Green River College

About us

Location Auburn, United States Funding Type Public
No of Students 19113 Establishment HE Institution / College
Founded In 1965 Estimated Cost of Living 10770 USD
Address 12401 SE 320th ST

Green River College is a public two-year college where students from all over the world come together to learn, grow and enrich their lives. Green River’s main campus, founded in Auburn’s Lea Hill neighborhood in 1965, stretches over 180 acres of beautifully forested land. Branch campuses, located in downtown Auburn, Kent and Enumclaw, bring the college’s unique educational experiences to local communities. The median age of Green River students is 27. More than 10,000 students, both full and part-time, attend Green River annually. At Green River, students can choose from a wide variety of transfer degrees to four-year colleges and universities, bachelor of applied science degrees, more than 40 career and technical programs, pre-college and basic skills and continuing education programs. Top transfer programs include business, engineering, and liberal arts, as well as offering a wide variety of other majors in sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Green River has its own student housing complex. Students enjoy a convenient, on-campus location with comfortable, high-quality facilities, an excellent study environment, and an opportunity to get involved and make friends in a supportive community.

Why?

We, the faculty, staff, administration, and Board of Trustees of Green River embrace the following values and beliefs:

Student success – We support student engagement, retention, completion and post-program success through excellent teaching and learning and comprehensive support services.

High quality – We provide high quality in teaching, learning and support services in an environment of compassion and integrity.

Student access – We meet student needs for access to and inclusion in their educational pursuits.

Community engagement – We collaborate, stimulate and contribute to the educational, economic and social development of our external and internal communities through continued learning.

Equity – We encourage, foster respect for and respond equitably to diverse perspectives and needs.

Global awareness – We foster citizen responsibility by cultivating a global perspective on critical issues and challenges affecting our community and the world.

Stewardship – We strive to maintain sound financial management, increase effective and efficient operations, develop state-of-the-art infrastructure (to include staffing, technology, and facilities), and be forthcoming and transparent in accountability for
resource use.

Innovation – We seek to encourage, create and adopt innovative perspectives, policies, and practices that will help achieve the college’s mission.

Campus environment – We preserve the safety, ecology, and sustainability of our campus environment.