Green River Community College
| Type | 2-year |
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| Established | 1963 |
| President | Scott Morgan (interim) |
| Students | 8,477 full-time, 11,237 part-time (Fall 2012) |
| Location | Auburn, Washington, United States |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | Gators |
| Website | http://www.greenriver.edu |
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Green River College is a college located in Auburn, Washington, USA. It has a student body of approximately 10,000.
Green River College started as a program of adult evening education in 1945 as part of the Auburn School District. The school was approved to become a community college in 1963 and began technical and professional programs in September 1964. The school was originally located near the Auburn Boeing plant, but the following year the campus was relocated to its current location on Lea Hill. In Sept. 2015, President Ely received a stern rebuke from the Washington State Labor Council which expressed "outrage at your administration's disrespectful, vindictive behavior towards the college's students, classified staff and faculty."
The main campus is on Lea Hill in Auburn, with satellite campuses in downtown Auburn, Enumclaw and Kent, Washington.
Green River College offers classes to prepare students for academic transfer to a four-year college or university; more than 40 professional and technical programs; and classes in Adult Basic Education and English for speakers of other languages. One of the college's signature programs is Aviation Technology, where students are trained for a variety of careers including Air Traffic Controller and Professional Pilot. Students learn in GRC's new state-of-the-art air traffic control lab and flight simulator. Top transfer programs include business, engineering and IT. GRC offers a wide variety of other majors in sciences, humanities and social sciences.
Green River is also known for its strong international program. As of fall 2014, GRC hosted over 1,700 international students from 64 countries, ranking it among the top 10 community colleges in the US in international enrollment. As of Fall 2007 self-reported data, 43% of students are male and 57% female. 61% of students are white, 13% multi-racial, 8% Asian/Pacific Islander, 8% Hispanic, 5% African American, 1% Native American, and 4% other. About 35% of students that leave GRC receive an academic associate degree, 7% earn a vocational associate degree, while another 44% gain vocational certificates.
In 2015, GRC began offering Bachelor of Applied Science degree programs.
GRC competes in the Western Region of the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC). The college athletic teams are nicknamed the Gators.
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