Atlantic Cape Community College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural site not far from an urban area.

Overview

Atlantic Cape Community College, established in 1964, is situated in both Cape May County and Atlantic County in New Jersey. The main campus covers more than 540 acres in Mays Landing, New Jersey. Originally, the college was known as Atlantic Community College. The Cape May County Campus was opened in August 2005. The college is organized into the following academic departments:

• Allied Health, Nursing and Physical Education
• Arts and Humanities
• Business
• Computer Information Systems
• Culinary Arts
• English
• Math and Science
• Social Science

ACCC includes a number of student organizations and clubs. Some of these are the Baseball Club, Art Club, Black Student Alliance, Cross-cultural Student Association, the Digital Photo and Video Club, History and Government Club, Performing Arts Club, Future Teachers of America, Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Science Club, Student Nurses Club and the Student Environmental Club.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, hospitality, business and management, and cooking and culinary arts.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 7,007 in 2009-2010 (5,387 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 67% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (120 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (12 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (24 awarded)

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training
• Institutional Food Workers

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (1 awarded)

• Engineering Technologies/Technicians

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (1 awarded)

• Human Services

HOSPITALITY (16 awarded)

• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

LAW (9 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (440 awarded)

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (1 awarded)

• Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (60 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (3 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (39 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Police Science