[BLC] FW: Winter 2025 Allocation and Enrollment Monitoring Reports

[Jim Drinkwine]

This is fantastic, Ken! If the legislators saw this, maybe the predicted cuts won't happen.

On Apr 18, 2025 1:19 PM, Kendrick Hang via BLC <blc at lists.ctc.edu> wrote:

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Hello BLC Community,



Just wanted to share out a data point from the latest enrollment monitoring report from our policy research team (attached) that you may find interesting or insightful - no action required.



Washington community and technical colleges enrolled 145.6 thousand full-time equivalent students (FTES) in winter quarter 2025, an increase of 9% over the previous winter. State-funded FTES also increased by 9%, totaling 96.5 thousand FTES. Contract-funded enrollment was up 10% in winter quarter, with 47.3 thousand FTES, and student-funded enrollment increased by 9% to 1,766 FTES.



Select program enrollment in winter 2025 increased for:

  *   Applied Baccalaureate: up 11% (+488 FTES);
  *   Basic Education for Adults: up 8% (+1,155 FTES);
  *   Apprenticeships: up 4% (+132 FTES);
  *   Basic Food, Employment and Training: up 21% (+685 FTES);
  *   eLearning: up 9% (+7,816 FTES);
  *   I-BEST: up 12% (+374 FTES);
  *   International: up 17% (+894 FTES);
  *   International Contract: up 16% (+706 FTES);
  *   Running Start: up 11% (+2,698 FTES);
  *   WorkFirst: up 30% (+359 FTES); and
  *   Worker Retraining: up 12% (+579 FTES).



Ken





Kendrick Hang

Policy Associate for Baccalaureate Programs

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

khang at sbctc.edu<mailto:khang at sbctc.edu> • o: 360-704-3917









From: Joyce Hammer <jhammer at sbctc.edu<mailto:jhammer at sbctc.edu>>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2025 9:21 AM
To: Washington Association of Community and Technical Colleges
Subject: FW: Winter 2025 Allocation and Enrollment Monitoring Reports



Good Morning! Please consider the below message and attached documents. A special thanks, as always, to Travis Dulaney for finalizing these reports!



This message will also be sent to RPC, IC, WSSSC, and BAC.



Joyce







[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]Joyce D. Hammer, Ph.D. (she/her)

Deputy Executive Director for Education

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

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“Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice in service to our diverse communities.”







This message will be distributed broadly to the college system.

Dear State Board members, chancellors, and presidents,

Washington community and technical colleges enrolled 145.6 thousand full-time equivalent students (FTES) in winter quarter 2025, an increase of 9% over the previous winter. State-funded FTES also increased by 9%, totaling 96.5 thousand FTES. Contract-funded enrollment was up 10% in winter quarter, with 47.3 thousand FTES, and student-funded enrollment increased by 9% to 1,766 FTES.



Select program enrollment in winter 2025 increased for:

  *   Applied Baccalaureate: up 11% (+488 FTES);
  *   Basic Education for Adults: up 8% (+1,155 FTES);
  *   Apprenticeships: up 4% (+132 FTES);
  *   Basic Food, Employment and Training: up 21% (+685 FTES);
  *   eLearning: up 9% (+7,816 FTES);
  *   I-BEST: up 12% (+374 FTES);
  *   International: up 17% (+894 FTES);
  *   International Contract: up 16% (+706 FTES);
  *   Running Start: up 11% (+2,698 FTES);
  *   WorkFirst: up 30% (+359 FTES); and
  *   Worker Retraining: up 12% (+579 FTES).



Enrollment for Department of Corrections contracts was down 25% in winter 2025, enrolling 518 fewer FTES than in winter 2024.



The attached reports will soon be available on the SBCTC website<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/research/annual-reports-archive/enrollment>. Please contact Travis Dulany<mailto:tdulany at sbctc.edu?subject=Winter%202025%20Allocation%20and%20Enrollment%20Monitoring%20Reports>, Associate Director of Policy Research, with any questions about the reports.











[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]Travis Dulany

Associate Director, Policy Research

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

tdulany at sbctc.edu<mailto:tdulany at sbctc.edu> • o: 360-704-1070 • f: 360-704-4416

sbctc.edu<https://www.sbctc.edu/> • Twitter: @SBCTCWashington<https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington> • Facebook: @WASBCTC<https://www.facebook.com/wasbctc/>



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