Frederick Community College: Narrative Description

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FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE C-6

7932 Opossumtown Pike
Frederick, MD 21702-2097
Tel: (301)846-2400
Admissions: (301)846-2432
Web Site: http://www.frederick.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1957. Setting: 125-acre small town campus with easy access to Baltimore and Washington, DC. Endowment: $4 million. Total enrollment: 4,736. 917 applied, 100% were admitted. Students come from 9 states and territories, 1% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 7% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 60% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. Off campus study at Hood College, Mount Saint Mary's College. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing, some medical programs. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Placement: SAT or ACT recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 9/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $2040 full-time, $85 per credit hour part-time. State resident tuition: $4368 full-time, $187 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6096 full-time, $254 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $292 full-time, $10.65 per credit hour part-time, $18 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 15 open to all. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. FCC Library with 40,000 books, 2,400 microform titles, 5,150 serials, 1,400 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page.