Our colleges create better jobs, brighter futures, and a stronger Washington. Discover why community and technical colleges are a great choice for students.

Our colleges have a program for you! Learn the skills you need for your job, get your bachelor’s degree started, and learn skills for life at colleges that care about you and have the state’s lowest tuition. 

Quality Education at an Affordable Cost
Washington state community and technical colleges offer quality education at an affordable cost.

Find information about the state and federal governments, college district legislators, committee information, and legislative staff contacts.

Fact Sheets and One-Pagers

Download Washington state community and technical college one-pagers, fact sheets and issue briefs.

Looking for annual reports, research papers and data? The SBCTC Policy Research department analyzes community and technical college programs and issues its research findings in reports and data chartsSee our media kit to learn which reports contain the most popular data. 

System Overview

General Topics

Economic Engines

Innovations for Student Success

Bachelor's and Transfer Degrees

Basic Education for Adults

  • Basic Education for Adults — Facts and innovations
  • I-BEST (Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training) — With team-teaching, basic education students are embedded in college-level job training or academic courses
  • I-DEA (Integrated Digital English Acceleration) — A team-teaching approach, "flipped classrooms" and computers teach English language in ways that are practical for college and careers
  • High School+ — A competency-based high school diploma option

Contact

Stacey Hagreen
SBCTC Communications
shagreen@sbctc.edu
360-704-4308