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Monroe County Community College

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Established
  
1964

Students
  
4,624

Total enrollment
  
4,440 (2011)

President
  
Dr. Kojo Quartey

Campus
  
210 acres (85 ha)

Phone
  
+1 734-242-7300

Monroe County Community College

Type
  
Public community college

Location
  
Monroe Charter Township and Temperance, Michigan

Address
  
1555 S Raisinville Rd, Monroe, MI 48161, USA

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
Local tuition: 3,280 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 6,220 USD (2015)

Notable alumni
  
Jim McElroy, Joseph Bellino Jr., Kathy Angerer

Similar
  
Wayne County Communi, Washtenaw Community College, Schoolcraft College, Montcalm Community College, Henry Ford College

Profiles

Monroe county community college recruitment video


Monroe County Community College (MCCC) is a public community college located just west of the city of Monroe, Michigan with another building, the Whitman Center, located in Temperance. The main campus itself is just south of M-50 within Monroe Charter Township. MCCC was founded in 1964 and is the only higher education institution in Monroe County. While the college was established in 1964, it did not open for students until 1967.

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MCCC offers a general education program for students seeking transfer to a four-year university or those seeking a career in a vocational education. The college has a highly regarded and selective nursing school. The highest degree that one can achieve solely through MCCC is an associate degree. Some nearby universities, such as Eastern Michigan University and Siena Heights University, offer some of their undergraduate courses at Monroe County Community College for the convenience of those in certain programs. Therefore, one can receive a bachelor's degree without ever leaving MCCC's campus. MCCC also has a Formula SAE chapter, a student operated newspaper (Agora), and programs available in distance learning, courses on video, and online courses. The college has no sports teams, but they do offer intramural courses in many sports and physical health classes.

Monroe county community college student commercial


Campus

The main campus was built in 1964 just west of Monroe, Michigan in Monroe Charter Township near the River Raisin. It is centrally located within Monroe County, and a number of major roadways provide easy access for students. There are seven classroom buildings on the campus, and the campus is continually expanding to meet the needs of a growing number of college students, especially for parking. The property of the main campus is 210 acres (85 ha). The newest buildings are the Health Building (1996) and the La-Z-Boy Center (2006) — the latter of which was so named since the La-Z-Boy company, whose headquarters are located in Monroe, donated money for the construction of the new building. Each of the buildings on the main campus are commonly referred to be a letter abbreviation.

In 1991, MCCC built the Whitman Center about 15 miles (24 km) south in Temperance, Bedford Township to better serve the growing population in the southern portion of the county, as well as providing a closer facility for those in Toledo, Ohio. The Whitman Center offers the same services as the main campus, such as offices and a bookstore, but with limited space and class offerings since the complex consists of only one building with eight classrooms and one computer lab. The complex was named after a nearby Ford dealership, Whitman Ford, which donated money for its construction.

References

Monroe County Community College Wikipedia