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Bellevue College at a Glance

2008-2009 Fact Sheet

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Population

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
  Degree-seeking students1 All Students
Quarterly2 3,200-3,600 17,500-18,500
Annually 5,700 34,000
Gender3
  Degree-seeking students All Students
Females 53.8% 59.3%
Males 46.2% 40.7%
Age4
  Degree-seeking students All Students
Median 22.5 26.6
Average 26.1 31.4

Degree-seeking students

Enrollment status5
Full-time Part-time
53.4% 46.6%
Area of study
Academic transfer Professional-technical, including Baccalaureate
60.3% 39.7%
  • Employed while enrolled: 64.1% % part-time students employed is slightly higher than that of full-time students
  • Students with dependents: 22.1% evenly distributed between full- and part-time students
  • Financial aid recipients: 13.6%
  • Students with Disabilities: Nearly 900 self-identified; over 600 received service
Race/Ethnicity6* 5.8% of these students self-identified as Latino or Hispanic independent of Race.
Asian and Pacific Islander American* 20.3%
African American* 6.1%
Native American* 1.1%
Multi-Racial* 3.4%
White* 69.1%

Did you know...

  • Over 60% 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 1,600 International students annually from over 60 countries and about 1,300 Running Start students from more than 20 school districts.
  • 81% of all enrollments are in courses leading to a degree or certificate.
  • 19% of all enrollments are in continuing education and basic skills courses.

Employee Population

Faculty and Staff Population
Faculty (full- and part-time) 1,043
Staff7 470

Student Outcomes

Awards ConferredBC conferred its first baccalaureate degree in academic year 2008-09.
Baccalaureate degree8 19
Two-year degree 1,616
Certificate, one year 92
Certificate, less than one-year 294
GED 21
Professional-technical program graduate success9
Bellevue College All WA Community Colleges
Job Placement Rate 85% 83%
Median hourly wages $21.73 $15.39

College Transfer

In academic year 2008-09, about 10% of all Washington community and technical college transfer students who transferred to a Washington public, four-year institution were from Bellevue College, more than any other Washington college.

Degrees, Certificates and Programs

  • Bachelor of Applied Science in Radiation and Imaging Sciences
  • Bachelor of Applied Arts in Interior Design
  • Associate-degree transfer programs (the freshman and sophomore years of college) in 58 focus areas
  • Associate-degree program in Ocupational Life Skills (OLS-Venture), a degree program designed for students with learning, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
  • Professional and technical associate degrees and/or certificates in 95 areas of health science, information technology, business and design
  • Career-training certificate programs in Microsoft technology, business, health professions, technical communication, translation & interpretation and art, through our Continuing Education division
  • Developmental programs in Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language

Campuses

  • Main Campus (3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue)
  • North Campus (10700 Northup Way, Bellevue)
  • 25 additional sites throughout the community where Continuing Education courses are offered
  • BC's main campus comprises 12 educational buildings on 96 wooded acres.

Footnotes

  1. Within this context, Degree-seeking students are defined as those who have indicated an intent to pursue a transfer or professional-technical program of study and plan to attend BC one or two years or long enough to complete a degree and have no previously earned post secondary degree or certificate.
  2. 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. Full-time is defined as enrolled in 12 or more credits; part-time is less than 12 credits.
  6. Data are only for students who identified within this characteristic.
  7. Includes classified and exempt staff only.
  8. Eight of the BAS graduates completed their coursework during summer 2009.
  9. Most recent data are for the exiting class of 2006-07 within nine months of graduation.

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This document is managed by the Office of Institutional Research and was last updated August 2009.