North Hennepin Community College (NHCC) was established in 1966 and sits on an 84-acre campus consisting of nine brick buildings, a central courtyard, accessible parking lots, athletic fields, hiking trails, and a nature preserve area.
It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and offers coursework as well as pre-professional programs for transfer to baccalaureate programs. It also aims to prepare students for immediate entry into careers.
Each year, more than 8,000 students are enrolled in credit classes, and 11,000 are enrolled in continuing education classes and customized training.
Course offerings occur at various times of the year:
- Credit courses - Fall, Spring, and Summer
- Short-term, non-credit classes - continuously throughout the year
- Accelerated classes
- Online classes
- Traditional classes
- Web-enhanced classes
- Blaine
- Brooklyn Center
- Brooklyn Park
- Buffalo
- Champlin
- Coon Rapids
- Corcoran
- Crystal
- Dayton
- Elk River
- Fridley
- Maple Grove
- Minneapolis
- Monticello
- New Hope
- Osseo
- Plymouth
- Robbinsdale
- Rogers
- Spring Lake Park
- St. Michael
- and others