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, Education, Early Childhood Education, Education, Business Administration, Criminal Justice

Success of Graduates: 93% of graduates of career programs report finding employment in their field or another position of their choice within a year of graduation. 32% of all graduates go on to further education within a year of graduation on a full- or part-time basis. Statistics are based on a 91% response rate to the most recent graduate survey.

Enrollment:  Northampton Community College is the fastest growing public college in Pennsylvania.  The College serves more than 32,000 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.  Close to 14,000 students are enrolled in credit programs; nearly 20,000 are involved in workforce training, adult literacy classes or youth classes. Approximately one in four graduates of high schools in Northampton County and one in six graduates of high schools in Monroe County continue their education at Northampton Community College.

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 2008-2009 (including capital projects) is $75,500,000. Tuition and fees (currently $103/credit for in county students) cover 37% of operating costs. This is supplemented by state appropriations which underwrite 22% of the operating budget; contributions from school districts which represent 9% of the total; and income from gifts and grants, investments, and independent operations totaling 32%.

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
• Largest scholarship program of 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, and work with business and industry in staff development, microelectronics, pollution control and energy efficiency
• Only community college in Pennsylvania with residence halls

Total number of students served Fall 1967 through August of 2007 (unduplicated head count): 286,862