• Valencia is ranked 1st among the nation's 2-year institutions and 3rd among 2- & 4-year colleges and universities in the number of Associate degrees awarded (2009/2010 Academic Year).

• Celebrating 44 years Valencia College was founded in 1967 as Valencia Junior College. It became Valencia Community College in 1971 and in 2011 the college changed its name to Valencia College; its president is Sanford C. Shugart, PhD.

• Accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, it offers the associate in arts degree, 7 articulated AA pre-majors, 5 AA pre-majors, 30 transfer plans and 103 associate in science and applied science degrees and certificate programs which lead to immediate entry into the workforce.

• 89.3% of Valencia AA graduates who transferred to the Florida State University System in Fall 2010 continued their studies at the University of Central Florida.

• In Fall 2011, Valencia College, for the first time, began offering two bachelor degree programs. Students on a specific career track can transfer into programs that lead to a bachelor of science in electrical and computer engineering technology as well as a bachelor of science in radiologic and imaging sciences.

• Disney's Touchstone Pictures filmed part of the movie "Instinct" on Valencia's East Campus in the Student Services Building. Actors Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Donald Sutherland showed up to shoot several scenes in which the East Campus appears as a Miami medical university. Several graduates of Valencia's Film Program worked on the film as crew members.

• Full-time tuition for an in-state student is $2,972 per year; books cost more than $1,100 a year.

• Valencia's library has about 194,000 volumes, 529 periodicals, about 21,000 audio/visual materials, over 38,000 E-books and just over 250 E-Reference Sources/Services.

• Valencia has 2,772 faculty and staff members and 67 administrators.

• Almost 60 percent of Valencia students are women.

• Over 30% percent of Valencia's students are older than 25.

• Over half of Valencia's credit students live in Orange County, 13 percent live in Osceola County and 7 percent live in Seminole County.

• Valencia Foundation received over $2.6 million in gifts and pledges plus another $120,012 in public matching funds in 2010-2011.

• Valencia Foundation's board comprises nearly 60 community leaders who volunteer their time and talents to support scholarships, faculty chairs and learning programs.

• Linda Landman-Gonzalez leads the foundation board as chairman, with the able assistance of Jonni Kimberly, vice chair, Jess Bailes, secretary and Lori R. Sims, treasurer.

• Five campuses, including West on South Kirkman Road ; Osceola in Kissimmee ; East , near UCF; Winter Park and Lake Nona, yield an annual enrollment of over 70,000 full- and part-time students, making Valencia the 2nd largest of Florida 's 28 community colleges.

• Community colleges are the fastest-growing mode of higher education, serving nearly half of all first-time freshmen and nearly half of all college and university undergraduates.
  

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