Spokane Colleges is an Eastern Washington community college district with two institutions offering degrees, transfer programmes, career technical education, workforce training and adult literacy services.
Spokane Colleges is a community college district in Eastern Washington, founded in 1963 and comprising two accredited institutions: Spokane Community College (SCC) and Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC). The district offers associate and bachelor's degrees, transfer programmes and career technical education across more than 120 areas of study, and awarded 2,899 degrees in the most recent academic year. Accreditation is held through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and the district is governed by the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges.
Around 20,000 students are served annually from two main campuses in Spokane and five rural centres in Colville, Pullman, Newport, Inchelium and Republic. The service area spans 12,302 square miles across six counties: Spokane, Stevens, Whitman, Ferry and Pend Oreille, plus portions of Lincoln. Instruction ranges from academic and transfer pathways to workforce training, business and community training, adult literacy services and early childhood education, including the Spokane County Head Start, ECEAP and Early Head Start programmes. The district reports an 87.2% employment rate for its graduates.
Teaching roles sit within a setting that serves both urban and rural communities over a large and varied region, with student success and accessibility identified as central to the district's work.
