questionnaire to determine your tuition rate.

If you feel that you were incorrectly listed as an out-of-state student paying out-of-state tuition rates, please contact RDS at 1-844-319-3640 or log-on to your RDS account to complete a reconsideration.

Step Two: Submit Official Transcripts

To be fully admitted to FTCC, all students must submit their high school transcripts and/or college indicating a conferred degree. To receive potential transfer credit, students should submit the following official transcripts:

  • Joint Service Transcript (JST);
    • Submit official JST through the JST Portal. You must complete one curriculum course at FTCC before transfer credit for your military experience will be awarded. You can request an unofficial JST evaluation by contacting military@faytechcc.edu. If you take a course that you could potentially receive credit for, you may owe money back to the federal government. By using the unofficial evaluation of your JST, this can be prevented.
  • Transcripts from any previous institutions attended;
  • Any official score reports for the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT), and DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST).
  • Foreign transcripts from non-US schools must be translated and evaluated by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services agency (NACES). SpanTran is our recommended international transcript evaluation service, however, you may use any NACES approved organization. SpanTran has created a custom application for FTCC students to help them get the right kind of foreign transcript evaluation at a discounted rate.

If you have submitted official high school or college transcripts to FTCC within in the past 7 years, you may not have to resubmit the documents. Call Admissions at 910-678-8473 to ask about your status.

Bring your official sealed transcripts to the FTCC Fort Liberty Office or have your previous institution send them electronically to admissions@faytechcc.edu or mail to:

Fayetteville Technical Community College
Admissions Office
PO Box 35236
2201 Hull Road
Fayetteville, NC 28303

Step Three: Create an ArmyIgnitED Account

For more information, please visit your local Army Education Center and speak with a counselor.

Step Four: Apply for Financial Aid

Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

FTCC’s Code is 007640

Step Five: Take the Placement Test if Applicable

You are waived from taking the placement exam if:

  • You graduated from a United States high school within ten years of enrollment
  • You received a GED® between 2014 – present (*score range 100-200)
  • You received a HiSet ® between 2014 – present
  • You have taken the ACT or SAT within ten years of enrollment
  • You have earned the minimum required CLEP score for English or math
  • You have taken a North Carolina Community College approved placement test within ten years from test date
  • You have successfully completed a college-level English and math course
  • You have an Associate’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution (RAI).

If you do not meet one of these criteria, then you need to take the RISE assessment.

To schedule the RISE test, visit the FTCC Liberty Office located in F Wing, Liberty Training and Education Center (LTEC),  or call 910-678-1050.

Step Six:  Determine Your Program

Step Seven:  Register for Classes

  • FTCC will notify you by email and letter within 2-3 business days letting you know your seven-digit student ID number, default password, and additional instructions for logging into SelfServiceBlackboard and Student Email. If you do not receive this information within 3 business days, please contact military@faytechcc.edu or 910-678-1050.
  • Use SelfService to register for your courses. Pay special attention to meeting times and dates of courses. If you have any questions about registering for classes, please email military@faytechcc.edu.

Step Eight:  Request Tuition Assistance (TA)

  • Request your TA benefits at ArmyIgnitED.
  • Click here for a guide on how to request Tuition Assistance (TA).

Steps to enroll for the Air Force

Step One: Create your Air Force Virtual Education (AFVEC) Portal Account

Step Two: Complete the FTCC application

This also includes completing the Residency Determination System (RDS) questionnaire to determine your tuition rate.

If you feel that you were incorrectly listed as an out-of-state student paying out-of-state tuition rates, please contact RDS at 1-844-319-3640 or log-on to your RDS account to complete a reconsideration.

Step Three: Submit Official Transcripts

To be fully admitted to FTCC, all students must submit their high school transcripts and/or college transcript indicating a conferred degree. To receive potential transfer credit, students should submit the following official transcripts

  • Request CCAF transcripts.
  • Transcripts from any other previous institutions attended;
  • Any official score reports for the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT), and DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST).
  • Foreign transcripts from non-US schools must be translated and evaluated by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services agency (NACES). SpanTran is our recommended international transcript evaluation service, however, you may use any NACES approved organization. SpanTran has created a custom application for FTCC students to help them get the right kind of foreign transcript evaluation at a discounted rate.

If you have submitted official high school or college transcripts to FTCC within in the past 7 years, you may not have to resubmit the documents. Call Admissions at 910-678-8473 to ask about your status.

Bring your official sealed transcripts to the FTCC Fort Liberty Office or have your previous institution send them electronically to admissions@faytechcc.edu or mail to:

Fayetteville Technical Community College
Admissions Office
PO Box 35236
2201 Hull Road
Fayetteville, NC 28303

Step Four: Apply for Financial Aid

Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

FTCC’s Code is 007640

Step Five: Take the Placement Test if Applicable

You are waived from taking the placement exam if:

  • You graduated from a United States high school within ten years of enrollment
  • You received a GED® between 2014 – present (*score range 100-200)
  • You received a HiSet ® between 2014 – present
  • You have taken the ACT or SAT within ten years of enrollment
  • You have earned the minimum required CLEP score for English or math
  • You have taken a North Carolina Community College approved placement test within ten years from test date
  • You have successfully completed a college-level English and math course
  • You have an Associate’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution (RAI).

If you do not meet one of these criteria, then you need to take the RISE assessment.

To schedule the RISE test, visit the FTCC Liberty Office located in F Wing, Liberty Training and Education Center (LTEC),  or call 910-678-1050.

Step Six:  Determine Your Program

Step Seven:  Register for Classes

  • FTCC will notify you by email and letter within 2-3 business days letting you know your seven-digit student ID number, default password, and additional instructions for logging into SelfServiceand Blackboard, and Student Email. If you do not receive this information within 3 business days, please contact military@faytechcc.edu or 910-678-1050.
  • Use SelfService to register for your courses. Pay special attention to meeting times and dates of courses. If you have any questions about registering for classes, please email military@faytechcc.edu.

Step Eight:  Submit Tuition Assistance (TA)

  • Submit TA funding requests through AFVEC. Request must fall within the TA application window of 45 calendar days prior to, and no later than 7 calendar days before, the term start date. 

Steps to enroll for the Navy

Step One: Create a My Navy Education Portal Account

  • Go to navycollege.navy.mil and follow the steps to create an account.
  • For more information, please speak with a Navy College Counselor.

Step Two: Complete the FTCC application

This also includes completing the Residency Determination System (RDS) questionnaire to determine your tuition rate.

If you feel that you were incorrectly listed as an out-of-state student paying out-of-state tuition rates, please contact RDS at 1-844-319-3640 or log-on to your RDS account to complete a reconsideration.

Step Three: Submit Official Transcripts

To be fully admitted to FTCC, all students must submit their high school transcripts and/or college transcript indicating a conferred degree. To receive potential transfer credit, students should submit the following official transcripts:

  • Joint Service Transcript (JST);
    • Submit official JST through the JST Portal. You must complete one curriculum course at FTCC before transfer credit for your military experience will be awarded. You can request an unofficial JST evaluation by contacting military@faytechcc.edu. If you take a course that you could potentially receive credit for, you may owe money back to the federal government. By using the unofficial evaluation of your JST, this can be prevented.
  • Transcripts from any previous institutions attended;
  • Any official score reports for the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT), and DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST).
  • Foreign transcripts from non-US schools must be translated and evaluated by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services agency (NACES). SpanTran is our recommended international transcript evaluation service, however, you may use any NACES approved organization. SpanTran has created a custom application for FTCC students to help them get the right kind of foreign transcript evaluation at a discounted rate.

If you have submitted official high school or college transcripts to FTCC within in the past 7 years, you may not have to resubmit the documents. Call Admissions at 910-678-8473 to ask about your status.

Bring your official sealed transcripts to the FTCC Fort Liberty Office or have your previous institution send them electronically to admissions@faytechcc.edu or mail to:

Fayetteville Technical Community College
Admissions Office
PO Box 35236
2201 Hull Road
Fayetteville, NC 28303

Step Four: Apply for Financial Aid

Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

FTCC’s Code is 007640

Step Five: Take the Placement Test if Applicable

You are waived from taking the placement exam if:

  • You graduated from a United States high school within ten years of enrollment
  • You received a GED® between 2014 – present (*score range 100-200)
  • You received a HiSet ® between 2014 – present
  • You have taken the ACT or SAT within ten years of enrollment
  • You have earned the minimum required CLEP score for English or math
  • You have taken a North Carolina Community College approved placement test within ten years from test date
  • You have successfully completed a college-level English and math course
  • You have an Associate’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution (RAI).

If you do not meet one of these criteria, then you need to take the RISE assessment.

To schedule the RISE test, visit the FTCC Liberty Office located in F Wing, Liberty Training and Education Center (LTEC),  or call 910-678-1050.

Step Six:  Determine Your Program

Step Seven:  Register for Classes

  • FTCC will notify you by email and letter within 2-3 business days letting you know your seven-digit student ID number, default password, and additional instructions for logging into SelfServiceand Blackboard, and Student Email. If you do not receive this information within 3 business days, please contact military@faytechcc.edu or 910-678-1050.
  • Use SelfService to register for your courses. Pay special attention to meeting times and dates of courses. If you have any questions about registering for classes, please email military@faytechcc.edu.

Step Eight:  Submit Tuition Assistance (TA) Voucher

  • Submit your TA voucher to the FTCC accounting office at bursar@faytechcc.edu.
  • For further assistance with TA, please speak with a Navy College Counselor.

Steps to enroll for the Marines

Step One: Create a WebTA Account

  • Go to WebTA and follow the steps to create an account and apply for Tuition Assistance (TA).
  • For more information, please contact your Marine Corps Voluntary Education 

Step Two: Complete the FTCC application

This also includes completing the Residency Determination System (RDS) questionnaire to determine your tuition rate.

If you feel that you were incorrectly listed as an out-of-state student paying out-of-state tuition rates, please contact RDS at 1-844-319-3640 or log-on to your RDS account to complete a reconsideration.

Step Three: Submit Official Transcripts

To be fully admitted to FTCC, all students must submit their high school transcripts and/or college transcript indicating a conferred degree. To receive potential transfer credit, students should submit the following official transcripts:

  • Joint Service Transcript (JST);
    • Submit official JST through the JST Portal. You must complete one curriculum course at FTCC before transfer credit for your military experience will be awarded. You can request an unofficial JST evaluation by contacting military@faytechcc.edu. If you take a course that you could potentially receive credit for, you may owe money back to the federal government. By using the unofficial evaluation of your JST, this can be prevented.
  • Transcripts from any previous institutions attended;
  • Any official score reports for the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT), and DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST).
  • Foreign transcripts from non-US schools must be translated and evaluated by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services agency (NACES). SpanTran is our recommended international transcript evaluation service, however, you may use any NACES approved organization. SpanTran has created a custom application for FTCC students to help them get the right kind of foreign transcript evaluation at a discounted rate.

If you have submitted official high school or college transcripts to FTCC within in the past 7 years, you may not have to resubmit the documents. Call Admissions at 910-678-8473 to ask about your status.

Bring your official sealed transcripts to the FTCC Fort Liberty Office or have your previous institution send them electronically to admissions@faytechcc.edu or mail to:

Fayetteville Technical Community College
Admissions Office
PO Box 35236
2201 Hull Road
Fayetteville, NC 28303

Step Four: Apply for Financial Aid

Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

FTCC’s Code is 007640

Step Five: Take the Placement Test if Applicable

You are waived from taking the placement exam if:

  • You graduated from a United States high school within ten years of enrollment
  • You received a GED® between 2014 – present (*score range 100-200)
  • You received a HiSet ® between 2014 – present
  • You have taken the ACT or SAT within ten years of enrollment
  • You have earned the minimum required CLEP score for English or math
  • You have taken a North Carolina Community College approved placement test within ten years from test date
  • You have successfully completed a college-level English and math course
  • You have an Associate’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution (RAI).

If you do not meet one of these criteria, then you need to take the RISE assessment.

To schedule the RISE test, visit the FTCC Liberty Office located in F Wing, Liberty Training and Education Center (LTEC),  or call 910-678-1050.

Step Six:  Determine Your Program

Step Seven:  Register for Classes

  • FTCC will notify you by email and letter within 2-3 business days letting you know your seven-digit student ID number, default password, and additional instructions for logging into SelfServiceBlackboard, and Student Email. If you do not receive this information within 3 business days, please contact military@faytechcc.edu or 910-678-1050.
  • Use SelfService to register for your courses. Pay special attention to meeting times and dates of courses. If you have any questions about registering for classes, please email military@faytechcc.edu.

Step Eight: Submit Tuition Assistance (TA) Voucher