Fact Sheet
Founded: 1967
Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Degrees Granted: Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Applied Science
Academic Specialties: Career and transfer programs in more than 100 fields in arts and sciences, business and technology, education, health care, and social and leisure services
Most Popular Majors: General Studies, Early Childhood Education, Business Administration, Criminal Justice
Success of Graduates: 92% of graduates of career programs report finding employment in their field or another position of their choice within a year of graduation. 72% of graduates of transfer programs go on to further their education within that time period. The highest median salary, $60,320, was reported in the dental hygiene program. Statistics are based on an 83% response rate to the most recent graduate survey.
Enrollment: Northampton Community College is the college of choice for one in four graduates of high schools in Northampton County and one in six graduates of high schools in Monroe County. Personal attention is prized. The College has maintained a low student/faculty ratio of 24/1 while serving more than 35,000 students a year at the Main Campus in Bethlehem, a branch campus in Tannersville, the Fowler Family Southside Center in south Bethlehem, and 50+ satellite sites in Northampton, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties. More than 15,000 students are enrolled in credit programs; another 21,000 are involved in workforce training, adult literacy classes or youth classes.
Faculty & Staff: The College is also one of the largest employers in the region with more than 1,300 full- and part-time employees
Funding: The College's total budget for 2010-11 (including capital projects) is $76,264,000 (not including grants). Tuition and fees (currently $109/credit for in-county students) cover 53% of operating costs. This is supplemented by state appropriations which underwrite 23% of the operating budget; contributions from school districts which represent 8% of the total; and income from gifts and grants, investments, and independent operations totaling 16%.
Sponsoring School Districts: Bangor, Bethlehem, Easton, Nazareth, Northampton, Pen Argyl, Saucon Valley, Wilson
Special Attributes:
- Unwavering commitment to keeping education affordable and accessible
- Diverse student body
- Outstanding faculty, including Pennsylvania Professor of the Year for 2009
- Disburses more private scholarship aid than any community college in Pennsylvania
- Leader in workforce training
- Major provider of adult literacy programs in a four-county region
- Have achieved regional or national recognition for excellence in early childhood education, math education, community service, and work with business and industry in staff development, microelectronics, pollution control and energy efficiency
- Only community college in Pennsylvania with residence halls
- Extensive online learning program
- Recipient of major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Total number of students served Fall 1967 through August of 2009 (unduplicated head count): 318,929
Phone Numbers
General Information ................................................ 610-861-5300
Admissions Office ................................................... 610-861-5500
Online Learning ...................................................... 610-332-6089
Non-Credit Classes .................................................. toll-free 1-877-543-0998
Center for Business & Industry ................................. toll-free 1-877-543-0998
Electrotechnology Applications Center ........................ 610-861-5081
Fowler Family Southside Center ................................ 610-332-8659
Monroe Campus ...................................................... 570-620-9221
Hawley Site ...................................................... 570-296-4042 or 570-251-9335
Northampton Community College is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity among its students, faculty and staff. Affirmative Action Officer Helene M. Whitaker, 610-861-5300 or TDD 610-861-5575.