Adults 21 and up can finish a high school diploma through Red Rocks Community College and Denver’s Mi Casa for $75 a course, with the next start Oct. 26

Red Rocks Community College and Mi Casa Resource Center have launched an adult high school diploma program: three five-week evening classes at $75 per course for adults 21 and older. The next start date is Oct. 26.

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October 6, 2026

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Red Rocks Community College has started a program for adults who never finished high school, built with the Denver nonprofit Mi Casa Resource Center. The college, which has campuses in Lakewood and Arvada, announced it in an article posted Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. Its program page calls the partnership ADVANCE and says it is for adults 21 and older who have not earned a U.S. high school diploma.

According to the college, the program comes down to three classes: math, English and civics. Each course lasts five weeks, and students can take one at a time or all three at once. Anyone who has to stop has up to a year to restart in a later five-week group, and students who already have high school credits can bring transcripts to see what counts. Classes meet in the evening, Monday through Thursday, with some online work, and are taught by RRCC professors.

The college says it also provides tutors, plus workshops on using online systems, online safety, time management and resume building. Its article follows two students who left high school years ago and are now back in class.

By the numbers

3: classes in the program (math, English and civics)
5 weeks: the length of each course
$75: the cost per course enrollment, according to the program page
21 and older: who the program is for
5 to 7 p.m.: the class time on the program page, with civics on Mondays, math on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and English on Wednesdays
Up to 1 year: how long a student who pauses has to restart a course
Monday, Oct. 26, 2026: the next start date listed by the college, after a Sept. 21 start

How to sign up

First step: fill out the college’s interest form. The program page says meetings with a Mi Casa representative and an RRCC representative come next, then registration and tuition.
Where: the college’s article says courses are offered at Mi Casa Resource Center’s site. Mi Casa lists its address as 345 S. Grove St., Denver, CO 80219. The article does not give a classroom address, so confirm the location when you sign up.
Cost: $75 per course enrollment. Financial aid details are not listed.
Details: RRCC Adult High School Diploma Program

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Source: Red Rocks Community College (Sept. 17, 2026) and the college’s program page. Verified Oct. 6, 2026.

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