College Facts

Student Body

Enrollment (2007-2008) academic year:

• Approximately 34,854 students taking credit and noncredit courses.
• Approximately 14,841 full-time-equivalent students.
• Approximately 26,212 students enrolled in credit courses.

Student Characteristics

• The majority (53%) are 25 or older and the median age is 26.
• There are more women (67%) than men.
• There are diverse groups of students:
  African American 51.3%
  White 27.3%
  Asian/Pacific Islander 8.8%
  Spanish Hispanic 12.1%
  Native American 0.5%
  
• Approximately 73% are minority students.
• More than half (59%) are enrolled in transfer or general studies programs; 16% enrolled in career programs; 25% enrolled in noncredit, continuing education coursework.

Faculty and Staff

• 409 full-time faculty
• 674 part-time faculty
• 482 administrative and support staff

Academic Offerings

• More than 70 career and transfer programs in Business, Humanities, Allied Health, Science and Technology and the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
• Day, evening and weekend classes for full-time and part-time students. Credit and noncredit courses at the Main Campus, three Regional Centers and more than 20 neighborhood and corporate locations.
• Distance Education Courses.
• Comprehensive academic academic support services and programs, services for students with disabilities and other support services available.
• Customized courses for business and industry.

Degrees Granted

Associate in Arts (A.A.)
Associate in Science (A.S.)
Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)

Accreditation

• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
• Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Council of Higher Education

Specific program accreditation information is available.

2008-2009 Budget

$127.2 million
($113.3 operating; $13.9 capital)

Financial Aid

Approximately 70% of full-time students and 59.6% of all students receive some type of financial aid.

Funding

Operating costs are shared among the students, city and the commonwealth. Capital costs are funded by the city and the commonwealth.

Educational Impact

We are the largest institution of higher education in Philadelphia and the sixth largest in Pennsylvania. The College has served more than 596,739 since it began operation.

Over half (79%) of graduates in transfer programs continue on to four-year institutions.

The College is ranked #7 nationally in the number of associate's degrees awarded to African-American students (U.S. Department of Education).

Economic Impact

$68,333,470 annual payroll (2008)
$2,722,024 in wage tax (2008)
$42,970,000 in expenditures (2007-2008)
$75,355,200 in federal and state revenues (2007-2008)
77.5% of recent College graduates who were working at a job eight months after graduating from the College were employed in the city

Locations

• Main Campus, 1700 Spring Garden Street
• Northeast Regional Center, 12901 Townsend Road
• West Regional Center, 4725 Chestnut Street
• Northwest Regional Center, 1300 West Godfrey Avenue
• More than 20 neighborhood and corporate locations citywide

President
Stephen M. Curtis

Governance
15-member board of trustees, appointed by the Mayor.

Board officers:
George E. Davis, Chair
Varsovia Fernandez, Vice Chair
Gilbert A. Wetzel, Vice Chair
Dorothy Sumners Rush, Secretary
Thomas Hawk, Treasurer


Matthew Bergheiser, B.A., M.B.A.
Executive Director, University City District

Rhonda R. Cohen, B.A., J.D.
Former Partner
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll

Helen Cunningham, B.A., M.A.
Executive Director
Samuel S. Fels Fund

George E. Davis, B.S.
Retired Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Lincoln Financial Group

Varsovia Fernandez, B.S.
President & CEO
Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Sallie A. Glickman, B.A., M.Ed.
Executive Director
Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board

Lydia Hernández Vélez, B.A., J.D.
Consultant

Stacy E. Holland, B.S., M.A.
Co-President and Chief Operations Officer
Philadelphia Youth Network

Harold A. Honickman, B.S.
Chairman
Canada Dry Delaware Valley Bottling Company

The Honorable James F. Kenney, B.A.
Councilman-at-Large
City of Philadelphia

The Honorable James R. Roebuck, Jr.,
B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
State Representative

Dorothy Sumners Rush, B.S., M.Ed.
Former Vice President
Philadelphia Board of Education

Gilbert A. Wetzel, B.S.
Managing Director
Mayer Leadership Group

Jeremiah J. White, Jr., B.S., M.A.
Chairman
Osiris Group

Marcellette Wise Ellison, B.S., M.S.
Business Partner, New Products
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Trustees Emeritus

Jane S. Abrahams (d)
Robert S. King
Isadore A. Shrager (d)