Dual credit SBCTC offers multiple
dual credit programs for students in Washington to earn college credit while still enrolled in high school.
CTE Dual Credit CTE Dual Credit, formerly known as Tech Prep, is a dual credit program in which students take
career and technical education coursework at their high school and receive college credit from a community or technical college, on top of their high school credit, for the course. Colleges offering CTE Dual Credit partnerships are organized into consortia, although students may be able to register for CTE Dual Credit courses through colleges outside of their regional consortium. Similar to
college in the high school programs, which some Washington state colleges also offer, credit is awarded by both the high school and a college for coursework taken at the high school.
Running Start Running Start is a dual credit program offered by the 34 SBCTC colleges as well as three public universities and two tribal colleges in Washington. Students in Running Start take courses at a college to receive transferable college credit and fulfill high school graduation requirements simultaneously. ==See also==