Southern Maine Community College

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Active In Achieving the Dream:

2017 – 2020
College Website
“Achieving the Dream is helping us prioritize student success strategies with solid evidence. We are learning what works best and bringing it to scale.”
–Ronald Cantor, President, Southern Maine Community College

Who We Are

Southern Maine Community College is Maine’s largest, oldest and most diverse community college, serving nearly 10,000 credit and noncredit individuals at its South Portland and Brunswick campuses, online, and at satellite centers across southern Maine. The college awards associate degrees and certificates through its more than 40 academic programs and workforce training and noncredit offerings. SMCC also has more than 60 transfer agreements with colleges and universities in Maine and other states.

College Characteristics

  • IPEDS UNITID: 161545
  • HBCU: No
  • Tribal: No
  • Degree of Urbanization: City: Small
  • Geographic Region: New England (CT ME MA NH RI VT)
  • Institution Size Category: 5,000 - 9,999
  • Carnegie Classification: Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium
  • Total Enrollment: 6,045
  • Full-time Enrollment: 2,599
  • Part-time Enrollment: 3,446
  • First-time Degree Seeking: 1,251
  • Part-time First-time Degree Seeking: 336
  • Black or African American Grouping: 0 to 20% Black
  • Hispanic/Latino Grouping: 0 to 12.5% Hispanic/Latino
  • Pell Recipients Grouping: 40.1% to 60% Pell Recipients

Percent of total enrollment that are...

  • American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%
  • Asian: 2%
  • Black or African American: 6%
  • White: 81%
  • Hispanic/Latino: 3%
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0%
  • Women: 52%
  • Two or more races: 2%
  • Race/ethnicity unknown: 4%
  • Pell Recipients : 44%

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