Prince William Sound Community College

• Year PWSCC was Founded: 1978
• Location: Valdez, Alaska in the south central picturesque Prince William Sound
• Total Enrollment: 1,500 (includes on-campus, distance, part-time, and full-time students)
• PWSCC has a service area of 44,000 square miles. (That’s the size of Ohio!)
• Top Five Areas of Study:
  • Associate of Arts
  • Millwright
  • Disability Services, Language and Speech
  • Computer Information and Office Systems
  • Associate of Fine Arts, Playwriting
• Video Conferencing is a big deal!
  • 90% of our classes involve video conferencing
  • We have at least 25 classrooms with video conferencing comapbilty
• Gender Stats:
  • Total Enrollment: 77% Women – 33% Men
  • On-Campus Full-time Students: 40% Women – 60% Men
• Where We Come From: (most common states, however, students come from all over, including worldwide)
  • Alaska
  • Montana
  • Colorado
  • Minnesota
  • Texas
  • New York
  • Florida
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Japan
  • Latvia
  • South Korea
• Ethnicity of students vary from: Indian/Alaska Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Asian, White, or Hispanic
• Campus Locations: 3 (Valdez, Cordova, Copper Basin)
• No Out-of-State Tuition!
• Lowest Tuition in Alaska at $127/credit
• College Colors: Blue and Gold
• Full-time Student-to-Part-time Student Ratio: 1:4
• Students-to-Faculty Ratio: 12:1
• Average Class Size: under 12
• Number of Residence Halls: 3
• Housing Capacity: 44
• PWSCC is the only community college in Alaska with residence halls (Newly remodeled in the Summer/Fall of 2010 and family housing is available)
• PWSCC Scholarship program is one of the most liberal in Alaska; make sure to apply and good things may come to you
• $46/week for a single student (taken from the alaska.gov website for relocation)
• Valdez Average Temperature:
  • January: 20.5 degrees Fahrenheit
  • April: 37.1 degrees Fahrenheit
  • July: 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit
  • October: 38.1 degrees Fahrenheit
• Valdez Area Average Snowfall:
  • Valdez (in-City): 325.6inches
  • Thompson Pass: over 600 inches

Graduation rate cohort as a percent of all undergraduates (Fall 2007); graduation rate and transfer out rate (2004 cohort); and retention rates (Fall 2007)

• Part-time – 20%
• Full-time – 21%
• Transfer-out rate – 14%
• Graduation rate, overall – 10%
• Graduation rate cohort as a percent of entering class – 13%
• Graduation rate cohort as a percent of undergraduates – 2%

*The information is provided in compliance with the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

NOTE: Graduation rate cohort includes all full-time, first-time, degree/certificate Graduation rate cohort includes all full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students. Entering class includes all students coming to the institution for the first time. Only institutions with a mission to prepare students to transfer are required to report transfers out. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2008, Fall Enrollment component and Graduation Rates component.

P-Dub Quick Distances

• Driving:
  • 5.5 hours from Anchorage, AK
  • 6.5 hours from Fairbanks, AK
• Flying:
  • 40 minutes from Anchorage, AK
  • 1 hour from Fairbanks, AK
  • 1.75 hours from Juneau, AK
  • 3.5 hours from Seattle, WA
  • 3.5 hours from Portland, OR
  • 5.5 hours from Minneapolis, MN
  • 6 hours from Honolulu, HI
  • 6 hours from Chicago, IL