Cape Cod Community College
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As the only institution of higher learning on the Cape, Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable is best known for its accessible transfer pathways to four-year universities and high-demand career programs in nursing, dental hygiene, and STEM. The college offers distinctive hands-on learning experiences, including an exceptional Aviation Maintenance Technology program operating out of nearby Plymouth Municipal Airport and training in the state-of-the-art Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center. Its commuter-friendly campus culture is inclusive and tight-knit, serving a diverse student body of recent high school graduates and adult learners focused on gaining practical skills for the local and regional workforce.
Wikipedia:Cape Cod Community College, known locally as "4Cs", is a public community college in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. It was established in 1961, the second institution to open as part of what is now a 15 community college system in Massachusetts. Cape Cod Community College is the only community college and one of three colleges, along with Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and Bridgewater State University's Cape Cod satellite campus, on Cape Cod. It awards Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees and various academic certificates in a wide variety of programs. The college offers access to on-campus bachelor's and master's degree programs in partnership with: Bridgewater State University, Boston University, Lesley University, Salem State University, Suffolk University, UMass Boston, and UMass Dartmouth. Cape Cod Community College formally had a partnership with Wheelock College before that merged with Boston University to become the Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development on Boston University's Fenway Campus. Cape Cod Community College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
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