Commuity Colleges of Spokane: At a glance

CAMPUSES: 2007-08

Spokane Community College

  • 111 acres
  • 6,101 state-support students
  • Students' average age: 24.5 years

Spokane Falls Community College

  • 113 acres
  • 4,306 state-support students
  • Students' average age: 21.1 years

Institute for Extended Learning

  • Provides community college and adult education classes -- day and night at more than 100 locations through Spokane and a surrounding six-county region
  • 3,365 state-support students
  • Students' average age: 33.5 years

TOTAL STATE-SUPPORT STUDENT ENROLLMENT: 13,772 

GRADUATION: JUNE 2008

CCS awarded:
 
>> 1,102 A.A. and other transfer degrees
>> 980 A.A.S degrees
>> 482 professional certificates
>> 448 students completed Adult Basic Education programs

TOTAL GRADUATES: 3,012
FACULTY & STAFF: FALL 2008

>> 602 full-time faculty
>> 537 part-time faculty
>> 54 administrators
>> 100 professional-exempt staff
>> 581 classified staff
>> 347 hourly staff

TOTAL CCS EMPLOYEE COUNT: 2,221		 SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
  • CCS operates one the state's largest early childhood education and child care programs, enrolling:
  • 669 children in Head Start programs at nine sites
  • 656 children in Early Childhood Education and Assistance Programs (ECEAP)
  • 210 children in Early Head Start Programs at seven sites
  • More than 300 families participating in Parent Cooperative Preschools at 11 sites
TUITION: 2008-09

$ 2,723 for a typical Washington resident student taking 15 credits each quarter for three quarters; other tuition packages may apply. (Does not include lab fees, books or supplies.)		 OPERATING BUDGET: 2008-09
  • State allocation: $84,389,695
  • Local funds: $5,916,226
TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET: $90,305,921
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: 2007-08

Almost one-half of all students attending CCS qualify for some type of financial aid.
$58,525,376 in financial aid was distributed in 2007-08.

CCS Foundation awarded 167 scholarships -- valued at $326,888 -- to students attending SCC, SFCC and the IEL.