COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
AT A GLANCE
Our vision: Build strong communities, individuals and families, and achieve a greater global competitiveness and prosperity for
the state and its economy by raising the knowledge and skills of the state’s residents. (SBCTC System Direction, 2006)
Our mission: Our state’s most urgent need is to educate more people to higher levels of skills and knowledge. This is the
only way we can hope to sustain a prosperous economy that will provide opportunities for all of us, and our children.
(SBCTC Mission Study, 2010)
Enrollment1
Founded
1967 Community College Act passed by state Legislature
1991 Legislature amended Community College Act of
1967 to Community and Technical College Act
Colleges & campuses
Colleges
Campuses and centers
Districts
34
77
30
State Funding
Operating (FY16)
Operating (FY17)
$674,259,000
$694,527,000
Capital (2015-17 biennium, new
appropriations)
$273,776,000
State Board members
Shaunta Hyde, vice chair
Jim Bricker
Dr. Elizabeth Chen
Anne Fennessy
Dr. Wayne Martin
Larry Brown
Jay Reich
Carol Landa-McVicker
Phyllis Gutierrez-Kenney
Executive director
Marty Brown
Lake Forest Park
Coupeville
Federal Way
Seattle
Kennewick
Auburn
Seattle
Spokane
Seattle
Total Headcount
FTES
385,872
181,451
Selected programs (headcount)
Applied Bachelor’s Degree
Corrections
I-BEST
International
Running Start
Worker Retraining
1,398
9,194
3,937
18,343
21,802
10,987
Enrollment by course intent2
State-supported (FTEs)
Academic/transfer
Workforce education
Basic skills
Precollege
44%
34%
14%
8%
Attendance3
Full-time
Part-time
51%
49%
Tuition & fees
2014-15
Lower division
One quarter (15 credits)
Academic year (45 credits)
Resident
Non-resident
$1,282
$3,846
$3,083
$9,249
Upper division (rounded to the nearest dollar)
One quarter (15 credits)
$2,394
$6,042
Academic year (45 credits)
$7,182
$18,125
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4400 | www.sbctc.edu | December 2015
Source of funds11
Ethnicity 4
Students who identify as students of color
(In comparison, 27% of the state’s population
identifies as people of color)
42%
Race and ethnic background*
African American
8%
Asian/Pacific Islander
13%
Hispanic
16%
Native American
3%
Other race
2%
White
62%
* Students may be counted in up to two race categories
and thus the percent of total slightly exceeds 100%.
Gender5
Female
Male
56%
44%
Expenditures by program12
State General Funds and Operating Fees
Median age6
Expenditures by Program
Fiscal Year 2013-14
26
Family and finances
Students receiving need-based financial aid in eligible
programs
Students who work
Students with children
42%7
43%8
28%9
Faculty & staff FTE
SBCTC staff only
Instruction
47%
Institutional
Support
17%
10
Total staff – colleges and SBCTC
Teaching faculty
Non-teaching faculty
Classified staff
Administrative
Professional/technical
Plant
Operation
&
Maintenanc
e
13%
16,599
7,865
928
4,885
969
1,952
187
Student
Services
13%
Libraries
3%
Primary
Support
Services
7%
Contributions to higher education
72%
By 2021, an estimated 72 percent of available jobs
will require at least a postsecondary credential.13
59%
59 percent of students in Washington’s public
colleges and universities are enrolled in
community and technical colleges.14 (Includes
Running Start students.)
Sources:
1-2. SBCTC 2014-2015 Academic Year Report
3-6. SBCTC 2014 Fall Quarter Report. 2015 Fall Report not published
40 percent of public baccalaureate graduates in
at the time this went to print.
Washington start at one of the state’s community
7. SBCTC 2014-15 Academic Year Report
or technical colleges.15
8-9. SBCTC 2014 Fall Quarter Report . 2015 Fall Report not published
at the time this went to print.
10. SBCTC 2014-15 Academic Year Report
11-12. SBCTC 2014-2015 Academic Year Report
13. Background analysis conducted by SBCTC, Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, and the Washington Student Achievement
Council for “A Skilled and Educated Workforce 2013 Update” published October 2013.
14. OFM 2014-2015 Budget Driver Report
15. SBCTC research report: The Role of Transfer in the Attainment of Baccalaureate Degrees at Washington’s Public Bachelor’s Degree Institutions,
Class of 2011, published August 2013
40%