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Some facts and figures about Dutchess Community College, our students, and our graduates.

• DCC has the lowest tuition of any college or university in the state

• One-third of Dutchess County public high school graduates from 2005 – one out of three graduates – attend DCC. This percentage is the highest of any other community college in the state, and is a testament to how highly the community values the benefit of a Dutchess education.

• Of all Dutchess County residents who attend State University of New York (SUNY) colleges, 66% are enrolled at Dutchess Community College. Of all residents who attend a college in New York State full-time, 44% attend DCC. That number rises to 71% for part-time students.

• Last year, enrollment at DCC was the highest it had been since the early 1980s when enrollment included off-campus special populations.

• The persistence rate (students who stay in college) at DCC is excellent.

• Ninety-six percent of DCC graduates who transfer to a State University of New York college or university graduate with a four-year degree.

• The Charles and Mabel Conklin Scholarship for Academic Excellence brings the top ten percent of the most academically talented high school graduates from Dutchess County to the College.

• Our College baseball team, the Falcons, is the first community college team ever to go the Division III World Championships for three years in a row.

• Women’s volleyball made it to the national championships in 2005.

• Women’s soccer was reestablished after a ten-year hiatus.

• Tamara Coston, basketball, won the Key Bank Scholarship in Academic Achievement.

• Four DCC athletes were named academic all-Americans for fall 2005 semester.

• A 2003 DCC graduate was recognized as one of New York State’s top community college students by State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King

• More than 70% of the area’s nurses and healthcare workers graduated from our nursing program.

• Class sizes at Dutchess are small, with the average class size being less than 20 students. • Dutchess was the first college in the state to offer a comprehensive jointly-registered transfer program in teacher education (with SUNY New Paltz), covering birth through twelfth grade.

• In 2003, DCC was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for its work to conserve energy. We are the only community college ever to be awarded the EPA’s Energy Star Partner Award.

• A student-friendly walk-in advisement center has to date advised almost 40,000 students.

• Many DCC students take advantage of College study abroad opportunities during their semester breaks. Faculty organize these international experiences, and recent study sites have included trips to South America, Greece, Italy, Australia, England, and Jamaica.

• Three 2004 engineering graduates received prestigious RPI Medal scholarships to study engineering at the Rensellear Polytechnic Institute. Our transfer students consistently achieve honors at RPI for their academic work.

• The College was recognized for its campus diversity by Poughkeepsie Journal’s Diversity Award.

• One of our graduates, County Executive Bill Steinhaus, was recently awarded the New York Community College Trustees’ Distinguished Alumni Award.

• Part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

• Accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges.

• Founded in 1957.