Hibbing Community College-A Technical And Community College

Location and Contact Information

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

Overview

Hibbing Community College, founded in 1916 and also known as HCC, is a community college located in Hibbing, Minnesota. HCC is part of the North-east Minnesota Higher Education District. HCC provides academic degree programs on a wide range of subjects. In addition, it also offers career programs in Aviation, Business, Culinary and human services. The Academic Centre located in the campus offers special programs in tutoring, disability services and multicultural advising. The college has an impressive enrollment of international students.

HCC operates various clubs, organizations and honors Societies. Vocational Industrial clubs of America and Student Government/Student Senate are some of the clubs that operate inside the campus. In addition, HCC students operates 'The Student Life Committee’ that organizes athletics, fine arts activities, and planning annual budget for various on campus activities.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High male/female ratio.

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.
• Campus housing is available.
• 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 1,505 in 2009-2010 (1,315 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 56% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

HCC provides on-campus housing for 124 of its 1,315 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Systems Security

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (23 awarded)

• Electrician

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (10 awarded)

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training
• Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager

ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Engineering

LAW (2 awarded)

• Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary

LIBERAL ARTS (90 awarded)

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (51 awarded)

• Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
• Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
• Heating/AC/Ventilation/Refrig Maint Technology/Technician
• Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician
• Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies

MEDIA (9 awarded)

• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (46 awarded)

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician
• Dental Assisting/Assistant
• Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder
• Pharmacy Technician/Assistant

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (148 awarded)

• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (5 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (21 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Police Science