Variation in credits assigned to courses
Using credit equivalency assigned to courses because that is the basis for counting FTE. Using the average credit
equivalency assigned to a course to focus on the between college variation in credits assigned to courses.
Annual state FTE by average credit equivalency assigned - 2013/14: ALL COURSES
College
BATES
BELLEVUE
BELLINGHAM
BIG BEND
CASCADIA
CENTRALIA
CLARK
CLOVER PARK
COLUMBIA BASIN
EDMONDS
EVERETT
GRAYS HARBOR
GREEN RIVER
HIGHLINE
LAKE WASHINGTON
LOWER COLUMBIA
OLYMPIC
PENINSULA
PIERCE FORT STEILACOOM
PIERCE PUYALLUP
RENTON
SEATTLE CENTRAL
SEATTLE NORTH
SEATTLE SOUTH
SEATTLE VOC. INSTITUTE
SHORELINE
SKAGIT VALLEY
SOUTH PUGET SOUND
SPOKANE
SPOKANE FALLS
TACOMA
WALLA WALLA
WENATCHEE VALLEY
WHATCOM
YAKIMA VALLEY
System Total
State FTE
3,819
8,752
1,917
1,732
1,950
2,257
7,941
4,246
5,038
5,149
5,150
1,667
5,528
6,115
3,116
2,937
5,486
1,757
3,245
2,196
3,770
5,634
4,023
4,602
467
5,018
3,824
3,673
5,962
6,798
6,118
3,342
2,737
2,503
3,983
142,451
Average credit equivalency assigned to courses:
0-4
5
6-10
11-15
> 15
993
873
1,437
498
17
737
6,147
1,819
49
0
474
957
443
43
0
314
1,197
172
44
5
96
1,681
173
0
0
498
1,479
250
30
0
2,470
4,500
860
112
0
1,384
1,450
958
84
371
764
3,261
997
14
0
1,196
3,296
646
10
0
436
3,720
664
310
20
158
975
317
100
117
464
3,812
800
452
0
444
3,593
2,078
0
0
792
1,295
796
218
14
1,041
1,249
621
19
7
1,514
3,554
418
0
0
265
1,068
308
22
94
325
2,427
485
8
0
224
1,653
291
28
0
1,133
679
1,050
891
17
967
3,996
555
16
100
599
2,795
578
26
25
621
2,087
817
769
307
187
72
185
18
5
792
3,307
601
0
319
705
2,289
722
22
85
339
3,077
131
86
39
1,742
3,225
722
136
137
1,550
3,355
105
1,106
683
746
4,500
786
86
0
745
1,805
629
74
89
365
1,945
305
47
74
350
1,995
111
47
0
896
2,904
146
38
0
26,325 86,217
21,977
5,406
2,527
1
% of annual state FTE by average credit equivalency assigned - 2013/14: ALL COURSES
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
BATES
0 - 4 credits
BELLEVUE
5 credits
BELLINGHAM
6-10 credits
BIG BEND
11-15 credits
CASCADIA
> 15 credits
CENTRALIA
CLARK
CLOVER PARK
COLUMBIA BASIN
EDMONDS
EVERETT
GRAYS HARBOR
GREEN RIVER
HIGHLINE
LAKE WASHINGTON
LOWER COLUMBIA
OLYMPIC
PENINSULA
PIERCE FORT STEILACOOM
PIERCE PUYALLUP
RENTON
SEATTLE CENTRAL
SEATTLE NORTH
SEATTLE SOUTH
SEATTLE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE
SHORELINE
SKAGIT VALLEY
SOUTH PUGET SOUND
SPOKANE
SPOKANE FALLS
TACOMA
WALLA WALLA
WENATCHEE VALLEY
WHATCOM
YAKIMA VALLEY
System Total
2
% of annual state FTE by average credit equivalency assigned - 2013/14: ACADEMIC COURSES
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
BATES
0 - 4 credits
BELLEVUE
5 credits
BELLINGHAM
6-10 credits
BIG BEND
11-15 credits
CASCADIA
> 15 credits
CENTRALIA
CLARK
CLOVER PARK
COLUMBIA BASIN
EDMONDS
EVERETT
GRAYS HARBOR
GREEN RIVER
HIGHLINE
LAKE WASHINGTON
LOWER COLUMBIA
OLYMPIC
PENINSULA
PIERCE FORT STEILACOOM
PIERCE PUYALLUP
RENTON
SEATTLE CENTRAL
SEATTLE NORTH
SEATTLE SOUTH
SHORELINE
SKAGIT VALLEY
SOUTH PUGET SOUND
SPOKANE
SPOKANE FALLS
TACOMA
WALLA WALLA
WENATCHEE VALLEY
WHATCOM
YAKIMA VALLEY
System Total
3
% of annual state FTE by average credit equivalency assigned - 2013/14: BASIC ED COURSES
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
BATES
0 - 4 credits
BELLEVUE
5 credits
BELLINGHAM
BIG BEND
6-10 credits
CASCADIA
11-15 credits
> 15 credits
CENTRALIA
CLARK
CLOVER PARK
COLUMBIA BASIN
EDMONDS
EVERETT
GRAYS HARBOR
GREEN RIVER
HIGHLINE
LAKE WASHINGTON
LOWER COLUMBIA
OLYMPIC
PENINSULA
PIERCE FORT STEILACOOM
PIERCE PUYALLUP
RENTON
SEATTLE CENTRAL
SEATTLE NORTH
SEATTLE SOUTH
SEATTLE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE
SHORELINE
SKAGIT VALLEY
SOUTH PUGET SOUND
SPOKANE
SPOKANE FALLS
TACOMA
WALLA WALLA
WENATCHEE VALLEY
WHATCOM
YAKIMA VALLEY
System Total
4
% of annual state FTE by average credit equivalency assigned - 2013/14: WORKFORCE COURSES
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
BATES
0 - 4 credits
BELLEVUE
5 credits
BELLINGHAM
BIG BEND
6-10 credits
CASCADIA
11-15 credits
> 15 credits
CENTRALIA
CLARK
CLOVER PARK
COLUMBIA BASIN
EDMONDS
EVERETT
GRAYS HARBOR
GREEN RIVER
HIGHLINE
LAKE WASHINGTON
LOWER COLUMBIA
OLYMPIC
PENINSULA
PIERCE FORT STEILACOOM
PIERCE PUYALLUP
RENTON
SEATTLE CENTRAL
SEATTLE NORTH
SEATTLE SOUTH
SEATTLE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE
SHORELINE
SKAGIT VALLEY
SOUTH PUGET SOUND
SPOKANE
SPOKANE FALLS
TACOMA
WALLA WALLA
WENATCHEE VALLEY
WHATCOM
YAKIMA VALLEY
System Total
5
College counts by average credit equivalency assigned to 10 most popular CCN courses with variation - 2013/14
Course
CHEM& 121
PSYC& 200
BIOL& 160
CMST& 220
BIOL& 241
CMST& 210
ACCT& 201
BIOL& 242
BIOL& 260
CHEM& 161
Annual
State FTE
1099
1091
976
941
861
773
683
639
624
388
Average credit equivalency assigned to courses:
2
3
4
5
3
1
24
34
3
18
1
30
2
2
16
1
20
31
2
2
15
2
1
1
26
2
1
15
6
2
1
1
7
2
1
7
2
7
College counts by average credit equivalency assigned to ABE and ESL level courses – 2013/14
CIP_TITLE
ABE LEVEL 1
ABE LEVEL 2
ABE LEVEL 3
ABE LEVEL 4
CIP
320210
320220
320230
320240
ESL LEVEL 1
ESL LEVEL 2
ESL LEVEL 3
ESL LEVEL 4
ESL LEVEL 5
ESL LEVEL 6
320301
320302
320303
320304
320305
320306
Average credit equivalency assigned to courses:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
4
5
6
2
2
1
1
2
7 11
6
1
1
2
1
2 10
9
7
1
3
1
4
7 14
4
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
3
4
5
6
7
7
9
9
11
11
8
5
4
8
4
4
3
2
3
3
5
6
2
5
4
4
1
2
3
3
3
1
1
10
11
12
13
1
1
1
1
14
15
16
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Annual state FTE by average credit equivalency assigned to registered nursing courses (CIP 531801) for the top 10
colleges - 2013/14
College
State FTE
CLARK
336
WALLA WALLA
215
EVERETT
204
TACOMA
162
SHORELINE
153
OLYMPIC
143
LOWER COLUMBIA
139
WENATCHEE VALLEY
139
LAKE WASHINGTON
116
BELLEVUE
111
Average credit equivalency assigned to courses:
0-4
5 6-10 11-15
0-4
5 6-10 11-15
271 10
55
0
81% 3% 16%
0%
45
0 169
0
21% 0% 79%
0%
0
0
7
197
0% 0%
3%
97%
41 100
22
0
25% 61% 13%
0%
104 29
20
0
68% 19% 13%
0%
115 17
12
0
80% 12%
8%
0%
19 112
8
0
14% 80%
6%
0%
7
0 131
0
5% 0% 95%
0%
76 31
9
0
66% 26%
8%
0%
23 29
58
0
21% 26% 53%
0%
6
Variation in credits assigned to programs
Using credit ranges reported for programs in the program inventory. Using minimum credits assigned to focus on the
between college variation in credits assigned to programs. Using only AAS/AAS-T degree programs as a common type of
program for comparison.
Range of minimum credits assigned to AAS/AAS-T degrees
Min
Median
Max
20
97
192
Range of minimum credits assigned to AAS/AAS-T degrees for 10 most popular program CIPs with an AAS/AAS-T
program
# of colleges
with AAS/AAS-T
Min
Median
Max
CIP
CIP_TITLE
program
credits
credits
credits
513801
REGISTERED NURSING
12
92
115.5
125
131210
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION & TCH
10
90
90.5
104
520201
BUSINESS ADMIN & MGMT
12
90
91
99
520302
ACCOUNTING TECH & BOOKKPG
8
90
94
101
510801
MEDICAL/CLINCAL ASST
8
90
90.5
112
480508
WELDING TECH
9
92
104
120
110901
COMP SYS NETWORK/TELECOMM
11
75
100
125
513901
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING
2
90
-112
470604
AUTO MECHANICS
12
91
116
143
430103
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
7
90
94
104
7