Washington County Community College

1 College Drive, Calais, ME 04619

http://www.wccc.me.edu/

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Provided by Washington County Community College

The mission of Washington County Community College is to serve the State of Maine and the region with comprehensive, post-secondary, transfer and/or technical education, culminating with the Associate Degree, Diploma, and/or Certificate. WCCC’s programs and services prepare and sustain a diverse student body as competitive members of a world-class workforce and contributing members of society.

Washington County Community College is one of seven community colleges that operate under the authority of the Maine Community College System. WCCC is a non-profit, residential, post-secondary institution supported, in part, by appropriation from the Maine State Legislature. The college is located in Calais, a rural community on the international border between the United States and Canada. The college’s modern classrooms, labs, and residential buildings are situated on a hillside overlooking the St. Croix River Valley at the edge of a 400-acre campus of mature woods and fields.

The college currently offers 18 full-time major programs of study at the associate degree, diploma and certificate levels. A wide range of credit and non-credit courses are also offered in the evening, during the summer term and online. All these programs are offered to women and men, and all students are encouraged to enroll in programs considered non-traditional for their gender. Qualified people with disabilities are also encouraged to apply and are provided appropriate support services.

Most programs are designed to give male and female students the technical knowledge and skills as well as the essential general education with which to pursue a career field after graduation. The Liberal Studies program offers students the opportunity to obtain their first two years of a baccalaureate credential at WCCC before transferring to another college or university. WCCC has a number of program articulation agreements with four-year institutions throughout the state to assist students to transfer upon meeting the necessary course requirements.

Members of the college community are proud of the education provided at WCCC and look forward to many more years of providing quality post-secondary education at Washington County Community College.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Northeast: Setting:
Small Town Setting: Type:
Public: Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
83%: Athletic Programs:
Unavailable

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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 5,883

Students Receiving Aid:
78%

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Degree Programs at Washington County Community College

Associate's Level Programs

Arts & Humanities
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  - General Studies
    
    An undifferentiated program that includes instruction in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies.
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Business
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  - Business Administration and Management
    
    Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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  - Management Information Systems and Services
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Education
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  - Teacher Assistant/Aide
    
    A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners, and students learning English. Includes instruction in techniques of general classroom supervision, maintaining order, assisting with lessons and carrying out related assignments.
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Family and Consumer Science Professions
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  - Child Development
    
    Study the intellectual, social, emotional, and biological development of children and learn how to plan and design related human services in this program that includes instruction in parent-child relations; parenting practices; special needs of children; parental and environmental influences on child development; external support services; and related public policy issues.
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Fitness, Recreation and Leisure Studies
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    A program that focuses on the principles underlying recreational and leisure activities, and the practices involved in providing indoor and outdoor recreational facilities and services for the general public.
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Health & Medical Services
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  - Dietitian Assistant
    
    A program that prepares individuals to assist registered dietitians in planning, preparing and serving meals to individuals with specific dietary needs. Includes instruction in equipment use, food preparation, diet regulations, food handling, safety and sanitary standards and administrative techniques and procedures.
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  - Medical/Clinical Assistant
    
    A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examination and examination assistance, and the administration of medications and first aid. Includes instruction in basic anatomy and physiology; medical terminology; medical law and ethics; patient psychology and communications; medical office procedures; and clinical diagnostic, examination, testing, and treatment procedures.
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Interdisciplinary Studies
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- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
  
  Any instructional program that is derived from two or more distinct programs to provide a cross-cutting focus on a subject concentration that is not subsumed under a single discipline or occupational field.
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Skilled Trades
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  - Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
    
    The two year Automobile Technician program teaches individuals to repair, service, and maintain all types of automobiles. Systems covered in this program include brake systems, electrical systems, engine performance, engine repair, suspension and steering, automatic and manual transmissions and drive trains, and heating and air condition systems.
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  - Marine Maintenance
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair outboard and inboard engines; test, maintain, and repair steering devices and electrical systems; repair metal, wood, and fiberglass hulls and vessel components; fabricate and maintain sails; and repair and balance propellers and drive shafts.
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  - Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians
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Technology
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  - Computer Programming/Programmer
    
    A program that focuses on the general writing and implementation of generic and customized programs to drive operating systems and that generally prepares individuals to apply the methods and procedures of software design and programming to software installation and maintenance. Includes instruction in software design, low- and high-level languages and program writing; program customization and linking; prototype testing; troubleshooting; and related aspects of operating systems and networks.
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  - Computer Installation & Repair
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to assemble, install, operate, maintain, and repair computers and related instruments. Includes instruction in power supplies, number systems, memory structure, buffers and registers, microprocessor design, peripheral equipment, programming, and networking.
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Certificate Programs at Washington County Community College

Business
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  - Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
    
    A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing physicians and nurses, health care facilities and services administrators, and other health care professionals. Includes instruction in business and medical communications, medical terminology, principles of health care operations, public relations and interpersonal communications, software applications, record-keeping and filing systems, scheduling and meeting planning, applicable policy and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.
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  - Management Information Systems and Services
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Culinary Arts & Food Service
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- Culinary Arts and Related Services
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- Restaurant & Catering Management
  
  A program that prepares individuals to plan, supervise, and manage food and beverage preparation and service operations, restaurant facilities, and catering services. Includes instruction in food/beverage industry operations, cost control, purchasing and storage, business administration, logistics, personnel management, culinary arts, restaurant and menu planning, executive chef functions, event planning and management, health and safety, insurance, and applicable law and regulations.
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Education
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  - Teacher Assistant/Aide
    
    A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners, and students learning English. Includes instruction in techniques of general classroom supervision, maintaining order, assisting with lessons and carrying out related assignments.
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Family and Consumer Science Professions
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  - Child Development
    
    Study the intellectual, social, emotional, and biological development of children and learn how to plan and design related human services in this program that includes instruction in parent-child relations; parenting practices; special needs of children; parental and environmental influences on child development; external support services; and related public policy issues.
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Fitness, Recreation and Leisure Studies
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  - Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
    
    A program that focuses on the principles underlying recreational and leisure activities, and the practices involved in providing indoor and outdoor recreational facilities and services for the general public.
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Health & Medical Services
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  - Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
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Skilled Trades
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  - Electrician
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring; and DC and AC motors, controls, and electrical distribution panels. Includes instruction in the principles of electronics and electrical systems, wiring, power transmission, safety, industrial and household appliances, job estimation, electrical testing and inspection, and applicable codes and standards.
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  - Plumbing Technology/Plumber
    
    A program that prepares individuals to practice as licensed plumbers by applying technical knowledge and skills to lay out, assemble, install, and maintain piping fixtures and systems for steam, natural gas, oil, hot water, heating, cooling, drainage, lubricating, sprinkling, and industrial processing systems in home and business environments. Includes instruction in source determination, water distribution, waster removal, pressure adjustment, basic physics, technical mathematics, blueprint reading, pipe installation, pumps, welding and soldering, plumbing inspection, and applicable codes and standards.
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- Mechanic/Repair Trades See more schools with programs in Mechanic/Repair Trades
  - Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
    
    The two year Automobile Technician program teaches individuals to repair, service, and maintain all types of automobiles. Systems covered in this program include brake systems, electrical systems, engine performance, engine repair, suspension and steering, automatic and manual transmissions and drive trains, and heating and air condition systems.
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  - Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain diesel engines in vehicles such as automobiles, buses, ships, trucks, railroad locomotives, and construction equipment; as well as stationary diesel engines in electrical generators and related equipment.
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  - Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, install, service and maintain the operating condition of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. Includes instruction in diagnostic techniques, the use of testing equipment and the principles of mechanics, electricity, and electronics as they relate to the repair of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems.
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  - Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills in the field maintenance and repair of heavy equipment, and in the general maintenance and overhaul of such equipment. Includes instruction in inspection, maintenance, and repair of tracks, wheels, brakes, operating controls, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, electrical circuitry, engines and in techniques of welding and brazing.
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  - Marine Maintenance
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair outboard and inboard engines; test, maintain, and repair steering devices and electrical systems; repair metal, wood, and fiberglass hulls and vessel components; fabricate and maintain sails; and repair and balance propellers and drive shafts.
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  - Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians
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- Precision Production Trades See more schools with programs in Precision Production Trades
  - Welding Technology/Welder
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid state welding, ferrous and non-ferrous materials, oxidation-reduction reactions, welding metallurgy, welding processes and heat treating, structural design, safety, and applicable codes and standards.
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Technology
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  - Computer Installation & Repair
    
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Transportation Careers
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  - Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation
    
    A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate and maintain a variety of heavy equipment, such as a crawler tractors, motor graders and scrapers, shovels, rigging devices, hoists, and jacks. Includes instruction in digging, ditching, sloping, stripping, grading, and backfiling, clearing and excavating.
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time

Full-Time 83%

Part-Time 17%

Race/Ethnicity

Caucasian 63%

Other 37%

Hispanic 0%

Asian 0%

African-American 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State

In-State 96%

Out-of-State 4%

Top States for Incoming Freshman

Maine 96%

Vermont 2%

Virgin Islands 0%

Percent of Students International:	0%

Percent of Students International:


Tuition & Fees (undergraduate)	In-State	Out-of-State
Published Tuition and Fees:	$ 3,121	$ 5,883
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:	$ 2,294	$ 4,805
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:	$ 827	$ 1,078
Financial Aid	Avg. Amount Received	% of Students Receiving Aid
Federal Grants:	$ 3,151	53%
State and Local Grants:	$ 969	35%
Institutional Grants:	$ 1,135	29%
Student Loans:	$ 2,711	45%
Any Aid:		78%

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