Manatee Community College

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Manatee Community College

Established: 1957
Type: Community college
President: Dr. Lars Hafner
Students: 9,912
Location: Brandenton, Florida, United States
Website: http://www.mccfl.edu/pages/1.asp

Manatee Community College (MCC), with the main campus based in Bradenton, Florida, is a two-year community college accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Science and Associate in Science degrees as well as Certificate program offerings. Noncredit education is offered under MCC's Corporate & Community Development programs.

More than 50 percent of the college bound high school students in Manatee and Sarasota counties attend MCC each year, with current enrollment exceeding 8,000 students. MCC is among the top 100 producers of associate's degrees in the country. [1]

Students attend classes at two full-service campuses in Bradenton and Venice, the Center for Innovation and Technology at Lakewood Ranch, many business and public sector sites throughout the community, and from their homes via distance learning opportunities.

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