Washington Community and Technical Colleges

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The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) is a Washington state agency that oversees and coordinates between the 34 members of Washington's public community and technical college system.[1] Governed by a nine-member board appointed by the state governor,[2] the system consists of the accredited colleges and their branch campuses,[3] which all offer two-year associate's degrees, with select colleges offering four-year bachelor's degrees.[4]

A system of community colleges in Washington was first established by the Community College Act of 1967,[5] which created 22 community college districts to be governed by a statewide board.[6] The current agency, along with administering the Community and Technical College Act,[7] provides the member colleges with budgetary coordination and inter-college information technology services.[8][9] The board also coordinates, along with the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, the development of workforce training and other vocational education opportunities.[10]

List

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There are 34 community and technical colleges within the SBCTC system,[11] serving 30 college districts.[12]

College Location District
Bates Technical College Tacoma 28
Bellevue College Bellevue 8
Bellingham Technical College Bellingham 25
Big Bend Community College Moses Lake 18
Cascadia College Bothell 30
Centralia College Centralia 12
Clark College Vancouver 14
Clover Park Technical College Lakewood 29
Columbia Basin College Pasco 19
Edmonds College Lynnwood 23
Everett Community College Everett 5
Grays Harbor College Aberdeen 2
Green River College Auburn 10
Highline College Des Moines 9
Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland 26
Lower Columbia College Longview 13
North Seattle College Seattle 6
Olympic College Bremerton 3
Peninsula College Port Angeles 1
Pierce College Fort Steilacoom Lakewood 11
Pierce College Puyallup Puyallup 11
Renton Technical College Renton 27
Seattle Central College Seattle 6
Shoreline Community College Shoreline 7
Skagit Valley College Mt. Vernon 4
South Puget Sound Community College Olympia 24
South Seattle College Seattle 6
Spokane Community College Spokane 17
Spokane Falls Community College Spokane 17
Tacoma Community College Tacoma 22
Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla 20
Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee 15
Whatcom Community College Bellingham 21
Yakima Valley College Yakima 16

Programs

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Dual credit

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SBCTC offers multiple dual credit programs for students in Washington to earn college credit while still enrolled in high school.[13]

CTE Dual Credit

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CTE Dual Credit, formerly known as Tech Prep, is a dual credit program in which students take career and technical education coursework at their high school and receive college credit from a community or technical college, on top of their high school credit, for the course. Colleges offering CTE Dual Credit partnerships are organized into consortia, although students may be able to register for CTE Dual Credit courses through colleges outside of their regional consortium. Similar to college in the high school programs, which some Washington state colleges also offer, credit is awarded by both the high school and a college for coursework taken at the high school.[14]

Running Start

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Running Start is a dual credit program offered by the 34 SBCTC colleges as well as three public universities and two tribal colleges in Washington. Students in Running Start take courses at a college to receive transferable college credit and fulfill high school graduation requirements simultaneously.[15]

See also

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References

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