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Big Bend Community College

Moses Lake, Washington Public 4-year Remote town

Overview

Big Bend Community College is a public four-year institution in Moses Lake, Washington. The campus sits in a remote town. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,857 students. It is part of Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Big Bend Community College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 30 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Early Childhood Education and Teaching, and Automobile. It awarded 901 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,857
Students enrolled
901
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
30
Programs and majors
17:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 30

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 4
Education 1
Business, Management and Marketing 5
Transportation and Materials Moving 2
Health Professions 4
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Engineering Technologies 3
Precision Production 1
Physical Sciences 1
Construction Trades 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Engineering 2

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
17:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
37
Associate degrees
444
Certificates under 1 year
401
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
19

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,857
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,857
Full-time, fall 2024
77%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,745
Full-time, 2024-25
63%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
61%
Men
39%
White
39%
Hispanic or Latino
51%
Black or African American
1%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
15%
Students taking some online courses
58%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Quarter
Part of
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Sara Thompson Tweedy
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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