Seattle Central College

Founded in 1966, Seattle Central Community College is the only community college located in Downtown Seattle, in the Capitol neighborhood. Seattle – is a beautiful and very safe city surrounded by mountains, forests, lakes and the sea, which regularly appears on the list of the most favorable cities for living in the United States. It will only take you 15 minutes to walk to the city center, where business and tourist life is in full swing.

Each year, the college welcomes approximately 10,000 American students and 2,000 international students from more than 70 countries. The New York Times ranked the college among the top 11 in university transfer programs and also named it college of the year.

College infrastructure:

• 80 clubs and sections
• Cafeterias, restaurants and express shops
• Career center
• Computer classes
• Fitness room with exercise equipment
• Library
• Lots of organized extracurricular activities and volunteer projects
• English Practice Programs Outside the Classroom.

Residence. The college offers on-campus accommodation for its students - Studios on Broadway. Students must be at least 17 years of age at the time of check-in. The college's residence has 28 apartments that can accommodate up to 79 students. Students live 2, 3 and 4 people per room. All rooms are furnished with beds, tables, chairs and include a private bathroom and kitchen.

9 months' stay per person:

• 2 people per room - $11,045
• 3 people per room - $8,975
• 4 people per room - $8,370

The cost does not include student meals. Each room is equipped with a kitchen where students can cook food.

Host family. This option is suitable for students under 18 years of age. All host families live 30-40 minutes from college. The price includes food, laundry and all payments. The Internet can be paid additionally.

Cost of living: $700 per month.

Associate degree – transfer program – popular 2+2 program of study with further university admission. Thus, the student studies in college for the first 2 years, after which he has the opportunity to transfer directly to the 3rd year at the university. Throughout their two years of college in the Associate Degree program, students study basic subjects with a focus on the direction of study. Academic consultants at the university will help you choose the necessary subjects to transfer to the university in your desired specialty. A student must receive 90 credits from Seattle College for a successful transfer.

Most popular specialties of training in college, followed by transfer to university:

College students continued their studies even at the most prestigious universities in the USA: UC Berkley, UCLA, Columbia University, University of Washington, Dartmouth.

In addition, the college guarantees recognition of its programs for further transfer to the 3rd year by the following universities:

• Central Washington University,
• Bastyr University,
• Cornish College of the Arts,
• City University,
• Gonzaga University,
• Eastern Washington University,
• Northwest University,
• Heritage College,
• Saint Martin's University,
• Pacific Lutheran University,
• Seattle University,
• Seattle Pacific University,
• Trinity Lutheran College,
• The Evergreen State College,
• University of Washington (Seattle, Tacoma, Bothell),
• Western Washington University,
• Washington State University (Pullman, Tri−Cities, Vancouver),
• Whitworth College.

High school compilation program – intensive training program aimed at 10th grade graduates of foreign schools. This program allows you to obtain a certificate of completed secondary education from the state of Washington, as well as an associate degree in your chosen field in just 2 years. This way you save 1 year of time and financial investment.

Minimum age for participation in the program: 16 years

Professional Technical Degrees – two-year training programs that allow you to get a vocational education and start working immediately after school in popular areas.

Learning directions

• Art & Design: equipment design and development, furniture production and architectural woodworking, carpet production, commercial photography, graphic design.
• Business: business information technology
• Computer Science: application support, database design and administration, mobile product development, network design and administration, programming, web design, web development.
• Healthcare and medicine: nursing, Child and Family Sciences, Chemical Addiction Specialist, Social Services, Operating Technology, Ophthalmologist.
• Tourism and hospitality: cooking, making desserts and baking.

Requirements for admission to Associate degree, Professional degree, high school compilation programs:
English language level: IELTS 5.5 /TOEFL IBT 68+

Undergraduate programmes in college (4 years):
Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Behavioral Science
Bachelor of Applied Science in Allied Health
English level for the program: IELTS 5.5 /TOEFL IBT 68+

College Bridge – program of study for students with insufficient English levels, during which students intensively study the language and take out individual college loans. This program allows you to improve your English and waste no time getting college loans. When a student reaches the required level, he switches to a regular training program.
Minimum English level: IELTS 5.0/TOEGL IBT 52+

Intensive English – for students with an English language level below IELTS 5.0 /TOEGL IBT 52 there is an opportunity to start their studies with English language courses. Once the required level is reached, the student will be able to continue their studies in academic programs at the college. It usually takes 10 weeks to complete one level.

Tuition costs

Intensive English/Advanced English - $2,700 (10 weeks), $8,100 (9 months)

College Bridge/College Transfer/High School Completion/Professional & Technical - $9.249 (9 months)

The total expenditure for 1 academic year will be $20,190 provided you live with your host family. (includes education, accommodation, meals, insurance, textbooks, transportation)

Baccalaureate (3 and 4 years of study) - $18,120 (9 months)