BTC named among top community colleges in U.S.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Bellingham Technical College was named one of the top community colleges in the nation.

BTC is one of 150 community colleges in the U.S. eligible to compete for a $1-million prize from the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program.

The award is based on strong and improving student outcomes in learning, completion rates, employment rates and earnings, and equity.

The community colleges named as eligible to compete for the prize were selected from a pool of nearly 1,000 public two-year colleges nationwide using publicly available data on student outcomes.