SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE — ONE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES OF SPOKANE
3410 West Fort George Wright Drive • Spokane, WA 99224 • www.spokanefalls.edu
Chancellor: Dr. Christine Johnson, 509-434-5006, cjohnson@ccs.spokane.edu
President: Dr. Janet Gullickson, 509-533-3535, janet.gullickson@spokanefalls.edu
Trustees: Mike Wilson, chair; Greg Bever, Bridget Piper, Beth Thew, Jan Wigen
KEY FACTS (Data from 2014-2015 academic year unless otherwise noted)
Year Founded: 1967
Service Area: Ferry, Lincoln,
Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, and
Whitman counties
Legislative Districts: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9
Programs: 1 BAS degree,
67 associate degrees and 27
certificates in 64 programs of
study.
Highest Enrolled Programs:
• Associate of Arts for transfer to a
four-year university
• Associate in Business
• Associate of Arts in Biology
• Associate in Pre-Nursing
• Associate of Science-Engineering
STUDENT PROFILE — STATE FUNDED
Enrollment:
Headcount (all sources)
FTES (all sources)
Headcount (state-funded)
FTES (state-funded)
9,631
5,230
7,674
4,434
Students in Selected Programs
(Headcount):
I-BEST34
International Students
288
Running Start
727
Worker Retraining
73
Enrollment by course intent
Attendance
24+68+8 29+71
0%
basic skills
7%
pre-college
24%
workforce
education
68%
academic/
transfer
Ethnicity:*
Asian/Pacific Islander
4%
African American
4%
Native American
4%
Latino/Hispanic9%
Other/Multiracial1%
White/Caucasian82%
Gender:
Female55%
Male45%
71%
full-time
29%
part-time
Median Age:22
Family and Finances:
Students receiving
need-based financial aid in
eligible programs
50%
Students who work
51%
Students with children
19%
* May not add up to 100% because
students may be counted in more
than one race.
POINTS OF INTEREST
Career Navigators Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) has started a Career Navigator program for WorkFirst students.
Students are paid for up to 19 work-study hours per week and are charged with making weekly contacts
with business professionals in their career fields to conduct informational interviews, job shadow and
explore volunteer opportunities. Students then share that research and job market analysis with faculty and
other students in their departments. Students have already reaped benefits from the program, including
job offers and expanded professional networks. The Career Navigators have also been extremely helpful in
gathering data from local businesses.
Bachelor Degree Two new applied baccalaureate degrees are beginning at SFCC. The Information Systems and Technology
Opportunities BAS degree began in fall 2015 and the Applied Management BAS is scheduled to begin winter 2016. The
programs were chosen based on surveys of current students, alumni and local employers. In both career
fields, job marketability and career advancement were the top reasons for interest.
STEM Education Research led by SFCC instructors has gained support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The
Leaders NSF’s Advanced Technological Education program awarded two separate research projects each nearly
$200,000. In one project, the SFCC instructors will develop a sustainability training program for college
faculty and K-12 instructors that embeds problem-based learning into professional, technical and science
programs. The other project is focused on changing the gender perceptions of potential information
technology (IT) students by increasing the number of women entering the IT field, while improving students’
understanding and appreciation of the interdependence of science and technology.
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