Clark College

1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA, 98663-3598
Tel: (360)992-2000
Public | 12,749 students
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COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Clark College serves 12,749 students (50% of students are full-time).
  • The school's student:teacher ratio of 32:1 is higher than the college average of 21:1.
  • Minority enrollment is 19% of the student body.
  • Clark College is one of 2 community colleges within Clark County, WA.

School Overview:
Clark College
Community College Avg.
Institution Level At least 2 but less than 4 years At least 2 but less than 4 years
Institution Control Public Public
Instructional Staff Total
(research/public service staff included)		 402 staff 63 staff
Student Body
Total Enrollment 12,749 students 1,418 students
Student / Staff Ratio 1:32 1:21
# Full-Time Students		 6,318 students 1,262 students
# Part-Time Students		 6,431 students 1,508 students
 
% American Indian/Alaskan		 1% 1%
% Asian		 4% 2%
% Hawaiian		 1% 1%
% Hispanic		 6% 6%
% Black		 3% 15%
% White		 81% 62%
% Two or more races		 5% 2%
 
Finances and Admission
In-State Tuition Fees
(2010-11)		 $3,008 $4,485
 
Out-State Tuition Fees
(2010-11)		 $8,198 $8,679
 

School Notes:

  • Clark College was founded as a private, two-year junior college in 1933 and was granted initial accreditation in 1936-37 based upon a visit by a committee of five professors from the University of Washington. The college received accreditation from the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges in 1948 and has maintained that standing through periodic reviews to the present.
  • In 1951, an evening program began and the Applied Arts Center became the first building on the current 80-acre campus in Vancouver's Central Park. Student enrollment settled at around 4,800 through the late 1950s and early 1960s; then grew again to the 8,000 mark by the end of the 1970s reflecting a population surge in Clark County. A reduction in funding and a State-mandated lid kept enrollments level during the mid-1980s. The location of several major electronics firms and related-service industries in Clark County spurred strong economic growth, multiple employment opportunities for Clark's associate in applied science degree graduates, and boosted enrollments to nearly 11,000 students per quarter during the past 10 years.
  • The main campus is located on an 80-acre arboretum in Vancouver's historic Central Park just east of the Interstate 5 freeway and north of the Columbia River and Fort Vancouver Historic Reserve. Classes are also offered at the Washington State University Vancouver branch campus in Salmon Creek and the Town Plaza Center satellite two miles east of the main campus.
  • The establishment of a Washington State University branch campus in Vancouver in 1989 and creation of the Cooperative Agreement for Transfer (CAT) between Clark College and WSU Vancouver has attracted additional students to Clark for lower division studies leading to a transfer degree.

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