Niagara County Community College

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The mission of Niagara County Community College is to provide a teaching and learning environment dedicated to excellence. Niagara County Community College is committed to maintaining the hallmarks of student centeredness, accessibility, comprehensiveness, collegiality, community partnership, and life long learning.

Our college nurtures and empowers its students in ways that recognize and value our common humanity as well as the richness of our diversity. NCCC offers high-quality academic programs leading to degrees and certificates which are supported by outstanding student services. NCCC provides a variety of cultural, social and international experiences, as well as community education and workforce development that supports economic development which positively impact the quality of life. The college operates through a collegial model of shared governance and is accountable to meet the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.

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Niagara County Community College

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== ==Niagara

Niagara County Community College is located in Sanborn, New York, USA northeast of the City of Niagara Falls. NCCC offers associate's degrees in many programs. Niagara County Community College was founded in 1962 and is sponsored by Niagara County and SUNY. The new campus opened in 1972. Dual admissions programs facilitate transfer to four-year colleges upon completion of the two-year degree programs.

History

NCCC was founded November 8, 1962 and was opened on September 30, 1963 to 343 students. The original campus was just the old office for the Nabisco factory in Niagara Falls, New York, and was nicknamed "Nabisco Tech." As the college grew, more buildings were acquired: the old Third Street School, several houses, the Olin Laboratory, a Mormon Church, the Parkway Inn, the Waldorf-Niagara Motel, and part of the DeVeaux School. It was not until the move to Sanborn that the college offered more than five curricula.

Campus

The campus is located on the corner of New York State Route 31 and New York State Route 429. It consists of 287 acres of semi-wooded land and eight interconnected buildings described as "architecturally striking."

  • The Ernest Notar Administration Building contains the colleges administrative offices. It is named for Dr. Ernest Notar, the first president of the college from 1962-1975.
  • The Business Education Building is the location of the Business Division.
  • The Science/Technology Building is the home of the Life Sciences, Nursing, and Mathematics/Computer Science/Physics and Engineering/Technology/Chemistry Divisions.
  • The Henrietta G. Lewis Library is the most architecturally striking building and has a collection of 95,391 books.
  • The Humanities/Social Sciences Building houses the English, literature, linguistics, languages, philosophy, history, government, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and economics departments.
  • The Fine Arts Building contains the Fine Arts Division and the college's auditorium.
  • The Student Center holds culinary arts classes the college bookstore, student lounges, a game room, a bowling alley.
  • The Health Education Center includes a gym, which seats 2,000, fitness center, and a swimming pool, which seats 200.

6% of all african americans attend the college.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Northeast
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
77%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 4,644
Students Receiving Aid:
74%
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 77%
Part-Time 23%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 82%
Other 11%
African-American 6%
Asian 1%
Hispanic 0%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 99%
Out-of-State 1%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
New York 99%
Pennsylvania 0%
Florida 0%
Percent of Students International: 0%
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 3,096 $ 4,644  
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 300 $ 300  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,652 39%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 1,245 64%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 932 5%  
Student Loans:
$ 2,337 34%  
Any Aid:
  74%  

Degree Programs at Niagara County Community College

Associate's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Niagara County Community College

Career Education Majors

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