Profile: Baltimore City Community College

Serving primarily the residents and business community of Baltimore, BCCC is a state-sponsored comprehensive two-year degree-granting college with two main campuses and satellite locations throughout the city. With its broad range of degree and certificate programs, affordable tuition, and extensive outreach, BCCC offers educational opportunities at all levels to the citizens of Baltimore and the state of Maryland that enable students to obtain good jobs, transfer to four-year colleges, or take short-term training to upgrade their skills or acquire new ones. 

BCCC offers continuing education programs such as General Educational Development (GED), which prepares students to take the Tests of General Educational Development administered by the Maryland State Department of Education in order to acquire a Maryland High School Diploma; English As a Second Language (ESL) training; and Adult Basic Education (ABE), which provides literacy skills. The College is committed to enhancing the economic prospects of Baltimore’s citizens through computer literacy and knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies aimed at 21st century employment.

The College’s Business and Continuing Education Center (BCEC) works in partnership with local business and industry, offering contract customized training, apprenticeships, and other industry-related programs both on campus and on-site. BCCC provides cost-effective, state-of-the-art employee training and other programs that contribute significantly to Baltimore’s economic development initiatives.