The Maine Community College System (MCCS) is
Maine
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's comprehensive two-year college system, offering nearly 300 technical, career, and transfer programs; customized training; and lifelong learning. Maine's seven community colleges are located in Auburn, Bangor, Fairfield/Hinckley, Presque Isle, South Portland/Brunswick, Calais, and Wells.
MCCS awarded 2,766 credentials in 2014-15, a 62% increase over the 1,712 credentials awarded in 2003-04, the year Maine's technical colleges became community colleges. In fall 2015, 17,464 students enrolled in credit courses.
Who the colleges serve
In fall 2015:
* 93% of incoming MCCS students are Maine residents.
* 40% come directly from high school.
* 34% enter with some prior college.
* 59% of all students attend part-time.
* 70% of students are enrolled in career and occupational programs in fall 2015. The number of those students has increased 40% since the transition to community colleges in 2003.
* 78% of full-time, degree seeking students receive financial aid.
History and Mission
The history of Maine's community colleges began with the creation of the Maine Vocational Institute (MVI) in Augusta.
Member Colleges
Central Maine Community College
Central Maine Community College is a public community college in Auburn, Maine. It is part of the Maine Community College System.
Former names
Founded in 1963 as Androscoggin State Vocational Institute, later changed to Central Maine Vocational ...
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Auburn, Maine
Auburn is a city in south-central Maine within the United States. The city serves as the county seat of Androscoggin County. The population was 24,061 at the 2020 census. Auburn and its sister city Lewiston are known locally as the Twin Cities ...
Eastern Maine Community College in
Bangor, Maine
Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).
Modern Bangor ...
Kennebec Valley Community College
Kennebec Valley Community College is a public community college in Fairfield and Hinckley, Maine. It is one of the seven colleges in the Maine Community College System.
Overview
The college was organized in 1969 by the 104th Maine Legislatu ...
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Fairfield and
Hinckley
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, Maine
Northern Maine Community College in
Presque Isle, Maine
Presque Isle is the commercial center and largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,797 at the 2020 Census. The city is home to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College, Hus ...
Southern Maine Community College in
South Portland and
Brunswick, Maine
Washington County Community College
Washington County Community College (WCCC) is a public community college in Calais in Washington County, Maine. The college is on a hillside overlooking the St. Croix River Valley at the edge of a campus of mature woods and fields.
WCCC is par ...
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Calais, Maine
Calais is a city in Washington County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,079, making Calais the third least-populous city in Maine (after Hallowell and Eastport). The city has three Canada–US border cro ...
York County Community College
York County Community College (YCCC) is a public community college in Wells, Maine. YCCC is part of the Maine Community College System.
History
York County Community College was established in 1994 as York County Technical College (YCTC) by the ...
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Wells, Maine
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