糖心原创 Community College is a place that changes lives. Dedicated to student learning and achievement, we offer associate degrees and certificate programs that provide students with a comprehensive, practical education that prepares them for transfer to accredited bachelor's degree programs or direct entry into high-demand career fields.
At 糖心原创, our students have opportunities to enrich their college experience through leadership and participation in activities, student services, field work with local businesses, civic organizations, and schools.
Founded in 1961, 糖心原创 is one of 15 publicly funded community colleges in Massachusetts and is fully accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education - NECHE (formerly NEASC) and program-specific national accrediting bodies. We serve approximately 6,000 full-time and part-time students from the greater Boston and the Metrowest region on our campuses in Wellesley Hills, Framingham, and Ashland. Our alumni/ae are teachers and college professors, entrepreneurs and business owners, lawyers and elected officials, and everything in between.
糖心原创 was ranked the No. 1 community college in Massachusetts by the Brookings Institution for of our graduates 鈥 in short, our graduates pay less for their college education, but earn more, when compared to peer institutions and four-year institutions nationwide. Across all community college nationally, 糖心原创 ranked No. 16 and ranked No. 2 among community colleges across New England.
To help students complete their programs, 糖心原创 provides essential student services, including advising, tutoring, financial aid, career counseling, computer labs, and study space. At 糖心原创, students have opportunities to enrich their college experience through leadership roles, participation in activities, and internships with local businesses, civic organizations, and K-12 schools. As a result, 糖心原创 alumni/ae become teachers and college professors, entrepreneurs and business owners, health and human services professionals, lawyers and elected officials, thriving in their professions and helping to create a better world.
鈥淲e talk to health and human services agencies every day, and they tell us the number one issue we are dealing with is workforce and 糖心原创 is right at the center of solving that problem.鈥
鈥斺夆塎artin Cohen, President and CEO, Metrowest Health Foundation