NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE B-12

100 Elliott St.
Haverhill, MA 01830
Tel: (978)556-3000
Free: 800-NECC-123
Admissions: (978)556-3616
E-mail: nsheridan@necc.mass.edu
Web Site: http://www.necc.mass.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1960. Setting: 106-acre suburban campus with easy access to Boston. Endowment: $1.6 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4367 per student. Total enrollment: 7,194. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 3,314 applied, 95% were admitted. Students come from 4 states and territories, 16% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 22% Hispanic, 3% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 51% 25 or older. Retention: 54% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at Bradford College, members of the Northeast Consortium of Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts. Study abroad program. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for health, human services, technology programs. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript, Psychological Corporation Aptitude Test for Practical Nursing. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $105 per credit part-time. State resident tuition: $3150 full-time, $105 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $3660 full-time, $346 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition varies according to course load and degree level. Part-time tuition varies according to course load and degree level.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. Bentley Library with 61,120 books, 598 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $529,028. 250 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.