High School Programs

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 for High School Students

  • CTE Dual Credit classes satisfy high school graduation requirements and earn college credit at the same time. 
  • Get college credit by taking course on your high school campus and starting your college transcript.
  • Take classes that prepare for college and a career.
  • CTE Dual Credit classes are FREE to high school students. Credits on your SVC transcript can lower the cost of attendance at SVC or potentially other higher education institutions.

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.