College Facts

Student Body

Enrollment (2011-2012) academic year:

• Approximately 39,500 students taking credit and noncredit courses.
• Approximately 15,769 full-time equivalent students.
• Approximately 29,094 students enrolled in credit classes.

Student Characteristics

• More than half (53%) are 25 or older, and the median age is 26.
• There are more women (65%) than men.
• There are diverse groups of students:
  African-American 56.7%
  White 25.9%
  Hispanic/Latino 8.0%
  Asian/Pacific Islander 8.8%
  Native American 0.6%
  
• Approximately 74% are minority students.
• More than half (62%) are enrolled in transfer or liberal arts programs; 17% enrolled in career programs; 21% enrolled in noncredit, continuing education coursework.

Faculty and Staff

• 427 full-time faculty
• 682 part-time faculty
• 479 administrative and support staff

Academic Offerings

• More than 70 degree and certificate programs in Business, Humanities, Health, Liberal Arts, Science, 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 neighborhood and corporate locations.
• Online and hybrid courses.
• Customized courses for business and industry.
• Comprehensive academic support services and programs, services for students with disabilities and other support services available.

Degrees Granted

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

Accreditation

• Middle States Commission on Higher Education
• Pennsylvania Department of Education

Specific program accreditation information is available.

2012-2013 Budget

$141.5 million
($127.3 operating; $14.2 capital)

Financial Aid

Approximately 75% of full-time students and 65% 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 public institution of higher education in Philadelphia and the sixth largest in Pennsylvania. The College has served more than 658,000 individuals since it began operation.

More than three-quarters of graduates in transfer programs continue on to four-year institutions.

Economic Impact 2011-2012

$76,796,463 annual payroll
$2,884,937 in wage tax
$52,772,135 in expenditures for goods and services
$97,890,923 in federal and state revenues

• The College receives $3.84 of federal and state revenue for every dollar of city revenue it receives.
• 79% 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
• Neighborhood and corporate locations citywide

President
Stephen M. Curtis, Ph.D.

Governance
The 15-Member Board of Trustees is appointed by the Mayor.

Board officers:
Matthew Bergheiser, Chair
Suzanne Biemiller, Vice Chair
The Honorable James R. Roebuck, Jr., Vice Chair
Beatriz F. Vierra, Secretary

Matthew Bergheiser
Executive Director, University City District

Suzanne Biemiller
First Deputy Chief of Staff
Mayor’s Office, City of Philadelphia

Mark Edwards
President and Chief Executive Officer
Philadelphia Works

Lydia Hernández Vélez, Esq.
Deputy Managing Director for Aging
City of Philadelphia

Stacy E. Holland
President, Philadelphia Youth Network

Mary Horstmann
Deputy Director of Policy Planning and Coordination
City of Philadelphia

Willie F. Johnson
Founder and Chairman of PRWT Services, Inc.

Chad Dion Lassiter
Director, Recovery and Red Cross House
Emergency Services
American Red Cross, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter

The Honorable Michael A. Nutter
Mayor
City of Philadelphia

Judith Rényi
Executive Director
Mayor’s Commission on Literacy

The Honorable James R. Roebuck, Jr.
Pennsylvania State Representative, 188th Legislative District

Jennie Sparandara
Executive Director
Job Opportunity Investment Network

Stella M. Tsai, Esq.
Partner, Archer & Greiner, PC

Beatriz F. Vieira
Vice President for Philanthropic Services
The Philadelphia Foundation

Jeremiah J. White, Jr.
CEO, White and Associates

Trustees Emeritus
Rhonda R, Cohen
Robert S. King