Northern Essex Community College

Northern Essex Community College
Address
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100 Elliott St, Haverhill, MA 01830
Information
Other nameNECC Northern Essex
Foundedc. 1961
School districtMassachusetts Higher Education
NCES School ID167376
Number of students4,339[1] (fall 2022)
Classes67
Average class size13.7
Tuition$5,688 Mass. Resident $11,472 Out-of-State Resident
Websitenecc.mass.edu

Northern Essex Community College (NECC) is a public community college in Essex County, Massachusetts. The college serves residents of the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire. It has campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence. The college is part of the Massachusetts Higher Education system. More than 6,600 students are enrolled in 70 credit associate degree and certificate programs and another 3,400 take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley. The school's athletic teams are known as the Knights. Northern Essex Community College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.[2]

Northern Essex was the first Massachusetts community college to offer Competency Based Education.[3] It is also host to the Northern Essex Community College/Methuen Police Academy,[4] and the Essex County Sheriff's Academy.

In 2001, Northern Essex became the first federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in all of New England. The NECC student population is 40% Hispanic – most of whom are from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

Northern Essex offers an active athletic program.[5] It offers men's basketball, baseball, track & field, and cross country. There is also women's volleyball, softball, track & field, and cross country.

  1. ^ "College Navigator - Northern Essex Community College". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  2. ^ Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE, New England Commission of Higher Education, retrieved May 26, 2021
  3. ^ "Newsroom – Northern Essex Community College » NECC is First Community College in MA to Offer Competency-Based Education". Necc.mass.edu. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  4. ^ "Newsroom – Northern Essex Community College » Municipal Police Recruit Training Academy Opens on NECC's Haverhill Campus". Necc.mass.edu. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  5. ^ "Northern Essex CC". Athletics.necc.mass.edu. 2016-06-02. Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2016-10-20.