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Bristol Community College is a two-year, public comprehensive community college offering career and transfer programs of study that lead to associate’s degrees or certificates. Refer to Academic Information for information on these degrees and certificates.

Accreditation
Bristol Community College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Accreditation by this Association indicates that the institution has been carefully evaluated and found to meet standards agreed upon by qualified educators. The Health Sciences programs carry professional accreditation as well. Please refer to the program listings for details.

Get here from there
Bristol Community College’s suburban Fall River campus is directly off route 24 and route 195. We are only 20 minutes from New Bedford or Taunton and 30 minutes from Attleboro. Many Rhode Island residents find us easy to reach too. Public buses make regular stops at our Fall River and New Bedford Campuses and the Attleboro Center.

Bristol Community College’s New Bedford Campus at the Star Store offers a full-service, comprehensive campus for more than 1,100 students. Headstart to College, an innovative learning project specifically designed for students who have been away from school for a while, is based at the New Bedford Campus. The Campus offers 13 degree options and 8 certificate programs that can be completed solely at the New Bedford site, as well as courses that can be used toward completing programs at our Fall River Campus. It is located directly off of route 18 in downtown New Bedford.

The brand-new BCC at Attleboro Center on the former Texas Instruments Campus, offers degrees and certificate programs, or you can take classes in Attleboro towards completing programs at another BCC location. Students get all the services they need to succeed in the intimate setting.

We have satellite campuses offering evening classes in New Bedford and Taunton.

You have another option to get here — don’t come at all.
We offer an ever-growing selection of courses and programs on the Web for people who want to take courses from the comfort of their own home. Refer to Distance Learning for more information.

Who chooses BCC?

It’s easier to answer “who doesn’t.” Actually, there’s no “typical student”– because you will find so many different types of people. We have traditional-aged students, senior citizen students, students representing various ethnic groups, students who are parents, working students looking to improve job skills – people who have many different priorities and come from diverse life situations. They come from every town and community in our service area, from Attleboro to Wareham, as well as from nearby Rhode Island and several foreign countries.

In Fall 2008, more than 7,000 students are expected to enroll in credit classes days, evenings, and weekends.

We know that our students manage college, family, work, and studies. So choosing BCC means choosing support that makes college manageable. You can take classes days, evenings, weekends, and even all summer. Our student support services, including financial aid, tutoring, and academic advisement, are available into the evening. You fit college into your life – we don’t fit you into ours.

If you have dreamed about college but think it can’t be done, look into BCC. It will be hard work – possibly the greatest challenge you’ve ever had.

But our students prove that it can be done and that it’s worth it.