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Cape Cod Community College

Coordinates:41°41′29″N70°20′14″W/ 41.69139°N 70.33722°W/41.69139; -70.33722
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Cape Cod Community College
Sealof Cape Cod Community College
Other name
"Four Cs"
MottoPowerful Futures Start Here
TypePubliccommunity college
Established1961
AccreditationNECHE
PresidentJohn Cox
Administrative staff
approx. 68 full time faculty, 582 full & part-time staff
Students6,500+ credit seeking annually, 5000+/- non-credit seeking annually
Postgraduatesapprox. 500 students annually in advanced degree programs offered on campus by public and private 4-yr institutions that partner with the College.
Location,,
U.S.

41°41′29″N70°20′14″W/ 41.69139°N 70.33722°W/41.69139; -70.33722
CampusSuburban / commuter
MascotSharks
Websitewww.capecod.edu

Cape Cod Community College,known locally as "Four Cs", is apubliccommunity collegeinWest Barnstable, Massachusetts.It was established in 1961, the second institution to open as part of what is now a 15 community college system in Massachusetts. Cape Cod Community College is the only community college and one of three colleges (along withMassachusetts Maritime Academy(Mass Maritime) inBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts(a Census-Designated Place inBourne, Massachusetts) andBridgewater State University's Cape Cod satellite campus) onCape Cod.It awardsAssociate in ArtsandAssociate in Sciencedegrees and various academic certificates in a wide variety of programs. The college offers access to on-campus bachelor's and master's degree programs in partnership with:Bridgewater State University,Boston University,Lesley University,Salem State University,Suffolk University,UMass Boston,andUMass Dartmouth.[1]Cape Cod Community College formally had a partnership withWheelock Collegebefore that merged withBoston Universityto become theBoston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Developmenton Boston University's Fenway Campus. Cape Cod Community College isaccreditedby theNew England Commission of Higher Education.[2]

The college is home to the Lyndon P. Lorusso Applied Technology Building, aLeadership in Energy and Environmental Designcertified facility completed in 2006.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^"Cape Cod Community College".capecod.edu.Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2016.Retrieved26 September2016.
  2. ^Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE,New England Commission of Higher Education,retrievedMay 26,2021
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