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CTE Dual Credit

The Skagit Valley College CTE Dual Credit Consortium serves school districts in Skagit, Island and San Juan Counties. We support career and technical education (CTE) Dual Credit opportunities, which are opportunities for high school students to earn college credits while still in high school. We encourage high school students’ transition into post-secondary education and beyond, by providing them with an early college experience and the ability to earn tuition-free college credit while completing their high school requirements.

How Does CTE Dual Credit Work?

CTE Dual Credit classes are part of a Career and Technical Education (CTE) program that connect with a professional/technical certificate or degree offered at the college. High school students are required to take 1 credit of CTE classes to graduate (some high schools require 1.5 credits of CTE classes to graduate).

Dual Credit means 9th-12th grade students can earn high school AND college credit at the same time, for completing a high school CTE course in their home high school. Teachers from high schools and college work together to ensure the high school classes match the learning outcomes of the college-level course. Course options vary by high school. 

Our school district partners include: Anacortes, Bellingham, Burlington-Edison, Concrete, Coupeville, La Conner, Mount Vernon, Northwest Career and Technical Academy, Oak Harbor, Sedro-Woolley and South Whidbey.

Program Benefits

  • Earn both high school and college credit at the same time. Start your college transcript in high school!
  • Prepare for college and a career.
  • Get college credit by taking course at your high school!
  • Save money! CTE Dual Credit classes are FREE to students. By completing classes in high school, you will have fewer to take in college potentially lowering the cost of attendance.
  • CTE Dual Credit classes satisfy high school CTE graduation requirements.

Program Considerations

  • Grades earned in high school will show up as part of the cumulative college GPA. For example, if you earn a "B" in high school, you will also have a "B" on your college transcript. 
  • Excess credits that are not part of a program/pathway could negatively impact a student’s financial aid eligibility.

Recommendations

Students should only register in SERS for classes that align with their college goals and career pathway.  If students do not register in SERS, CTE Dual Credit classes will not be transcribed by the college and therefore will not appear on the student's SVC transcript.