RTD CollegePass For Students

Spring 2025 RTD Mobile CollegePass Update

The Spring 2025 RTD CollegePass will be available for purchase for $250 starting Jan. 2, 2025, and will be valid until May 31, 2025.

The RTD Mobile CollegePass is valid for all students with a current campus ID on trains, buses, and on trips to and from the airport. To be eligible for the RTD CollegePass, you must be an Auraria Campus student registered for the current semester and have a current valid Auraria Campus student ID.

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Activate Your CollegePass Online

1. Download the RTD MyRide app through the Apple App Store, or the Google Play Store. You must have an RTD app account using your school email address. Create your RTD account using your school email address, then create a password and verify account creation in your school email, i.e., CU Denver (@ucdenver.edu) CCD (@student.cccs.edu) MSU Denver (@msudenver.edu)
   Please note: Gmail, Yahoo or any personal emails will not work.
2. Next, process your mobile ticket by going to ahec.school-payments.com.
3. Login using your school email address. Your password is your current valid student ID number. If it is your first time, follow the steps to reset your password. If this is not your first time, please use your current password. If you do not have a current Campus ID, it will instruct you to go to the ID Station to get a Campus ID.
4. After logging in, select NEW RTD Mobile CollegePass, then select “Spring 2025 – RTD Mobile CollegePass – $250”, then click “Confirm”.
5. Add Payment information (credit or debit card) and click “Continue”.
6. Accept the terms and conditions, from here you will be redirected to the WorldPay Hosted Payments secure card entry site.
7. Enter your card number, expiration date, and security code. Then click “Process Transaction”. Wait for a confirmation message that will bring you back to School Payments to complete the funding of your student account.
8. Complete your payment.
9. Confirm you are paying $250 for RTD Mobile CollegePass and make sure you have downloaded the RTD Mobile Tickets App (see step 1).
10. Your mobile tickets will appear in the RTD App under “Ticket Wallet” within 24 hours of payment.
11. When you are ready to ride the bus or Lightrail, click on the ticket to activate. Your mobile ticket will remain active for 180 minutes from the time you activate it.

Activate Your CollegePass In Person

Note: You must acquire the RTD Mobile Tickets App online before coming into the ID Station.

1. Download the RTD MyRide app through the Apple App Store, or the Google Play Store. You must have an RTD app account using your school email address. Create your RTD account using your school email address, then create a password and verify account creation in your school email, i.e., CU Denver (@ucdenver.edu) CCD (@student.cccs.edu) MSU Denver (@msudenver.edu)
   Please note: Gmail, Yahoo or any personal emails will not work.
2. Visit the ID station at Tivoli #269 to purchase and activate your RTD CollegePass.