Former names | Salt Lake Area Vocational School (1948–1959) Salt Lake Trade Technical Institute (1959–1967) Utah Technical College at Salt Lake (1967–1987)[1] |
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Motto | Step Ahead |
Type | Public community college |
Established | 1948 |
Parent institution | Utah System of Higher Education |
President | Deneece Huftalin (2014) |
Academic staff | 346 full-time faculty |
Students | 26,300 (Fall 2022)[2] |
Location | , , United States 40°40′20″N 111°56′40″W / 40.67222°N 111.94444°W |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Royal Blue and Gold |
Affiliations | NJCAA Scenic West Athletic Conference |
Mascot | Brutus the Bruin Bear |
Website | www.slcc.edu |
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is a public community college in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is the state's largest two-year college with the most diverse student body.[3] It serves more than 60,000 students on 10 campuses as well as through online classes.[4] The college has a student to faculty ratio of 20:1.[4] Since SLCC is a community college, it focuses on providing associate degrees that students can transfer to any other four-year university in the state to satisfy their first two years of requirements for a bachelor's degree. SLCC has open enrollment and serves the local community, with approximately 95% of the student body considered Utah residents.