Bunker Hill Community College Among Fastest Growing Community Colleges in U.S.

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Dec 16, 2014, 06:08 ET

BOSTON, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bunker Hill Community College ranks among the 20 fastest growing of U.S. community colleges with enrollments of 10,000 or more, according to an analysis by Community College Week, an independent publication covering community, technical and junior colleges. The largest and most affordable community college in Massachusetts, BHCC currently enrolls more than 14,000 students.

BHCC is among the few community colleges in the study whose growth increased between fall 2012 and fall 2013, bucking a trend toward declining enrollments at colleges around the country, according to the study. "Since community college enrollment reached its all-time peak in 2010, it has declined 7.1 percent, from nearly 7.9 million to just over 7.3 million," reported Community College Week. BHCC' s enrollment has grown 30 percent since 2009.

Colleges successfully fighting such trends often attribute continued growth to successful efforts to align their programs with the demands of employers and four-year colleges. "BHCC continues to expand its partnerships with employers to develop programs that meet specific workforce needs," said BHCC President Pam Y. Eddinger, "and highly successful programs like Learn and Earn, which offers paid internships in prestigious Greater Boston companies, continue to attract students to our College." In addition, BHCC is steadily increasing agreements with four-year institutions, make transferring easier and encouraging students to consider community college for their first two years of college.

Media Contact:
Karen M. Norton, Executive Director of Integrated Marketing and Communications
Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA 02129
Phone: 617-228-2177; Email: [email protected]

Bunker Hill Community College is the largest community college in Massachusetts. The College enrolls more than 14,000 students on two campuses and at three satellite locations. BHCC is one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in Massachusetts. Sixty-seven percent of the students are people of color and more than half of BHCC's students are women. The College also enrolls more than 800 international students who come from approximately 100 countries and speak more than 75 languages.

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