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STLCC - Quick Facts

St. Louis Community College is the largest community college district in Missouri and one of the largest in the United States. Local voters approved by a two-to-one margin the formation of the Junior College District of St. Louis-St. Louis County in April 1962. It was the first district in the United States to simultaneously construct three campuses. The $47.2 million bond issue approved in 1965 was the largest in the history of U.S. community college development at that time. More than one-half the households in the St. Louis area include at least one person who has attended STLCC.

LEAGUE FOR INNOVATION IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

STLCC is a member of the League for Innovation in the Community College. The league is a non-profit educational consortium of resourceful community colleges. The league's mission is to stimulate experimentation and innovation in all areas of community college development and serves as a catalyst, project incubator and experimental laboratory for all community colleges.

ECONOMIC IMPACT

  • For every credit hour a student completes, the student will earn $116 more per year, every year the student is in the local work force.
  • It is estimated that the present-day St. Louis Community College service area work force embodies more than 16.7 million credit and non-credit hours of past and present STLCC education and training.
  • The accumulated contribution of past and present STLCC students adds more than $938 million in annual earnings directly and indirectly to the STLCC service area economy.
  • STLCC has a total budget of more than $200 million. Some 90% is spent in the STLCC service area to purchase supplies and pay salaries, wages and benefits.
  • St. Louis Community College’s annual impact on the local economy is more than $3 billion.

LOCATIONS

Florissant Valley campus, Ferguson; Center for Workforce Innovation, Ferguson; Forest Park campus, west St. Louis City; William J. Harrison Education Center, north St. Louis City; Meramec campus, Kirkwood; Wildwood campus, west St. Louis County; South County Education & University Center, south St. Louis County; Joseph P. Cosand Community College Center, downtown St. Louis City; Center for Business, Industry and Labor, Bridgeton; STLCC Corporate Center, Bridgeton

ENROLLMENT

Fall 2011 -- 29,230 credit students. Through credit courses, continuing education and workforce development programs, STLCC annually serves nearly 80,000 students.

STAFF

As of 8/11 -- 3,854 full- and part-time employees, including 447 full-time faculty

PROGRAMS

STLCC offers 15 college-transfer and 90-plus career programs in the areas of art and design, business, civil and community service, engineering and technology, health and office professions; plus continuing education, developmental, and business/industrial training programs

DEGREES, CERTIFICATES

Associate in Arts degree (college transfer), Associate in Science degree (college transfer), Associate in Fine Arts degree (college transfer), Associate in Applied Science degree (career), Associate of Arts in Teaching (college transfer), Certificate of Proficiency, Certificate of Specialization

STUDENT PROFILE

The average age of an STLCC student is 28; the student is employed full time and attends STLCC part time. Approximately 61% are women. About 52% of the student body is Caucasian, 38% is African-American. International students and new immigrants represent nearly 120 countries. About 66% live in St. Louis County, and 23% live in St. Louis City. About 59% attend part time, and 41% attend full time.

FEES

As of fall 2011 -- $88 per credit hour in district, $134 per credit hour out-of-district, $179 per credit hour out-of-state, $189 per credit hour for international students; including a $5 college activity fee and $3 technology fee

LOCAL TAX RATE

2011 -- 22 cents per $100 assessed valuation

DISTRICT

Includes St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Meramec Valley R-3 School District in Franklin County, and Rockwood R-6 School District in Jefferson County; 718 square miles; divided into four subdistricts for a six-member Board of Trustees

LANDHOLDINGS

377.2 acres (includes leased property)

SERVICE AREA

718 square miles, including St. Louis City and County and portions of Franklin and Jefferson counties

FISCAL 2011-12 OPERATING BUDGET

$166,261,379

ACCREDITATION

In January 2008, a visiting team of consultant-evaluators from Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools recommended that STLCC be granted continued accreditation, with the next visit taking place in 2018.

ADMISSIONS

Open admissions with required standards for admission and retention in certain programs, such as allied health

GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT

More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation

TRANSFERS

Over the past two years, more than 1,700 STLCC students transferred to Missouri public/private four-year institutions; STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouri’s four-year colleges/universities than any other college in the state.