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Southern Maine Community College
2 Fort Road
South Portland, Maine 04106
Southern Maine Community College is one of Maine colleges that keeps its tuition low and its value high, because it believes financial need should never keep someone from receiving a quality education and the promise of a bright future. With the lowest tuition in Maine and more than 40 academic programs, Southern Maine Community College truly has something for everyone. And as Maine's largest community college, the school offers the facilities and faculty that will prepare you for wherever you want to go. Southern Maine Community College offers a top-notch education that will set the foundation for the rest of a student's life.
The fully transferable liberal studies program offers students a surefire head start toward a bachelor's degree. The University of Maine System (UMS) guarantees Southern Maine Community College students who graduate with an associate in arts degree in liberal studies acceptance with junior status to a program in the UMS. What's more, credits earned at Southern Maine Community College transfer to Maine colleges and universities across the country. Many career students also go on to pursue further education.
For those looking to enter -- or re-enter -- the workforce, Southern Maine Community College's career programs report nearly 100 percent placement immediately after graduation.
What does Southern Maine Community College mean for students? A typical savings of thousand of dollars and a proven path to the future you want. Southern Maine Community College will help you develop technical expertise and critical thinking skills, so that you can compete successfully in your chosen field.
Quick Facts:
Southern Maine Community College opened in 1946 as a day school in Augusta, Maine, under the name of "Maine Vocational Technical Institute" for returning World War II veterans.
Over the years, the institutional focus moved from one predominantly centered on training to one committed to a broad range of academic curricula with an emphasis on lifelong learning. Southern Maine Community College now offers diverse programs offering a variety of certificate, diploma, and degree options.
The Liberal Studies program at Southern Maine Community College is specifically designed with the transfer student in mind and many of the technical or career Associate Degree programs have "articulation" agreements with four-year Maine colleges for the student who wants to continue their education.
The graduates of Southern Maine Community College career programs enjoy great success in finding related employment. Most years between 75 and 90 percent of these graduates report that they have found work in their field.
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