Grays Harbor College

1620 Edward P. Smith Drive • Aberdeen, WA 98520 • www.ghc.ctc.edu President: Dr. James Minkler, 360-538-4000, [email protected] Trustees: Art Blauvelt, chair; Dr. Harry Carthum, Rebecca Chaffee, Denise Portmann, Fawn Sharp

KEY FACTS (Data from 2015-2016 academic year unless otherwise noted)

Year Founded: 1930 Enrollment: STUDENT PROFILE — STATE FUNDED Headcount (all sources) 4,021 Purpose for attending (FTE) Attendance (Headcount) Service Area: Grays Harbor, Pacific FTES (all sources) 2,272 2% counties Headcount (state-funded) 2,664 other FTES (state-funded) 1,681 Legislative Districts: 19, 24 18% basic 24% Students in Selected Programs skills 46% part-time workforce Highest Enrolled Programs: (Headcount): education 34% 76% • Academic Transfer Corrections 916 academic/ full-time • Nursing and Pre-Nursing I-BEST 90 transfer • Accounting Running Start 247 • Human Services Worker Retraining 281 • Business Management 46Ethnicity:* +3418224Median Age: 24 +76 • Criminal Justice African American 3% Family and Finances: Asian 4% Students receiving Hispanic/Latino 16% need-based financial aid in Native American 10% eligible programs 56% Pacific Islander 1% Students who work 37% Other, Multiracial 1% Students with children 32% White/Caucasian 72% Gender: * May not add up to 100% because Female 58% students may be counted in more Male 42% than one race.

POINTS OF INTEREST

BASOM Launches In fall 2016, the first student cohort began course work in our new Bachelor of Applied Science in Organizational Management. The Bachelor of Applied Science in Education just received final approval and will be launched in fall 2017, with and area school districts as our partners. A third Bachelor of Applied Science program in Forestry Resource Management is pending approval and will be offered cooperatively with .

Customizing Training Grays Harbor College partners with area businesses, the Port of Grays Harbor tenants and local industry for Businesses to provide customized, just-in-time training at the request of employers. Varying in length and focus, training sessions help boost workforce skills to meet employer demands, while workers stay on the job.

Research Grays Harbor College connects with the state’s 4-year research universities to identify a variety of student Opportunities research opportunities, both paid and voluntary. These include internships at our campus Fish Lab and surrounding watershed trails, educational work with the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport, and valuable experience on board the University of ’s ocean research vessel.

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