Fast Facts

• Total fall 2008 enrollment – 3,507
• 2008-2009 tuition and fees per credit hour - In-district, $82; Missouri residents, $110; out-of-state residents, $166; international students, $194
• Gender – 39% male, 61% female
• Students – 1,866 full-time (53%), 1,641 part-time (47%) 
• Average student age – 24
• Residency – 3,421 from Missouri, 69 from out of state, 17 international
• Missouri counties represented -- 58 of 115
• Teaching staff – 65 full time, 250 part-time
• Student/faculty ratio -- 15:1 (fall 2008)
• Alumni -- more than 11,000 graduates
• Mascot – Roadrunner

• SFCC distributed more than $12.8 million in scholarships, grants, loans, and work study funds to students for the 2007-2008 academic year. 

  390 students participating in Missouri's A+ program received $783,400 in A+ funds

  512 students received $298,290 in Access Missouri funds

  $585,506 in institutional scholarships were distributed to students 

• A total of 233 online classes were offered in the 2007-2008 academic year. Classes are offered in such disciplines as education, English, literature, math, healthcare, psychology, music, criminal justice, and computer-aided drafting. Prospective students enroll through Student Services and complete all coursework online. Tuition is the same for online classes as for on-site classes.  
   

• Ninety-one percent of SFCC technical program graduates found employment, continued their education, or joined the military for the 2007-2008 academic year.

• With funding from federal grants, SFCC has implemented two TRiO programs. Steps to Attaining Success helps low-income, disabled, or first-generation students enter and finish college with four-year degrees. Upward Bound, in partnership with Smith-Cotton High School, prepares low-income, first-generation students in grades 9-12 to be successful college students. It also has a six-week summer component that is held on SFCC's main campus.

• SFCC's Customized Training program received more than $1.1 million in grant funding to help 42 area companies provide training for 5,432 participants during 2007-2008.

• In addition to its Sedalia campus, extended campus sites are located in Boonville, Carrollton, Clinton, Marshall, Osage Beach, Versailles, Warsaw, and Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster.

• SFCC delivers classes or dual credit courses to 28 locations in 14 counties. Other locations served include Blair Oaks High School, Jefferson City; Boonville Correctional Center; California High School; Camdenton High School; Clinton High School; Cole Camp High School; Cole County R-V, Eugene; Concordia High School; Eldon High School; La Monte High School; Lincoln High School; Morgan County R-I, Stover; New Bloomfield High School; Nichols Career Center, Jefferson City; Northwest High School, Hughesville; Russellville High School; Sacred Heart High School, Sedalia; School of the Osage, Kaiser; Smith-Cotton High School, Sedalia; and Smithton High School.

   

  Data sources--Institutional Research and Planning, Financial Aid Office and Marketing and Communications, November 2008