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2011-2012 Fact Sheet

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Population

Employee Population: Faculty (full- and part-time) = 1,059; Staff = 4771    Size of Main Campus: 100 acres

Note: Employee and student population data are reported in terms of unduplicated headcounts. Percentages may not total to 100% due to rounding.

Student Population

Student enrollment
  All Degree-seeking All Students
Quarterly2 6,200 19,000
Annually 9,800 37,000
Gender3
  Degree-seeking students All Students
Females 53.2% 56.5%
Males 46.8% 43.5%
Age4
  Degree-seeking students All Students
Median 21.7 24.5
Average 25.1 30.0

Did you know...

  • Nearly two-thirds of BC's student population lived within the college's official service area: the City of Bellevue and other cities and towns in east King County.
  • BC enrolls nearly 1,700 International students annually from over 65 countries and about 1,600 Running Start students from more than 20 school districts.
  • 79% of all enrollments are in courses leading to a degree or certificate
  • 21% of all enrollments are in continuing education, basic skills, and English as a Second Language courses.

New degree-seeking students (n~7,800)5

Enrollment status6
Full-time Part-time
55.0% 45.0%
Area of study
Academic transfer Professional-technical, including Baccalaureate
55.8% 44.2%
  • Employed while enrolled: 49.2% % part-time students employed is noticeably higher than that of full-time students
  • Students with dependents: 19.2% evenly distributed between full- and part-time students
  • Grants and scholarships recipients: 29.1%
    this represents the percentage of degree-seeking students with a valid SSN who were not Running Start or Contract International; excludes students receiving only loans
  • Students with Disabilities: Over 900 served
Race/Ethnicity7* 8.1% of these students self-identified as Latino or Hispanic independent of Race.
Asian and Pacific Islander American* 21.6%
African American* 6.6%
Native American* 1.1%
Multi-Racial* 2.1%
White* 63.9%
Other* 4.7%

Student Outcomes

Awards ConferredBC offers applied baccalaureate degrees in Interior Design and Radiation and Imaging Sciences
Baccalaureate degree 51
Associate Degree, AAS-T 2
Associate Degree, Prof-tech 454
Associate Degree, Transfer 1503
Certificate, one year 177
Certificate, less than one-year 476
GED 37
Professional-technical program graduate success8
Bellevue College All WA Community Colleges
Job Placement Rate (within 9 months of graduation) 74% 74%
Median hourly wages $18.46 $16.18

College Transfer

In academic year 2009-10, nearly 10% of all Washington community and technical college transfer students transferring to Washington public four-year institutions were from Bellevue College, more than any other WA college.

Footnotes

  1. Includes classified and exempt staff only.
  2. Average of fall, winter, and spring quarters only.
  3. Data are only for students who identified within this characteristic.
  4. Data are only for students who identified within this characteristic.
  5. Within this context, New Degree-seeking students are defined as those who have indicated an intent to pursue a transfer or professional-techical program of study and plan to attend BC one or two years or long enough to complete a degree and have no previously earned postsecondary degree or certificate.
  6. Full-time is defined as enrolled in 12 or more credits; part-time is less than 12 credits.
  7. Data are only for students who identified within this characteristic.
  8. Most recent data are for the exiting class of 2009-10.

Questions?

This document is managed by the Office of Effectiveness and Strategic Planning and was last updated October 2012.

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Bellevue College
3000 Landerholm Circle SE Bellevue, WA 98007-6484 U.S.A.
Work: (425) 564-1000