White Mountains Community College: Gateway to a Great Future
White Mountains Community College (WMCC), established in 1966, serves as an educational cornerstone for northern New Hampshire. With a commitment to student success and community enrichment, WMCC provides affordable, high-quality education, preparing individuals for high-demand careers and seamless transfer to four-year institutions.
A Student-Centered Approach
WMCC is deeply committed to providing opportunities for success, while enriching lives and communities through quality education and valued partnerships. The college prides itself on being student-centered. WMCC sees each student as a major component of the bright future. The success of the college hinges on the achievements of its students. With a student-faculty ratio of 8-to-1, WMCC fosters a supportive learning environment with personalized attention. The college's wrap-around services and staff are ready to help students in this educational endeavor. There are faculty and staff with the expertise, experience, dedication, and motivation to provide an excellent education delivered in small class sizes, with personalized attention to each and every student ensuring their success.
Academic Programs and Opportunities
WMCC offers a wide array of program offerings from Culinary Arts, Commercial Driver Training, Advanced Welding Technology, Massage Therapy, and Nursing, to Criminal Justice, IT Cybersecurity, Business Administration, Teacher Education, Liberal Arts, and many more. Students can earn degrees and certificates in 23 different fields. Popular programs include Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, Education, General, and Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. The highest degree offered at White Mountains Community College is an associate degree.
WMCC is committed to providing affordable, accessible, high-quality education to help students achieve their educational and professional goals. WMCC works directly with businesses, organizations, and subject matter experts to design and provide high-quality, targeted training for career and industry advancement. Along with first-rate business training with customized pathways for businesses seeking specialized training for their employees, WMCC also offers a variety of professional development programs.
WMCC offers courses in a variety of formats and locations. The college currently offers online, hyflex, hybrid, day, and evening courses at its main campus in Berlin, as well as at its academic center in Littleton. WMCC courses transfer to four-year colleges and universities in New Hampshire and across the country.
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Open Admissions and Credit for Prior Learning
Admission to WMCC is open to anyone who has the ability and desire to pursue a certificate or degree program. The school has an open admissions policy. It is the responsibility of all prospective students to review the associate degree or certificate requirements, standards, and expectations prior to submitting an official admissions application. For Nursing admissions requirements, refer to the Nursing program page.
Applicants seeking a degree or certificate must follow a specific procedure. First, they must take at least one course per year to maintain matriculated status, or they must apply for readmission and abide by any new requirements in place at that date. Applicants must also file a WMCC admissions application form. To do so, applicants should visit wmcc.edu to apply online or print an application and send it to WMCC, 2020 Riverside Drive, Berlin, NH, 03570. Applicants may need to submit evidence of high school graduation (or HiSET/GED) with an official transcript of courses, grades, and standardized tests.
WMCC recognizes that learners bring with them a unique body of knowledge and skills developed over time. Because we believe our learners bring with them a unique body of knowledge and skills developed over time, we provide students the opportunity to demonstrate their acquisition of college-level learning gained outside of the traditional classroom setting. The school offers credit for life experiences. In accordance with the guidelines established by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and the recommendations made by the American Council on Education (ACE), WMCC provides options for students to progress more quickly toward program or degree completion through earning credit for prior learning, including transfer credit, credit by examination, and credit for experiential learning through prior learning portfolio assessment.
Accreditation and Nursing Program Excellence
White Mountains Community College (WMCC) has earned national accreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) for its Associate of Science in Nursing program, which prepares students for positions as Registered Nurses. ACEN accreditation is the leading national authority in ensuring that nursing programs meet high-quality, rigorous standards of teaching and learning outcomes.
The accreditation signifies the program's commitment to preparing students for entry into the profession as Registered Nurses. The entire process took two years to complete. Programs like WMCC’s Associate of Science in Nursing aim to fill this gap by preparing the next generation of nurses with the skills needed to quickly enter the field. The program also allows graduates to continue their education in Bachelor of Science programs.
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Affordability and Financial Aid
WMCC is committed to ensuring that a college education is within everyone’s reach. Few students can afford to pay for college without some form of educational financing. WMCC is aware of the financial burden of meeting college costs. The Financial Aid Office encourages students to apply for assistance. Federal, state, and private scholarship funds awarded by the College are often limited. Students should apply for financial aid as soon after October 1 as possible for the upcoming academic year.
In-state tuition and fees were $7,050. Out-of-state tuition and fees were $15,300. Books and supplies are estimated at $1,400 per year. At White Mountains Community College, 75 percent of undergraduates receive grant or scholarship aid and the average scholarship or grant award is $4,484. There is no application fee.
If a student has a credit balance after financial aid has paid the student’s tuition and fees, that student’s admission, registration, and class attendance must be confirmed before the student can receive refunds from grants or excess loan funds. To receive this disbursement, the student should allow at least forty-five days from the beginning of the first class. If financial aid (grant or excess loan funds) exceeds the student’s tuition and fee charges for the semester, the student may qualify for a book advance, to be used at the WMCC Bookstore.
Campus Life and Services
WMCC's campus is located in a town. The school utilizes a semester-based academic year. The total entering students are 269. WMCC provides a range of campus services to support students, including:
- Employment services for students
- Credit for life experiences
- Academic/career counseling service
Locations and Accessibility
White Mountains Community College (WMCC) is located in Berlin, New Hampshire with satellite campuses in Littleton and North Conway, and is one of seven colleges in the Community College System of New Hampshire. WMCC’s Littleton Academic Center makes it accessible to all students in the North Country Region. Courses are available day, evening and online.
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A Mission-Driven Institution
WMCC's mission of being a comprehensive student-centered educational institution providing opportunities for educational and career mobility while sustaining community development is not just a statement, it is its passion. This mission is carried out academically through its wide array of program offerings.
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