Washington County Community College

Washington County Community College
Motto	Discover Choices - Create Success
Type	Public, two year
President	Joseph L. Cassidy
Students	500
Location	Calais, Maine, United States 45°09′58″N 67°14′35″W / 45.166°N 67.243°W / 45.166; -67.243Coordinates: 45°09′58″N 67°14′35″W / 45.166°N 67.243°W / 45.166; -67.243
Campus	Rural
Website	www.wccc.me.edu

Washington County Community College (WCCC) is a community college located in Calais, Washington County, Maine. The college is situated on a hillside overlooking the St. Croix River Valley at the edge of a 400-acre (1.6 km²) campus of mature woods and fields.

WCCC is one of seven community colleges in the Maine Community College System. Founded in 1969, Washington County Community College (WCCC) offers associate degree programs in arts, sciences, and applied sciences, as well as diploma and certificates. In addition, the College offers business and job skills training courses and programs, personal enrichment classes, community services, and programs for high school students and seniors.

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.

Washington Weekly magazine named WCCC the 24th best community college in America in 2013. The Aspen Institute named WCCC the 11th best community college in America in 2011.

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Universities and colleges in Maine

Private institutions	Bates College Beal College Bowdoin College Colby College College of the Atlantic Husson University Maine College of Art New England Bible College New England School of Communications Saint Joseph's College Thomas College Unity College University of New England

Public institutions	Maine Maritime Academy University College at Rockland University of Maine University of Maine at Augusta University of Maine at Farmington University of Maine at Fort Kent University of Maine at Machias University of Maine at Presque Isle University of Southern Maine

Community college system	Central Maine CC Eastern Maine CC Kennebec Valley CC Northern Maine CC Southern Maine CC Washington County CC York County CC

Law schools	University of Maine School of Law

Former schools	Bangor Theological Seminary Bliss College Cobb Divinity School Eastern State Normal School Nasson College Ricker College Westbrook College

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