Norwalk Community College is a leader and partner in the academic, economic, and cultural life of Southwest Fairfield County, providing comprehensive, accessible, innovative, and affordable learning opportunities to diverse populations. To realize this distinctive mission, Norwalk Community College:
� provides a broad range of credit and non-credit liberal arts and sciences, career, and technical associate degree and certificate programs leading to transfer, employment, and lifelong learning;
� supports economic development through partnerships with labor, business, industry, government and our communities, providing workforce development, business development, and technology training;
� promotes success and inclusion through a stimulating, nurturing learning environment, high quality instruction, support services and co-curricular activities;
� builds community through the sponsorship of intellectual, cultural, social and recreational events and activities;
� engages students and community members to become active and responsible leaders in their communities.
Norwalk Community College (also known as NCC) is a public community college in Norwalk, Connecticut. It is the second-largest of the twelve colleges in the Connecticut Community Colleges.
The school, which has an open admissions policy, offers 40 associate degree and 27 certificate programs. Classes are offered in two semesters (fall and spring) and six summer sessions.
NCC has about 6,000 full- and part-time students in credit programs and about 5,800 students in noncredit programs. A commuter school with no dormitories, the college's primary service area includes ten towns in southwest Fairfield County. Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury and Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted are the nearest of the state's other community colleges.
The Everett I.L. Baker Library in the East Campus building has 60,000 books, periodicals and newspapers, along with audiovisual materials and computers for student use.
Along with certificates, the college grants degrees in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science. Graduates of NCC are eligible for articulated admission to the Connecticut state university system and the University of Connecticut.
Dr. David L. Levinson has been president of the school since August 2004. He previously served as the academic vice president at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey. Levinson has taught at Bergen Community College, Merrimack College, Norwalk Community College, the Teachers College of Columbia University, and Tufts University. He holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the State University of New York at New Paltz, and both a master's degree and doctorate in sociology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Levinson sits on the state government's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council, the American Council of Education’s Commission on Lifelong Learning and the governing boards of the U Thant Institute, Connecticut Campus Compact, Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, Norwalk Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk Children’s Foundation, Norwalk/Wilton United Way, and the Norwalk Youth Symphony.
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| Percent of Students International: | 2% |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 2,536 | $ 7,568 | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 2,232 | $ 6,696 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 304 | $ 872 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,759 | 34% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,039 | 9% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 1,871 | 12% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,724 | 1% | |
Any Aid: |
44% |
