Bunker Hill Community College

Bunker Hill Community College
The main entrance to Bunker Hill Community College (The "B" building)
TypePublic community college
Established1973 (1973)
AccreditationNECHE
PresidentPam Eddinger
Students8,439[1] (fall 2022)
Location
Boston
,
Massachusetts
,
United States

42°22′32″N 71°04′11″W / 42.375566°N 71.069816°W / 42.375566; -71.069816
CampusUrban
MascotBulldog
Websitewww.bhcc.edu
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Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is a public community college with multiple campuses in the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1973 in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, BHCC provides higher education and job training services at two campuses and three satellite locations.

BHCC is the state's largest community college, enrolling more than 13,000 students[5] in day, afternoon, evening, late-evening, weekend, and web-based distance-learning courses. It is also one of the state's most diverse institutions of higher education: 24% of the students are African-American, 24% are white or caucasian, and 24% Latino.[5] More than half are women. Students' average age is 27.[5] The college enrolls more than 800 international students who come from about 100 countries and speak more than 75 languages.[6]

  1. ^ "College Navigator - Bunker Hill Community College". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  2. ^ Bunker Hill Community College Magazine, Summer 2013
  3. ^ "Pam Y. Eddinger '82 named president of Bunker Hill Community College", Barnard Alumnae, Barnard College, New York City
  4. ^ "Fast Facts - Fall 2016". Bunker Hill Community College. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  5. ^ a b c Wickersham, Joan (2017-02-24). "Cooking up a better future". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  6. ^ About Bunker Hill Community College - BHCC website