Why Choose FVCC?

World class faculty.  Small classes. Fantastic student life.   Unparalleled natural surroundings.  FVCC is affordable excellence.  The numbers speak for themselves.

Outstanding Education

• 18:1 – FVCC’s student to faculty ratio which provides a more personal, tailored education experience.
• 0 – Number of classes at FVCC taught by teaching assistants.  FVCC students are taught by outstanding and award-winning faculty.
• 74% – Percent of A’s and B’s earned by FVCC transfer students during their first semester at a four-year Montana campus compared with 69% for the overall student population.

Engaging College Experience

• 27 – Number of students living out their college experience in FVCC’s new student housing.
• 350 – Number of students on intramural sports teams at FVCC (including flag football, basketball, dodgeball, bowling, soccer, volleyball, and more).
• 4 – Number of theatre productions produced by FVCC students in FVCC’s theatre this year.
• 50% – Percent of FVCC students involved in at least one student organization, group, and/or activity on campus (including Art Club, Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society, Service Learning, Student Government, Theatre, The Mercury Newspaper, and more)
• 5,240 – Number of hours, last year alone, 265 FVCC students volunteered to improving the community and enhancing the lives of local citizens.

Affordable College Experience

• $8,223 or 48% – Average annual savings of taking a full credit load at FVCC versus a four-year in-state institution.*
• 74% – Percent of degree seeking FVCC students who are receiving some type of financial assistance.
• $14,351,314 – Amount awarded in financial assistance to 2,106 students last year.
• 10% – Top percent of area high school graduates who are eligible to receive a full FVCC tuition waiver.
• 6 – Number of FVCC credits local high school students can take for free through FVCC’s Running Start program.

Appealing Local Area

• 30 – Minutes to the entrance of Glacier National Park, offering some of the most scenic hiking and outdoor recreation in the world.
• 124 – Number of marked ski trails on neighboring Whitefish Mountain Resort, and Blacktail Mountain, offering a combined 4,000 acres area of winter wonderland to explore.
• 12 – Miles to Flathead Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, with plenty of room to play in, on, and around the water.

Easily Transferable Credits

• 223 – Number of FVCC courses designed to easily apply as credit hours to four-year institutions in the Montana University System and around the nation.
• 286 – Number of FVCC students who transferred to four-year institutions in Montana and around the nation last year seamlessly with the help of our professional transfer advisors.
• 63 – Average number of credits FVCC students transferred with last year.

*Compares cost of in-district FVCC student living with family to cost of Montana four-year institution student living on campus.