Students who want a community college experience in a small Southern town should consider Craven Community College. Located in New Bern, North Carolina (a satellite campus is located in nearby Havelock-Cherry Point) the college has a good balance of academic and career programs.
Craven’s roots are in technical training and this tradition runs strong in the college, which still offers many practical courses intended for students planning on quickly entering the workforce. In addition to the college’s degree programs, it also offers a number of continuing education courses.
History
Craven Community College was originally an extension of Lenoir Industrial Education Center in Kinston that offered blueprint reading and electronics courses to students in Craven County. In the 1960s, Lenoir expanded offerings in Craven County, including a nursing program at the old site of St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bern.
In 1965, the state legislature officially created a Craven Industrial Education unit as a formal extension of Lenoir. The original site of the school was the Harvey Mansion in downtown New Bern. Facilities included classrooms and a lab, and another facility housed a machine shop.
Two years later, voters in the county approved a bond issue that financed the construction of a new technical school. Craven County Technical Institute was established a year later in 1968. By the early 1970s, the college had settled in at its permanent campus in New Bern and had been accredited by SACS. Since then the main campus has grown from two buildings to nine and a satellite campus in Havelock-Cherry Point has been established.
Craven Community College
Academics
Craven Community College offers a wide variety of programs including college transfer courses, career certification programs, joint partnerships with four-year colleges and unviersities, workforce training programs and basic skills and developmental courses.
CCC offers roughly 33 major areas of study. CCC’s most popular majors include:
Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts and Humanities
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Health and Medical Administrative Services
The college’s flagship programs are its nursing and aeronautical technology programs.
Craven Community College Partnerships
Craven Community College has a good relationship with the nearby Marine base and offers courses at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. This partnership has led to a great deal of relevance and expertise in the college’s aeronautical technology program.
Craven Community College has partnered with East Carolina University and North Carolina State University to allow placebound students to study for four-year degrees from these institutions at CCC, reducing obstacles to students attainment of higher education.
Craven Community College runs a unique program in partnership between the local public K-12 system. The Craven Early College is a small high school on the college campus, where teachers have leeway to test innovative new education techniques. The school is well-regarded, and Craven Early College students graduate with a high school diploma and two year’s college credit toward a two or four-year degree.
Business and Computer Programs
The college recently opened a 35,000 square foot building for its business and computer information technology programs and has also recently opened a manufacturing facility at the Havelock-Cherry Point campus to provide training relevant to local industries.
Accreditation
Craven Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which accredits more than 13,000 colleges and schools in Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas, and American schools in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. .
Most Popular Fields of Study
The top 5 fields of study completed at Craven Community College.
Craven Community College has an open admissions policy – any student with a high school diploma or GED may attend. However, certain programs at the college may have special entrance requirements. Programs with entrance criteria include its pharmach tech, nursing, practical nursing, health information tech, and physical therapist assistant programs.
Craven Community College has no admissions deadline. Students will need to submit high school transcripts and SAT or ACT scores. Some students will be required to take a COMPASS placement test to determine whether remedial courses will be necessary. As of Sept. 2011, Craven Community College does not charge an admission fee.
Financial Aid
Students applying to Craven Community College are eligible for federal grants and student loans. There are also a number of grants and scholarships offered by the state of Oregon, the university itself, and other organizations that students may be eligible for. In 2007 alone, the Craven Community College Foundation gave more than 800 scholarships and emergency loans to Craven students. Craven’s website lists a number of scholarships available to students and the office of financial stands ready to help students find other grants and scholarships they may be eligible for. To get priority consideration for financial aid at Craven Community College, it’s important to get all financial aid information submitted by March 15.
Student Financial Aid Details
How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?
Craven Community College 2451st for the average student loan amount.
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Craven Community College is located in a small town in North Carolina and has an enrollment of about 4,500 students. The student body is mostly white, and women make up about 62 percent of enrollment. The average age of CCC students is 29.
The college has a student wellness and fitness center for students, and about 34 student clubs and organizations including professional and academic groups, religious organizations and recreational clubs such as the Book Club.
Student Enrollment Demographics
How many students are enrolled at Craven Community College?
Craven Community College teams are known as the Panthers, and the school’s colors are blue and green. While Craven is a member of the NJCAA, the only intercollegiate sport the college offers is a men’s golf team. However, the college does offer club sports, including a men’s baseball team.
Local Community
There’s a lot of history to explore in New Bern. It’s the second-oldest town in North Carolina and was originally established by Swiss settlers. It served as the colonial capital of North Carolina and was later the state capital for a time. The town is also considered to be the birthplace of Pepsi. Caleb Bradham invented the soda at a pharmacy there in 1898.
Bibliography
“Craven Community College – Student Life – Campus Recreation – Intramurals.” Craven Community College. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://www.cravencc.edu/student/student-recreation-campus.cfm>.
Gonsher, Debra A., and Joshua Halberstam. The community college guide: the essential reference from application to graduation. Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, 2009. Print.
The Insider’s guide to the colleges Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want to Know. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1970. Print.
Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas
Reported area around or near New Bern, NC 28562-4900
Surrounding community
Distant town (between 10 to 35 mi. away from an urban cluster)
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