Bellevue College is an open-access, group based, open (state-helped) establishment of advanced education situated in Bellevue, Washington, a city on the Eastside of Lake Washington, close Seattle. With a yearly enlistment of 37,000 understudies, Bellevue College (BC) is the biggest of the 34 organizations that make up the Washington Community and Technical Colleges framework, and the third biggest foundation of advanced education generally speaking in the state (behind the University of Washington and Washington State University).
The establishment offers exchange partner degree programs that cover the initial two years of a school training, a huge number of expert specialized degrees and testaments, a substantial proceeding with instruction program, and an assortment of pre-school programs. The school likewise has an assortment of separation instruction and web learning alternatives. Since 2007, BC has offered four-year four year certifications.
BC's administration area incorporates the state funded school areas of Bellevue, Mercer Island, Issaquah, Skykomish and Snoqualmie Valley.
Established in 1966, the school will praise its 50th commemoration amid the 2015-16 scholastic year.
Bellevue Community College was built up in 1966, initially under the sponsorship of the Bellevue School District, as an establishment of advanced education for occupants of the Eastside of Lake Washington. The school opened with a sum of 464 understudies and 37 teachers, with an educational programs that included classes in the sociologies, trigonometry, material science, organic science, and English, among others. Professional classes at first offered included nursing, essential airplane outline perusing, and sustenance administration. Dr. Merle E. Landerholm was delegated the school's first president.
The school graduated its top notch in June 1967, with 10 understudies procuring degrees and authentications, and 15 acquiring secondary school recognitions.
Additionally in 1967, the Washington State Legislature passed the Community College Act, which made a statewide junior college framework and isolated Bellevue Community College from the Bellevue School District.