Borough of Manhattan Community College
CUNY Community College
With a student population of 17,000, Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is CUNY's largest community college. BMCC shares CUNY's mission to preserve academic excellence and extend higher educational opportunity to a broad and diversified urban population. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of International Education, BMCC ranks #1 in the U.S. in awarding associate degrees to African-Americans.
BMCC is an international college with students from over 100 countries. The college offers associate degree programs in more than 20 fields, including:
- accounting,
- business administration,
- child care/early childhood,
- computer science,
- paramedic program,
- mathematics,
- multimedia technology,
- nursing,
- office operations,
- corporate and cable communications,
- engineering science,
- human services,
- health information technology,
- small business & entrepreneurship,
- theatre, and
- writing and literature.
Anyone who has earned a high school diploma or GED is eligible to attend BMCC.